Big Sky

Big Sky  - TV series (1997)

Original title

Big Sky

Released

2/17/1997

Origin country

AU

Genre

Drama

Production companies

Southern Star Xanadu

Status

Ended

Number of seasons

2

Number of episodes

53

Description

Big Sky is an Australian television drama series produced by John Edwards that ran for two seasons on Network Ten from 1997 to 1999. The show centred on the adventures of the pilots of a small aviation company in Australia called "Big Sky Aviation" and the battles of the owner to keep the company running. Chief pilot Chris Manning is determined to look after his team, even if that conflicts with the new boss, Lauren Allen, who has inherited the company following the death of her father.

Сезони

Season 1

Season 1

40 серій

17/02/1997

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The Principle

1. The Principle

17/02/1997

Navstar

2. Navstar

17/02/1997

The McCourt Family

3. The McCourt Family

24/02/1997

It Only Takes One

4. It Only Takes One

03/03/1997

Growing Pains

5. Growing Pains

10/03/1997

Good Luck Baby

6. Good Luck Baby

17/03/1997

No Turning Back

7. No Turning Back

24/03/1997

Lost & Found

8. Lost & Found

01/04/1997

Coming to Terms

9. Coming to Terms

01/04/1997

Balloon Girl

10. Balloon Girl

08/04/1997

Great Expectations

11. Great Expectations

15/04/1997

Sweet Revenge

12. Sweet Revenge

22/04/1997

Mortal Stakes

13. Mortal Stakes

29/04/1997

The Sky Is Calling

14. The Sky Is Calling

06/05/1997

The Duke Of Yarrigul

13/05/1997

Simple Twist Of Fate

20/05/1997

Mile Low Club

17. Mile Low Club

27/05/1997

Triskadelaphobia

18. Triskadelaphobia

03/06/1997

Mac's Time

19. Mac's Time

10/06/1997

Boxed In

20. Boxed In

17/06/1997

Paradise

21. Paradise

24/06/1997

It's No Secret

22. It's No Secret

01/07/1997

The Return Of Jimbo

08/07/1997

Fly Me To The Moon

24. Fly Me To The Moon

15/07/1997

Future, Past & Present

22/07/1997

The Ticking Croc

26. The Ticking Croc

29/07/1997

Down The Slot

27. Down The Slot

05/08/1997

Have A Little Faith

12/08/1997

You Must Remember This

19/08/1997

The Right Thing

30. The Right Thing

26/08/1997

Fade To Black

31. Fade To Black

02/09/1997

Blind Spot

32. Blind Spot

09/09/1997

Getting Warmer

33. Getting Warmer

16/09/1997

Searching For You

34. Searching For You

23/09/1997

Wishing & Hoping

35. Wishing & Hoping

30/09/1997

The Choice

36. The Choice

07/10/1997

Dark Horses

37. Dark Horses

14/10/1997

Edge Of Reality

38. Edge Of Reality

21/10/1997

Just Between Us

39. Just Between Us

28/10/1997

Phase Five

40. Phase Five

04/11/1997

Season 2

Season 2

13 серій

02/01/1999

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Light Foot

1. Light Foot

02/01/1999

Lightfoot arrives at Big Sky with a deal to do special undercover, customs related work for him. Chris, under financial pressure from the new board, eventually agrees to one job to ascertain any further interest.

The Price Of Freedom

09/01/1999

Jimbo is in denial about Jodie's condition, enjoying Max's company and pretending nothing will happen to change this. Despite trying to make Jimbo understand the reality of her situation, Jodie is also swept up by his optimism, desperately wishing it could be true.

Stand By Your Man

3. Stand By Your Man

16/01/1999

Jimbo suddenly has cold feet about marrying Jodie. The responsibilities of looking after not just Max, but a sick woman, for an indefinite period, frighten him. He offers to take a long flight and finds himself contemplating escaping to a whole new life when he meets Marie, a country woman running her property alone.

The Things We Do For Love

23/01/1999

Scotty and Rosie make an emergency landing on a beach to rescue a man, Ramon. Taken to hospital, the staff want to report the illegal immigrant. Scotty and Rosie discover him stowed away on their plane on their return to Sydney. He pleads for their help.

A Family Affair

5. A Family Affair

30/01/1999

Paula's apparent secret other life as a volunteer charity worker for street kids comes to Chris attention when Lightfoot expresses interest in one of the kids she helps, a boy named Dean, who is in dire straits, trying to help his drug addict girlfriend Angie kick her habit.

The Wrong Box

6. The Wrong Box

06/02/1999

As a result of the capture of Klenner, Lightfoot hopes to expose his entire network. Whilst police swoop on his operatives in various major cities, the Big Sky pilots are to attempt identification of rural distributors by tracking bugged packages of heroin to their ultimate destinations.

Friends In High Places

13/02/1999

Lightfoot entrusts Big Sky with their most important brief so far: to find a missing plane that was carrying one of Lightfoot's agents, Joy. She was on her way to give Lightfoot some highly valuable, but unspecified photographic evidence. Lightfoot considers the mission too important to entrust to Jimbo, and he is banished to a milk run.

Shadow Chasers

8. Shadow Chasers

20/02/1999

Lightfoot apologises to Chris. If Chris wishes to know the truth about Lightfoot, then he makes the decision to step into the shadows with him and swear to the utmost secrecy. Chris agrees to the deal, then must cancel a date with Grace to fly Lightfoot to meet a senior military figure, Major Ellison and for the first time is included in the top level meeting.

The Heart Of The Matter

27/02/1999

Lightfoot is determined to find the remainder of the guns stolen from the army, as masterminded by Major Ellison. Keeping Ellison under constant surveillance, he is followed to a property owned by well known criminal figure, Mick Kounos. Kounos denies any involvement.

Secrets & Lies

10. Secrets & Lies

06/03/1999

Chris vows to stand by Grace as she faces an internal enquiry regarding her apparent theft of drugs from the customs evidence room. She presents a plausible explanation for her actions to an internal investigations panel, and all seems well... until she receives a call informing her the panel cannot accept her explanation and will turn the matter over to the police.

Desperate Measures

11. Desperate Measures

20/03/1999

Consumed by grief at Grace's funeral, Chris gets involved in an altercation with a driver who accidentally hits Grace's mother. Charged by the police, he is shaken by the incident and takes off in his car indefinitely. Along the way he acquires a hitch hiker, Leisa, a young girl running away from an abusive father.

Missing In Action

12. Missing In Action

24/04/1999

On a routine flight, Chris and Jimbo divert to answer a medical emergency in the bush. On landing, they discover a man with a serious leg wound, whom Chris recognises as Cooley, one of the airforce pilots who had been charged over the theft of guns from the army.

Ultimate Commitments

01/05/1999

Given the sinister nature of events uncovered involving an armed militia, a Pentagon connection, and the suspicious circumstances of Ian's death, Lightfoot asks Chris if he is willing to continue. Their own lives could be at stake now. Chris gives his pilots time to consider their decision, and all agree to carry on.

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