TV series

Salvage 1

1979 · 2 seasons

A gentle, optimistic caper with a homemade spaceship and a lot of heart, fun but never demanding.

Overview: Salvage operator Harry Broderick buys and sells scrap as well as electronics, aircraft, and other equipment. Harry constantly has grandiose schemes to make money, sometimes not completely honestly. In the pilot, his dream is to recover equipment left on the Moon during Apollo Program missions, for he believes the salvage value will make it a worthwhile venture. In the show's opening title narration, Harry states: "I wanna build a spaceship, go to the Moon, salvage all the junk that's up there, bring it back, sell it."
How it feels: Whimsical, light, earnest and campy. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Ambition, friendship, survival, technology
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
friendship
survival
technology
greed
Places: small town
space
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none