Original title
From a Bird's Eye View
Released
9/18/1970
Origin country
GB
Genre
Comedy
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
16
From a Bird's Eye View is a 1970 ATV and ITC Entertainment co-produced sitcom. In the United States it aired on NBC, which had originally ordered the series as an entry in the 1969-70 TV season but pushed it back to the 1970-71 season as a mid-season replacement. The series followed two International Airlines stewardesses, a scatterbrained Briton and a savvy American, as they flew the London-European routes. The series ran for 16 25-minute colour episodes. The series was not a big success in either the UK or the US, but ITC re-used the format for the Shirley MacLaine series Shirley's World. That show also flopped, but ran to one more episode than From a Bird's Eye View.
It's a bad hair day for the girls but things go from bad to worse when Mr. Beauchamp tells them that a passenger has complained about their conduct.
When Millie overhears Mr. Beauchamp's monologue to a pesky fly he is stalking, she misinterprets it as confirmation that her and Maggie are getting the boot!
Millie has to deal with a fractious married couple - he's a laid back Englishman and she's a fiery Italian with a jealous streak!
A dinner for Mr. Beauchamp causes confusion - particularly for Millie!
Maggie decides that she's had enough of men, while Millie's gentleman friend is proving just that - the perfect gentleman. Until he meets Maggie, that is...
Due to a change in the flight schedules, Millie and Maggie are being split up. Millie stays where she is but Maggie has to move to Liverpool!
Millie takes pity on a pair of distressed newlyweds and offers them the use of her hotel room.
Millie is surprised that Maggie has forgotten their anniversary - they both started working for Mr. Beauchamp exactly one year ago.
The girls' unemployed neighbour is driving them to distraction, so they try to find him some gainful employment.
Millie has to contend with an exceptionally nervous trainer, who's more than a little accident prone!
Millie finds herself sharing the international limelight when she has an encounter with a Russian athlete.
Uncle Bert's sanguine demeanour is given a bit of a pasting when he finds a notorious lothario in Millie's bathroom.
Maggie fancies an Irish songwriter who happens to be a bit of a charmer. When he slips off without paying his bill they track him down to Monte Carlo.
Millie and Maggie help an Italian friend, but find themselves embroiled in a family feud.
Mr. Beauchamp finds himself in a Spanish jail after Millie and Maggie aid an suspected fraudster.
Uncle Bert is hanging around the flat and generally being a pest - he's been there for a week and shows no sign of moving.
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