Mile High
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 Title card of Mile High |
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| Format | Dramedy |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 39 (List of episodes) |
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| Running time | 44mins approx. |
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| Original channel | Sky1 |
| Original run | 16 February 2003 – 20 July 2005 |
Mile High is a British television drama based on the lives of the cabin crew members of Fresh!, a fledgling budget airline. The name of the show comes from the "Mile High Club". The show originally aired on Sky1 from 2003 to 2005.
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[edit] Background
A Hewland International production, Mile High is a mix of fast-paced drama, sex and comedy. The show is based around the flight crew of a young budget airline (Fresh!), in and out of uniform, in the air and on the ground. The series follows the flight crew as they travel around the world and their lives in the London home they share.
[edit] Filming Locations
Although the airline flies to destinations all over the world, the two airports that were used are London Stansted Airport and Palma de Mallorca Airport. Also used in filming on location were London and Spain.
[edit] Airline
Mile High revolves around a fictional budget Fresh![1][2] which operates Boeing 737 aircraft to destinations across Europe and North Africa.
In Series 2, Fresh! and Goldstar, a long-haul airline, merge causing distress to workers, mainly those from Goldstar, and creating two subsidies, Fresh! Europe and Fresh! Global which operates a Boeing 747-200. The old uniform of Fresh! is retained for all crew, a blue colour rather than the Goldstar crew's mustard colour uniforms.
The airlines main base is London Stansted (sometimes referred to in the series as London Airport). Other destinations mentioned in the series include Manchester, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast and Newcastle domestically. Internationally, destinations include Palma de Majorca, Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels, Helsinki, Kos, Alicante, Faro, Malaga and Monastir. Destinations incorperated after the merger with Goldstar include Toronto and Dubai.
[edit] Episodes
There are 13 episodes in series 1, and 26 episodes in series 2, which was originally broadcast in three separate batches.
[edit] Cast
[edit] Main Characters
| Character | Actor | Series |
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| Emma Coyle | Emma Ferguson | 1 |
| Katherine Cassandra "K.C." Gregory | Sarah Manners | 1 |
| Jason Murdoch | James Redmond | 1 |
| John Bryson | Matthew Chambers | 1 |
| Janis Steel | Jo-Anne Knowles | 1-2 |
| Lehann Evans | Naomi Ryan | 1-2 |
| Marco Bailey | Tom Wisdom | 1-2 |
| Will O’Brien | Adam Sinclair | 1-2 |
| Poppy Fields | Stacey Cadman | 2 |
| Captain Nigel Croker | Christopher Villiers | 2 |
| Charlotte Taylor | Sarah Farooqui | 2 |
| Jack Fields | John Pickard | 2 |
| Rachel Potter | Emma-Jane Portch | 2 |
| Lorna Newbold | Katy Edwards | 2 |
| Dan Peterson | Luke Roberts | 2 |
| Ed Russell | Scott Adkins | 2 |
[edit] Recurring Cast
| Character | Actor | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Beardsley | Tim Crouch | 1 |
| Ian | Peter Collins | 1 |
| Marco’s Mum | Heather Tobias | 1 |
| James Motherbaugh | Martin Cole | 1 |
| Jackie Randall | Sarah Matravers | 1-2 |
| Kevin McMillian | Charles Daish | 1-2 |
| Captain Robyn Palmer | Georgia Zaris | 1-2 |
| Marvin Lloyd | Kal Weber | 2 |
| Lucy Collins | Emma Willis | 2 |
| Denise Croker | Alison King | 2 |
| Terri | Debbie Chazen | 2 |
[edit] International viewing
Mile High currently[citation needed] airs in Canada, Estonia, France, Finland, Germany, Ireland, India, Israel, Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Sweden, South Korea, Serbia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
[edit] DVD release
UK
- Series One, Two, and the Complete Series are available in the UK for purchase.
Australia
- The complete Season 1 7-disc boxset was released in Australia on Region 4 DVD in November 2006. The complete Season 2 boxset was released on 21 March 2007.
USA
- Season 1 was released in the USA by Koch Vision on 13 March 2007, with Season 2 Volume 1 and Season 2 Volume 2 being released later in 2007.
[edit] Theme song
- Mile High's theme song is The World Is Mine by Belgian band, Hooverphonic.
