ITV Tonight @ 9 - Britain’s Busiest Airport – Heathrow

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http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week23/britains-busiest-airport-heathrow

New documentary series that goes behind the scenes at Britain’s biggest and busiest international airport.

This episode follows Heathrow staff racing against the clock to process thousands of passengers arriving from 84 different countries. Airside Safety Officer Glenn and his colleagues work closely with Air Traffic Control to keep Heathrow’s two runways open and clear of debris. Meanwhile, staff from the Animal Reception Centre welcome a variety of weird and wonderful animals – from pet ferrets to a wild tiger. Inside the terminals, Heathrow staff deal with passengers including a man who is stuck living at the airport after being deported from Thailand, and a family whose young relatives have got lost in Arrivals.

coylemj

For those with UPC, it's also on UTV Ireland at 9 p.m.

Davidth88

Well it will have to go a very long way before it beats the really excellent programme the Beeb ran a while ago.

I would suspect reading the blurb and that it's ITV that it may be another ' heres johnny who forgot his passport and his dad is getting it' type programme ..... anyway Ill sky plus it and give it a go :-)

Thanks OP

kub

Thanks OP, am i imaging things or was there a documentary series about Heathrow Ops before?

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Programme on TV3 at 10.

Its called "I survived a Fatal Flight".

On phone at the min.

roundymac

kub wrote: »

Thanks OP, am i imaging things or was there a documentary series about Heathrow Ops before?

Yes, last year IIRC. Kate Humble presented at short notice. Worth watch just for that alone.Dan Snow I think had a family problem.

Bummer1234

roundymac wrote: »

Yes, last year IIRC. Kate Humble presented at short notice. Worth watch just for that alone.Dan Snow I think had a family problem.

Yea "airport live" it was called I think.

kevinandrew

It wasn't great but much better than I expected from ITV but still not a patch on BBC Airport which was great, especially the earlier days.

I think Airport Live was good for what it was, a very interesting concept and they carried it off well. Luckily the weather was good for all those rooftop shots!

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What's with all the fish passing through, what was it, 23 million or something?

Tenger

kevinandrew wrote: »

..... better than I expected from ITV but still not a patch on BBC Airport which was great, especially the earlier days.

I think Airport Live was good for what it was, a very interesting concept and they carried it off well. Luckily the weather was good for all those rooftop shots!

"Airport Live" can be found on youtube, thats how I watched it last year

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Be on +1 in 8 mins

donkey balls

There is even a better program on one of the Discovery channels called X ray Mega airport it is about FRA airport,For anyone who would be interested in how an airport operates and the go behind scenes from aircraft refueling to cargo ops etc.
I know a lot about the different aspects of airport life having worked for different companies,But I thought that this show has to be the best so far aired as it breaks down the different roles at an airport.
And shows how things are done, It is a really good show for people who have an interest in aviation but don't work in the industry.

ozzy jr

While a lot of this Heathrow programme is the usual missing suitcase kind of thing, some of the footage of the planes moving about is excellent. I'd guess they were captured using cameras on drones, but it's great to see an ariel shot of a plane on a taxiway and going alongside as it takes off.