In Flight (2025)

TV ShowChannel 4Crime, Thriller1 season, 6 episodes
In Flight posterReview score: 66%

Plot

Jo Conran is a single mum working as a flight attendant. Her son is serving a fifteen-year sentence in a Bulgarian prison for a murder he swears he did not commit. Jo is approached by a gang who know all about her son and is blackmailed into using her job to smuggle drugs. She soon finds herself pulled into a murky underworld of corrupt cops and hired killers, forced to carry out their orders with no escape in sight. However, no matter how far Jo finds herself from her old life, her mission remains the same, to keep her son alive.

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  1. 01In Flight S01E05Episode 5S01E05 · 5.0After stealing the heroin and money, Jo realises Cormac is also being blackmailed, so they collude to get out for good. Smuggling more heroin, they sell it on, while Cormac puts things in place for Jo's escape. Kayla gives birth, and Shana reveals to Dom that Cormac's boss is Anton Marquis - a senior police officer.
  2. 02In Flight S01E06Episode 6S01E06 · 5.0Jo demands answers and finally uncovers the truth in Sonny's case. She and Cormac execute their escape plan, though she remains uneasy as to whether he can be trusted.
  3. 03In Flight S01E04Episode 4S01E04 · 4.0Dom warns Jo that Cormac is extremely dangerous but she ignores his advice and follows him to a meeting with an unknown boss. A veiled threat makes Mel suspicious and a new witness comes forward in Sonny's defence - although things do not go as expected at the appeal hearing. Jo is told to run - but instead, she and new ally Kayla come up with a new plan.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2025Aired 4.1Season avg
  1. S01E01In Flight S01E01Episode 1August 12, 2025 3.5After a fight outside a bar, 19-year-old Sonny Conran is arrested and charged with a murder. His mum Jo rushes to Bulgaria, but Sonny's lawy
  2. S01E02In Flight S01E02Episode 2August 13, 2025 3.5Left with no choice but to continue Cormac's international drug runs, Jo turns to her ex for help. Following a close call with the police, J
  3. S01E03In Flight S01E03Episode 3August 14, 2025 3.5Jo rushes to Sofia when Sonny is stabbed in prison. Elsewhere, having enlisted the help of his former police partner, Shana, Dom is told tha
  4. S01E04In Flight S01E04Episode 4August 19, 2025 4.0Dom warns Jo that Cormac is extremely dangerous but she ignores his advice and follows him to a meeting with an unknown boss. A veiled threa
  5. S01E05In Flight S01E05Season's bestEpisode 5August 20, 2025 5.0After stealing the heroin and money, Jo realises Cormac is also being blackmailed, so they collude to get out for good. Smuggling more heroi
  6. S01E06In Flight S01E06Episode 6August 21, 2025 5.0Jo demands answers and finally uncovers the truth in Sonny's case. She and Cormac execute their escape plan, though she remains uneasy as to

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Cast

Katherine KellyKatherine KellyJo ConranStuart MartinStuart MartinCormacAshley ThomasAshley ThomasDomBronagh WaughBronagh WaughMelanieHarry CadbyHarry CadbySonnyCorinna BrownCorinna BrownKaylaAmbreen RaziaAmbreen RaziaZara

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