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The Plane Makers is a British television series created by Wilfred Greatorex and produced by Rex Firkin. ATV made three series for ITV between 1963 and 1965. It was succeeded by The Power Game, which ran for an additional three series from 1965 to 1969. Firkin continued as producer for the first two series, and David Reid took over for series 3.
Original Release
02/04/1963
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Patrick Wymark | John Wilder |
| Jack Watling | Don Henderson |
| Norma Ronald | Kay Lingard |
| Reginald Marsh | Arthur Sugden |
| Robert Urquhart | Henry Forbes |
| Norman Tyrrell | Sir Gordon Revidge |
| Elizabeth Begley | Margie Thomas |
| Wendy Gifford | Laura Challis |
| Sheila Raynor | Mary Sugden |
| William Devlin | Sir Gerald Merle |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Empires Have to Start Somewhere | Tuesday, 20 October 1964 |
| 2 | Other People Own Our Jungles Now | Tuesday, 27 October 1964 |
| 3 | A Lesson for Corbett | Tuesday, 03 November 1964 |
| 4 | The Golden Silence | Tuesday, 10 November 1964 |
| 5 | The Island Game | Tuesday, 17 November 1964 |
| 6 | It's a Free Country: Isn't It? | Tuesday, 24 November 1964 |
| 7 | A Question of Supply | Tuesday, 01 December 1964 |
| 8 | The Flying Frigates | Tuesday, 08 December 1964 |
| 9 | Only a Few Millions | Tuesday, 15 December 1964 |
| 10 | The Salesmen | Tuesday, 22 December 1964 |
| 11 | Appointment in Brussels | Tuesday, 29 December 1964 |
| 12 | A Hoopla of Haloes | Tuesday, 05 January 1965 |
| 13 | The Firing Line | Tuesday, 12 January 1965 |
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Directors
James Ferman, John Cooper, Quentin Lawrence, Geoffrey Nethercott, Eric Price, John Nelson-Burton, Bill Stewart, Peter Collinson, Peter Sasdy, Cecil Petty, Dennis Vance, Hugh Rennie, George More O'Ferrall, Herbert Wise, Josephine Douglas
Writers
Edmund Ward, Raymond Bowers, David Weir, Richard Harris, Peter Draper, John Gray, Wilfred Greatorex, Leslie Sands, Robert Holles, John O'Toole, John Whitney, Geoffrey Bellman, Arthur Swinson, Lewis Davidson, Stanley Miller, Bill Craig, Edwin Ranch, Geoffrey Stephenson, John Finch, Ken Taylor, Leon Griffiths, Tony Williamson, Peter Nichols, Neil Wilson
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Patrick Wymark | John Wilder |
| Jack Watling | Don Henderson |
| Norma Ronald | Kay Lingard |
| Reginald Marsh | Arthur Sugden |
| Robert Urquhart | Henry Forbes |
| Norman Tyrrell | Sir Gordon Revidge |
| Elizabeth Begley | Margie Thomas |
| Wendy Gifford | Laura Challis |
| Sheila Raynor | Mary Sugden |
| William Devlin | Sir Gerald Merle |
| Alan Dobie | David Corbett |
| Peter Jeffrey | James Cameron-Grant MP |
| Barbara Murray | Pamela Wilder |
| Tom Macaulay | Reginald Cunliffe |
| Elizabeth Wallace | Harriet Evans |
| Fred Ferris | Sam Adams |
| Lucy Young | Dorothy Wyebrow |
| Harry Webster | Mr. Anstell |
| Douglas Muir | Tom Bancroft |
| Ann Firbank | Pamela Wilder |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Rex Firkin | Producer |
| Wilfred Greatorex | Producer |
| Geoffrey Bellman | Producer |
| John Whitney | Producer |
