Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport
Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport is a British documentary series, aired by ITV from 3 October 2015. Seven series have been produced, with the latest Series starting on 10 March 2021.
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| Genre | Documentary |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 43
Series 1 To 3 45 mins Series 4 onwards 22 to 23 mins |
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| Production location | Heathrow Airport |
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| Production company | Raw TV |
| Distributor | ITV Studios Global Entertainment |
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| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 3 October 2015 – present |
Format
The series follows the events happening day after day at Heathrow Airport in London.
Episodes
Series overview
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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| First aired | Last aired | Network | |||
| 1 | 3 | 3 October 2015 | 17 October 2015 | ITV | |
| 2 | 3 | 30 May 2016 | 13 June 2016 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 10 May 2017 | 24 May 2017 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 2 May 2018 | 13 June 2018 | ||
| 5 | 12 | 21 May 2019 | 16 October 2019 | ||
| 6 | 12 | 19 August 2020 | 4 November 2020 | ||
| 7 | 12 | 10 March 2021 | 27 October 2021 | ||
Series 1 (2015)
| Episode no. |
Airdate | Viewers (millions) |
ITV weekly rating |
Narrator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 ("Arrivals") | 3 October 2015 | TBA | TBC | Paul Thornley |
| 2 ("Turnaround") | 10 October 2015 | TBC | ||
| 3 ("Departures") | 17 October 2015 | TBC | ||
| SA | 2015 | N/A | N/A | |
Series 2 (2016)
Official episode viewing figures are from BARB.[1]
| Episode no. |
Airdate | Viewers (millions) |
ITV weekly rating |
Narrator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 May 2016 | 3.33 | 13 | Paul Thornley |
| 2 | 6 June 2016 | 3.34 | 14 | |
| 3 | 13 June 2016 | 2.89 | 15 | |
| SA | 2016 | 3.18 | N/A | |
Series 3 (2017)
Official episode viewing figures are from BARB.[2]
| Episode no. |
Airdate | Viewers (millions) |
ITV weekly rating |
Narrator |
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| 1 | 10 May 2017 | 4.48 | 16 | Paul Thornley |
| 2 | 17 May 2017 | 3.46 | 17 | |
| 3 | 24 May 2017 | 3.25 | 17 | |
| SA | 2017 | 3.73 | N/A | |
Series 4 (2018)
From series 4, episodes were cut down from 45 to 30 minutes.
| Episode no. |
Airdate | Viewers (millions) |
ITV weekly rating |
Narrator |
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| 1 | 2 May 2018 | 3.6 | 18 | Patricia Hodge |
| 2 | 9 May 2018 | 3.4 | 21 | |
| 3 | 16 May 2018 | 4.1 | 23 | |
| 4 | 23 May 2018 | 4.4 | ||
| 5 | 6 June 2018 | 4.5 | 126 | |
| 6 | 13 June 2018 | 4.3 | ||
| SA | 2018 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Series 5 (2019)
| Episode no. |
Airdate | Viewers
(millions) |
ITV
weekly rating |
Narrator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 May 2019[3] | NA | NA | Julie Walters |
| 2 | 22 May 2019[4] | NA | NA | |
| 3 | 5 June 2019[5][6] | NA | NA | |
| 4 | 12 June 2019[7] | 4.02 | 14 | |
| 5 | 19 June 2019 | 4.07 | 15 | |
| 6 | 26 June 2019 | 3.90 | 13 | |
| 7 | 11 September 2019 | NA | NA | |
| 8 | 18 September 2019 | NA | NA | |
| 9 | 25 September 2019 | TBA | TBA | |
| 10 | 2 October 2019 | TBA | TBA | |
| 11 | 9 October 2019 | TBA | TBA | |
| 12 | 16 October 2019 | TBA | TBA | |
| SA | 2019 | TBA | TBA | |
Series 6 (2020)
Series 6 was filmed before COVID-19 restrictions.
| Episode no. |
Airdate | Viewers
(millions) |
ITV
weekly rating |
Narrator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 August 2020[8] | TBA | TBA | Joanna Lumley |
| 2 | 26 August 2020[9] | TBA | TBA | |
| 3 | 2 September 2020 | TBA | TBA | |
| 4 | 9 September 2020 | TBA | TBA | |
| 5 | 16 September 2020 | TBA | TBA | |
| 6 | 23 September 2020 | TBA | TBA | |
| 7 | 30 September 2020 | TBA | TBA | |
| 8 | 7 October 2020 | TBA | TBA | |
| 9 | 14 October 2020 | TBA | TBA | |
| 10 | 21 October 2020 | TBA | TBA | |
| 11 | 28 October 2020 | TBA | TBA | |
| 12 | 4 November 2020 | TBA | TBA | |
| SA | 2020 | TBA | TBA |
Series 7 (2021)
The first 3 episodes of this series were filmed in late 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and through England's Second National Lockdown. Episodes 4 and above were recorded during the relaxation of certain UK travel restrictions in Mid 2021.
| Episode no. |
Airdate | Viewers
(millions) |
ITV
weekly rating |
Narrator |
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| 1 | 10 March 2021 | TBA | TBA | Julie Walters |
| 2 | 17 March 2021 | TBA | TBA | |
| 3 | 24 March 2021 | TBA | TBA | |
| 4 | 25 August 2021 | TBA | TBA | |
| 5 | 1 September 2021 | TBA | TBA | |
| 6 | 15 September 2021 | TBA | TBA | |
| 7 | 22 September 2021 | TBA | TBA | |
| 8 | 29 September 2021 | TBA | TBA | |
| 9 | 6 October 2021 | TBA | TBA | |
| 10 | 13 October 2021 | TBA | TBA | |
| 11 | 20 October 2021 | TBA | TBA | |
| 12 | 27 October 2021 | TBA | TBA | |
References
- "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport - Series 5 - Episode 1, retrieved 25 May 2019
- Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport - Series 5 - Episode 2, retrieved 25 May 2019
- "Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport | TV documentary | Heathrow Traveller". Heathrow Traveller blog. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- "Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport - S5 - Episode 3". Radio Times. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- Abraham Cheung (6 June 2019), Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport S05E03 (Season 5, Episode 3, June 2019), retrieved 7 June 2019
- Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport - Series 6 - Episode 1, retrieved 28 August 2020
- Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport - Series 6 - Episode 2, retrieved 28 August 2020