Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport

*Heathrow: Britains's Busiest Airport*
Heathrow: Britains's Busiest Airport
Genre	Documentary
Directed by	Juliette Murray-Topham; Ben Phethean; Jimmy Dallas; Jermaine Blake; Marc Knighton; Emma Findlay; David Waterman; Charles Crich; Dave Walley; Patrick Phillips; Miles Blayden-Ryall; Therese Byrne;
Narrated by	Paul Thornley (2015–2017); Patricia Hodge (2018); Julie Walters (2019, 2021-); Joanna Lumley (2020);
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
Production
Executive producers	Juliette Murray-Topham; Tom Barry; Eve Kay;
Producers	Juliette Murray-Topham; Jimmy Dallas; Therese Byrne; Ben Phethean; Charles Crich; Jermaine Blake; Nick Cohen; Dave Pearson; Marc Knighton; Emma Findlay; Dave Walley; Tom Pearson; Samantha Deville; Patrick Phillips;
Production location	Heathrow Airport
Editors	Dave Pearson; Nick Cohen; Badger Cooper; Hamit Shonpal; Jonny Stacey; Bjorn Johnson; Dave Berezai; Jeremy Brettingham; Jonnie Case;
Production company	Raw TV
Distributor	ITV Studios Global Entertainment
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	3 October 2015 –; present

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.

Format[]

The series follows the events happening day after day at Heathrow Airport in London.

Episodes[]

Series overview[]

Series	Episodes	Originally aired
Series	Episodes	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
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
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
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

External links[]

[1] "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 13 June 2016.

[2] "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

[:0-3] Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport - Series 5 - Episode 1, retrieved 25 May 2019

[:1-4] Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport - Series 5 - Episode 2, retrieved 25 May 2019

[:2-5] "Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport | TV documentary | Heathrow Traveller". Heathrow Traveller blog. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

[:3-6] "Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport - S5 - Episode 3". Radio Times. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

[:4-7] Abraham Cheung (6 June 2019), Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport S05E03 (Season 5, Episode 3, June 2019), retrieved 7 June 2019

[8] Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport - Series 6 - Episode 1, retrieved 28 August 2020

[9] Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport - Series 6 - Episode 2, retrieved 28 August 2020

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