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    Comedy TV Shows - 1990s 1 Min Read

    High Life, The

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    This short-lived comedy series featured airline stewards Sebastian Flight (Alan Cumming) – camp and acerbic – and Steve McCracken (Forbes Masson) – sex-obsessed and ginger – who flew with (fictitious) Scottish airline Air Scotia.

    Sebastian and Steve longed to be promoted to long-haul flights to see exotic locations, instead of the current short-haul shuttle trips out of Prestwick Airport.

    Their sharp-tongued superior, Chief Flight Attendant Shona Spurtle (referred to as “Hitler In Tights”) was played by Siobhan Redmond and Patrick Ryecart played the deranged Captain Hilary Duff.

    Cumming and Masson (who also wrote the series) hammed it up in a mix of visual slapstick and music-hall comedy, although subtitles would have helped with the thick Scottish accents.

    A second series was written but was never produced due to Cumming’s increasing movie obligations.

    Sebastian Flight
    Alan Cumming
    Steve McCracken
    Forbes Masson
    Shona Spurtle
    Siobhan Redmond
    Captain Hilary Duff
    Patrick Ryecart
    Jackie Strachan
    Hilary Lyon
    Earl Islay
    Geoffrey Toone
    Struan Byre
    Stuart McQuarrie

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