Captain Nigel Croker is a fictional character from the TV programme Mile High

Mile High

Mile High is a British television drama based on the lives of the cabin crew members of "fresh!", a budget airline based in London. The name of the show comes from the "Mile High Club". The show was broadcast on Sky1 from 2003 to 2005.-Background:...

. He was played by Christopher Villiers

Christopher Villiers

Christopher Francis Villiers is an English actor.He is known for his part in the top rated ITV1 soap opera, Emmerdale in which he plays the role of the solicitor Grayson Sinclair. He also played the part of Captain Nigel Croker in Mile High from 2004 to 2005...

 when the series ran between 2003 and 2005. There was talk of Mile High returning, but this never materialised.

Final Episode

Whilst flying back from Spain

Spain

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, Nigel suffers a heart attack whilst on approach to a London

London

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 airport. The flight attendants pull him out of the cockpit, and Janis Steel and Lehann Evans attempt to resuscitate him as the plane lands, but as Nigel had not armed the speed brake for landing, the aircraft overshot the runway killing Lehann and two passengers. Nigel survives the accident as mentioned at the end of the episode.

Relationships

Nigel Croker has had many relationships, most of which appear in the final episode, when his ex-wife invites them to their villa in Spain

Spain

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Janis Steel

Nigel Croker and Janis Steel go back a long way, in which he made her abort their child. In Series 2 they get back together after Nigel was kicked out by his wife Denise Croker.

In series 2, episode 11, Nigel invited a passenger into the cockpit

Cockpit

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who turned out to be an undercover journalist. The incident ends up in the newspaper which lands all the crew of the flight in trouble, especially the purser, Janis Steel. Nigel blames Janis who consequently loses her job without knowing Nigel had blamed her. At the end of the episode, Marco Bailey tells Janis that Nigel and Will O'Brien had set her up causing her to dump Nigel ending their relationship.

Lorna Newbold

Towards the end of Series 2 Nigel starts a relationship with Flight Attendant, Lorna Newbold. Janis is clearly jealous by the relationship and mocks Nigel. Nigel, realising that Lorna is probably too good for him, dumps her, leaving her heart broken and deciding she no longer wants to fly.
In the final episode, Nigel invites Lorna to his villa in Spain, unaware that all of his former lovers are there, after being invited by his ex-wife, Denise. Lorna stands up for herself and tells everyone that she loves Nigel.
At the end of the episode it is revealed by Janis that Nigel and Lorna are still together after his heart attack.