| Fly Into Danger | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Roy Russell |
| Written by | Roy Russell David Stevens |
| Directed by | Jonathan Wright Miller |
| Starring | Louis Cabot Sue Holderness |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Producer | David Foster |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company | ATV |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 31 May – 12 July 1972 |
Fly Into Danger is a British children's television series created by ATV for ITV that aired in 1972.
At Chilford Green Aerodrome, a small, privately owned airfield. Newly hired young mechanic Chris Lomax and secretary Sarah Davenport discover that the cargo transported to the airfield is people that have been smuggled into the country.
The aerodrome scenes were filmed at Halfpenny Green airfield at Stourbridge in Staffordshire. Sue Holderness could fly light aircraft but was only allowed to taxi about the airfield by the producers. The actual flight sequences were done by pilots Peter Smith, Barrie Shaw and Ray McKenzie-Blyth.
| Episode no. | Episode title | Writer | Director | Original broadcast date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take-off | Roy Russell | Jonathan Wright Miller | 31 May 1972 |
| 2 | In A Spin | Roy Russell | Jonathan Wright Miller | 7 June 1972 |
| 3 | Grounded? | Roy Russell | Jonathan Wright Miller | 14 June 1972 |
| 4 | Mayday Mayday | Roy Russell | Jonathan Wright Miller | 21 June 1972 |
| 5 | Turbulence | David Stevens | Jonathan Wright Miller | 28 June 1972 |
| 6 | Forced Take-off | Roy Russell | Jonathan Wright Miller | 5 July 1972 |
| 7 | Final Approach | Roy Russell | Jonathan Wright Miller | 12 July 1972 |
All seven episodes exist, but only episodes 3, 5 and 7 exist as 2" colour videotape, and episodes 1, 2, 4 and 6 as 16mm black and white telerecordings. Network released the series on DVD in 2009, but only episodes 3 and 5 were presented in colour, as episode 7 was thought to only exist as a black and white telerecording until a colour videotape was discovered in the BFI National Archive.