The Airbase


The Airbase is a black-and-white British sitcom that was broadcast on BBC1 in 1965. It was written by John Briley.

Cast

The American writer John Briley wrote this sitcom from his own experiences as a soldier stationed in England. The lead character is Sqn Ldr Heatherton who is the commanding officer at RAF Wittlethorpe. Much of his time is taken up by him being the middle man between the local community and his US airmen.

Episodes

  1. Episode One
  2. Episode Two
  3. Episode Three
  4. Episode Four
  5. Episode Five
  6. Episode Six
No episodes are known to exist in the BBC's archives as of 2009; the show was presumably wiped in the early 1970s.