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Season 1

  • S01E01 Hijack

    • August 16, 1978
    • ZDF

    This new adventure series is set in Southeast Asia and centres on the escapades of pilot Bailey, his son Nick. and his partner partner Karl. The Bird is a seaplane with which Bailey earns an erratic living. In this episode Bailey has money problems which are not helped when someone tries to hi-jack his plane.

  • S01E02 Friend Or Foe

    • August 23, 1978
    • ZDF

    Bailey and his partner fly to Malaysia to negotiate a contract with an international research agency.

  • S01E03 When The Band Begins To Play

    • April 8, 1979
    • Seven Network

    While helping a British officer recover some valuables, Bailey and his son are threatened by a gun-toting islander.

  • S01E04 A Ghost With Gold Bangles

    • April 15, 1979
    • Seven Network

    Nick thinks he sees the ghost of an Indian girl.

  • S01E05 Touchdown

    • April 22, 1979
    • Seven Network

    Bailey, not for the first time, undertakes an illegal flight over the northern border. He is taking much needed medical supplies to up-country bandits. Nick and Hashan accompany him. But he is seized and held hostage against the release of bandits imprisoned by the authorities.

  • S01E06 Faded Tiger

    • April 29, 1979
    • Seven Network

    Bailey's son, Nick is caught by bandits, while Bailey falls into a tiger trap.

  • S01E07 Burning Bright

    • May 6, 1979
    • Seven Network

    Bailey gets an urgent call to go to Kowie Island to help an injured man who has been attacked by a tiger.

  • S01E08 Open & Shut

    • May 13, 1979
    • Seven Network

    Bailey agrees to carry goods for a woman who is actually a gunrunner.

  • S01E09 The Chinese Coffin

    • May 20, 1979
    • Seven Network

    Bailey signs with an affluent young Chinese businessman to transport a container and its contents to Singapore.

  • S01E10 Outpost Of Empire

    • May 27, 1979
    • Seven Network

    Authorities try to convince Lady Carruthers, a British woman, to sell her plantation to the government to set out civil works. The lady is adamant and Bailey is hired to fly an official who might make her change mind.

  • S01E11 The Fishermen

    • June 3, 1979
    • Seven Network

    Bailey and his plane becomes the target of angry fishermen.'

  • S01E12 Double Trouble

    • June 10, 1979
    • Seven Network

    Bailey (Hu Pryce) finds two young stowaways hidden in his plane when he makes a trip to a remote island.

  • S01E13 The Binatang Man

    • June 17, 1979
    • Seven Network

    Hashan and Nick ask the Sultan for help. It concerns a Japanese soldier abandoned after the World War II, who is leading now the life of a hermit in the middle of the jungle.

  • S01E14 Garland Of Tears

    • June 24, 1979
    • Seven Network

    Adventure series about an airplane— Bailey's Bird—in south-East Asia. A daring robbery takes place while Nick and Bailey are flying a priceless sapphire necklace known as the Garland of Tears to Singapore.

  • S01E15 The Gift Horse

    • July 1, 1979
    • Seven Network

    Nick and Hashan discover a first class horse that has been imported secretly for the local race. Bailey and the villagers are confident of victory.

  • S01E16 The Old Monk

    • July 8, 1979
    • Seven Network

    Bailey has to pick up a Buddhist monk from the other side of the border and fly him to freedom.

  • S01E17 Blow The Man Down

    • July 15, 1979
    • Seven Network

    Waste water from a tin mine is contaminating the river. The local fishermen attempt to destroy the mining machines.

  • S01E18 The Birthday Present

    • July 22, 1979
    • Seven Network

    Bailey, Nick and his friends fly to Georgetown. Bailey is going to meet up with a somewhat shady businessman and the children are intent on buying a birthday present for Carl. Two envelopes end up in wrong hands.

  • S01E19 Bailey's Big Deal

    • July 29, 1979
    • Seven Network

    Series set in South-east Asia about a freelance pilot and his seaplane. A group of gorgeous models appearing in a soft drinks commercial cause Bailey, Nick and Hashan more trouble than they bargained for.

  • S01E20 The Archeologist

    • July 29, 1979
    • Seven Network

    Professor Carl Mueller (Hagen) is an old archaeologist willing to return an ancient statue, the goddess of fortune, to the temple where he stole it years before. Bailey helps a conscience-stricken archaeologist return a statue to its place.

  • S01E21 Mayday

    • August 5, 1979
    • Seven Network

    Bailey (Hu Pryce) is in trouble when one of his deadly cargo of snakes escapes and bites him.

  • S01E22 The Man From Mars

    • August 12, 1979
    • Seven Network

    A famous author and waterfinder is abducted. The daughter of a wealthy local needs his services. She wants to awaken once flourishing gardens back to life.

  • S01E23 A Funny Kind of Hero

    • August 19, 1979
    • Seven Network

    After delivering a food cargo, Bailey is knocked down and held hostage by a bunch of rebels. Nick and Hashan manage to rescue Bailey and take him unconscious into the seaplane. Trouble is the two kids ignore how to fly it.

  • S01E24 Men Of Property

    • August 26, 1979
    • Seven Network

    This week a surveyor arrives to map out the site for a new hotel. Not only would the hotel take in the ancient 'tree house' and spoil the view, it would also affect Bailey's freelance activities.

  • S01E25 The Search

    • September 2, 1979
    • Seven Network

    Nick and his pals follow an old path in the jungle and get stranded in their scouting journey. Bailey must find them before nightfall.

  • S01E26 The Otterman

    • September 9, 1979
    • Seven Network

    Bailey receives a letter from his long-time friend, Susan Dempster, investigating on the whereabouts of her husband and asking Bailey, at the same time, to fly her along with her small daughter, Jennifer, to Saibai.