The High Life
A strangely short-lived Scottish sitcom chronicling the eccentric passengers and crew of a fictional small airline operating out of Prestwick Airport. Notable for some very surreal comedy and the all singing, all dancing titles.
- 1994-1995
- 1 season
- Comedy
A strangely short-lived Scottish sitcom chronicling the eccentric passengers and crew of a fictional small airline operating out of Prestwick Airport. Notable for some very surreal comedy and the all singing, all dancing titles.
Season 1 Episode Guide
7 Episodes 1994 - 1995
Episode 0
Pilot
Camp Sebastian Flight, and his friend Steve McCracken,ever desperate for a girlfriend, are cabin crew for Scots-based Air Scotia, whose one plane, piloted by mad captain Hilary Duff also has them as junior to bossy stewardess Shona Spurtle.
Episode 1
Feart
29 mins
Air stewards Steve McCracken and Sebastian Flight find their short haul work with small charter service Air Scotia extremely limiting and Steve is further depressed at hitting thirty so when the opportunity to apply for long haul work arrives they both apply.
Episode 2
Birl
29 mins
Due to falling standards Air Scotia staff are ordered to attend a weekend training course, run by the formidable Gretchen Betjeman, with a cash prize for the student with the best exam result. Steve finds romance with fellow New Seekers fan Heather.
Episode 3
Winch
Sebastian returns from his Florida holiday to find that Steve has spent the night with a young lady but it is actually Shona,a fact both she and Steve want to keep quiet. However, after Sebastian has lost the passengers' breakfasts and served up the contents of his Duty Free bag instead.
Episode 4
Choob
27 mins
A remake of the pilot episode in which Steve and Sebastian are annoyed that Shona has become the 'new face' of Air Scotia, which involves having her photo taken for the in-flight magazine, as well as a video demonstrating her work, overseen by a lustful director.
Episode 5
Dug
Shona is overjoyed when sexy pop star Guy Wersch is a passenger and organizes a birthday party on board for his young daughter Aurora Borealis, involving Sebastian having to forfeit his dignity by dressing as a giant dog, though the child herself is more interested in her investment portfolio.
Episode 6
Dunk
Desperate to find the recipe for 1950s confection 'Tablet,' biscuit manufacturer Vincent Stoat abducts Professor Agnes Wormit, who has perfected its formula and put it on a floppy disk. When Ferret, Stoat's henchman, loses the disk on an Air Scotia flight, Shona, Steve and Sebastian are all kidnapped and taken to Stoat's factory.