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1 Episode

1. Heathrow Ep.01

PG • Season 1 • Fri 25 Oct • 1h

Britain’s busiest airport opens its doors for an exclusive look at life inside one of the world’s most famous transport hubs. Cameras follow Heathrow’s army of 76,000 staff - from baggage handlers to air traffic controllers, from cleaners to the CEO - as they attempt to process 200,000 passengers every day and race to get thousands of planes away on time. Revealing the extraordinary people, technology and processes working hard around the clock, this stellar documentary goes behind the scenes to examine the human side of life at Heathrow.

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2. Heathrow Ep.02

G • Season 4 • Wed 18 Sep • 30m

At Heathrow a plane takes off or lands every 45 seconds and in this week’s episode we learn the secrets of parking planes with a rookie and his ping pong bats. The King and Queen of Terminal 2 Demi and Sue wrestle with a bare chested drunk, and back at immigration Kat and Bob come across a visitor whose reason for entering the UK just doesn't add up

3. Heathrow Ep.03

G • Season 4 • Thu 19 Sep • 30m

Storm Imogen causes chaos on the runways and in the terminals. Airside Safety Officer Simon keeps his eyes pealed for any potentially dangerous debris that could damage the landing planes. In Terminal 4, Manager Sunita looks after dozens of passengers whose flight to Delhi has been cancelled. Trainee Engineer Elliot prepares to get his hands dirty as he clears a blocked sewage pit - an essential part of the airport operation that no passenger normally sees. Meanwhile, there are emotional reunions in arrivals, and staff from the Animal Reception Centre welcome an exotic shipment of feathered friends from Canada.

4. Heathrow Ep.04

G • Season 4 • Fri 20 Sep • 30m

All things Eastern feature in this week’s episode of Heathrow: Britain’s Busiest Airport. Be it the arrival of some special cargo, a potential people trafficker flagged to Border Force, or the polar vortex that battered Britain in March affectionately called the Beast from the East. Plus, rookie Ian is back - this time wielding a gun.

5. Heathrow Ep.05

G • Season 4 • Mon 23 Sep • 30m

Eighty per cent of all visitors to Britain arrive by air, and today’s episode of Heathrow begins at 4.49am, with the arrival of a 17 hour non-stop flight from Perth. Border Force pull over a Ghananian business man declaring £114k in cash, there’s love in the air with a blind date at the romantic venue of T5 arrivals, and the end of an era on the airfield for Chief Trainer Simon.

6. Heathrow Ep.06

G • Season 4 • Tue 24 Sep • 30m

Royal and celebrity feature in the last episode of Britain’s Busiest Airport, with Terminal 5 receiving a very special visitor and buggy driver Carlo getting star struck. Plus, British Airways have a new robot on the airfield and Borderforce release the hounds in search of dirty money.

12 Episodes