"Pan Am" The new TV series

[Streetrod]

http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/pan-am

Is anyone going to be watching this, I will as I am old enough to remember when air travel was all about glamour. The series is going to focus on the Stewardesses and how that got involved in everything from banging the pilot to being employed as spy’s by the CIA during the cold war. The reviews are looking good

[Eric Mc]

Looks like nostalgia for the 60s is the "in thing" in TV land - probably due to the success of "Mad Men".

Sound like the emphasis will be on the "girlie" side of things rather than the politics and technology - which is what Pan Am was really all about.

[hornetrider]

Saw a small heads up for this in one of the weekend's papers - will definitely be tuning in.

[Eric Mc]

It would be nice if they used Frank Sinatra's "Come Fly With Me" as the theme. Or, if they can't use that "Up Up and Aaway in My Beautiful Balloon" - which was used by Pan Am for a series of ads in the 60s.

[Streetrod]

I suppose we can expect to see lots of Boeing 707 in this

[Eric Mc]

That'd be nice.

The 707 is always associated with Pan Am - althoutgh they initially favoured its great rival, the Douglas DC-8. When Juan Trippe ordered his first fleet of jet airliners he ordered 25 Boeing 707-131s and 30 Douglas DC-8 30s.

By the late 60s the DC-8s had gone and Pan Am was mainly a 707 operator with a few 727s being flown out of Berlin on its European routes.

Edited by Eric Mc on Tuesday 27th September 15:47

[louiebaby]

Does this mean there is a legitimate TV show with lots of pretty "Trolley Dollies"???

[Roo]

I shall be watching it.

Eric Mc said:

It would be nice if they used Frank Sinatra's "Come Fly With Me" as the theme.

That was used for the programme Airline.

[Eric Mc]

Roo said:

That was used for the programme Airline.

It was originally used in a 1963 feature film called - wait for it - "Come Fly With Me" which was, (you'll never guess) the story of three air stewardesses

[baldy1926]

what side

[Streetrod]

Whatever side Mad Men used to be on before it moved to sky. Pan Am was bought to replace it

[davepoth]

Streetrod said:

Whatever side Mad Men used to be on before it moved to sky. Pan Am was bought to replace it

BBC4.

[Fer]

First episode wasn't bad, lost of seen setting, but seemed to carry the era off well, the golden age of flight. Will check out the second episode and see where it goes.

[Eric Mc]

How are they handling the period airlines and airports? Are they dressing up old has-been aircraft or are they relying on CGI? It would be very difficult and expensive to set up a ramp scene at say, 1963 Heathrow. Virtually none of the aircraft present at the airport would still be in existence today - especially if you wanted a group of them together as it would have looked back then

[Fer]

Still not 100% sure on this, it's got potential, I think.

[miniman]

When is it on? No evidence on Sky planner or BBC site...

[Fer]

I'm watching it on line.