Just A Minute

A sitcom vehicle for Millicent Martin, who starred as Millie, a somewhat scatterbrained stewardess for International Airlines, who could never resist helping people even though it usually ended in trouble. She flew the London-America route with her more sensible American colleague Maggie (played by Patte Finley). Peter Jones appeared as their harassed boss.

The series was an international co-production, funded jointly by the then Sir Lew Grade's ITC and a US company which sold the series to NBC, but was shot in England (hence the call for such supporting players as Arthur Mullard, Jess Conrad, Richard Briers, Frank Thornton, Carmen Munro, Clive Dunn and John Laurie). The director was an American, Ralph Levy, who had worked with Jack Benny and George Burns.

Shortly after From A Bird's Eye View finished on US screens came a similar series, Shirley's World This too starred a top name (Shirley MacLaine) gallivanting around the globe, was made in England by Lew Grade for the American executive producer Sheldon Leonard, and shared many of the same writers and crew as the earlier series.