Bailey's Bird - Season 1

1. Hijack

Aired: 4/15/1979

Bailey has money problems which are not helping someone try to hijack his plane. Pilot Bailey confronts an unscrupulous businessman.

2. Friend Or Foe

Aired: 4/22/1979

A stranger arrives at the base and claims to Nick that he is a friend of the seaplane owner. While Bailey is absent, a stranger shows up at the house, asserting to Nick that he is an old acquaintance of his father —however, he is revealed to be far from it.

3. When The Band Begins To Play

Aired: 4/29/1979

Bailey accompanies a general to the unveiling of a monument. The general, named Kelvin, goes back to dedicate a war monument that Bailey believes is best left forgotten. However, it appears that General Kelvin has unresolved matters to deal with. The ceremony faces jeopardy as the general is charged with taking treasure from the villagers many years ago.

4. A Funny Kind Of Hero

Aired: 5/6/1979

Nick ends up in the water while on a fishing trip and is rescued by two elderly Chinese individuals. He overturns his boat, and Loki and a lively old Chinese man named Lintang pick him up. Bailey's son, Nick, is rescued after his boat overturns and is taken captive.

5. The Ghost With Gold Bangles

Aired: 5/13/1979

Nick joins Bailey in the sea-plane charter business but when he meets an Indian girl, he is convinced he has seen a ghost. Nick returns home after leaving school in Australia. One night, he spots what he initially thinks is a ghost but turns out to be an Indian girl in a sari. Later, he encounters her in the city and decides to chase after her to uncover her motives.

6. Faded Tiger

Aired: 5/20/1979

The woman doctor wants to fly up country for research purposes. But her destination is the territory of a notorious old bandit called "The Tiger." Flying into the one-time territory of a notorious old bandit poses a semiserious question: is he still in business?

7. Burning Bright

Aired: 5/27/1979

A killer tiger terrorizes schoolchildren and pilot Bailey is torn between staying to protect them and transporting an injured man to hospital in his seaplane.

8. Open and Shut

Aired: 6/3/1979

Bailey's struggling airline suddenly receives two offers it cannot reject. Bailey accepts a job to transport goods for a woman, unaware that she is actually a gunrunner. A dubious businessman attempts to seize the aircraft.

9. The Chinese Coffin

Aired: 6/10/1979

Bailey foolishly signs a contract to deliver a package that happens to be a carved coffin leading to ensuing complications.

10. Outpost Of Empire

Aired: 6/17/1979

Tension on a decaying rubber plantation. Emily Carruthers and faithful retainer, Imbi, live alone on a decaying rubber plantation, which was founded and managed by her late husband. Carl is landed with the unsavory task of handing her umpteenth eviction notice —the estate is now the property of the Sabai government and people and should long ago have been handed back.

11. The Fishermen

Aired: 7/5/1979

12. Double Trouble

Aired: 7/12/1979

13. The Binatang Man

Aired: 7/19/1979

14. Garland Of Tears

Aired: 7/26/1979

15. The Gift Horse

Aired: 8/2/1979

16. The Old Monk

Aired: 8/9/1979

17. Blow The Man Down

Aired: 8/16/1979

18. The Birthday Present

Aired: 8/23/1979

19. Bailey's Big Deal

Aired: 8/30/1979

20. The Archeologist

Aired: 9/6/1979

21. Mayday

Aired: 9/13/1979

22. The Man From Mars

Aired: 9/20/1979

23. Touchdown

Aired: 9/27/1979

24. Men Of Property

Aired: 10/4/1979

25. The Search

Aired: 10/11/1979

26. The Otterman

Aired: 10/18/1979