Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport
Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport is a British documentary series, aired by ITV from 3 October 2015. Five series have been produced, the latest Series 5, which started on 21 May 2019. The series was renewed for a sixth series to air in 2020. Series 6 began airing on 19th August 2020. Filming for the sixth series was suspended in March 2020 due to COVID-19. Heathrow website confirmed that ITV had filmed over 500 hours film and that there will be a full series of 12 episodes, the same as the previous series.[1]
Heathrow: Britains's Busiest Airport | |
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Genre | Documentary |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 6 (as of2020) |
No. of episodes | 39 (as of 4 November 2020) |
Production | |
Production location | Heathrow Airport |
Production company | ITV Studios Entertainment |
Distributor | ITV Studios Global |
Release | |
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 | TBA | 2021 | TBA |
Series 1 (2015)
Episode no. |
Airdate | Viewers (millions) |
ITV weekly rating |
Narrator |
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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.[2]
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.[3]
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[4] | NA | NA | Dame Julie Walters |
2 | 22 May 2019[5] | NA | NA | |
3 | 5 June 2019[6][7] | NA | NA | |
4 | 12 June 2019[8] | 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[9] | TBA | TBA | Joanna Lumley |
2 | 26 August 2020[10] | TBA | TBA | |
3 | 2nd September 2020 | TBA | TBA | |
4 | 9th September 2020 | TBA | TBA | |
5 | 16th September 2020 | TBA | TBA | |
6 | 23rd September 2020 | TBA | TBA | |
7 | 30th September 2020 | TBA | TBA | |
8 | 7th October 2020 | TBA | TBA | |
9 | 14th October 2020 | TBA | TBA | |
10 | 21st October 2020 | TBA | TBA | |
11 | 28th October 2020 | TBA | TBA | |
12 | 4th November 2020 | TBA | TBA | |
SA | 2020 | TBA | TBA |
References
- https://www.heathrow.com/heathrow-blog/britains-busiest-airport-2020
- "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 2019-05-25
- Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport - Series 5 - Episode 2, retrieved 2019-05-25
- "Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport | TV documentary | Heathrow Traveller". Heathrow Traveller blog. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
- "Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport - S5 - Episode 3". Radio Times. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
- Abraham Cheung (2019-06-06), Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport S05E03 (Season 5, Episode 3, June 2019), retrieved 2019-06-07
- Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport - Series 6 - Episode 1, retrieved 2020-08-28
- Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport - Series 6 - Episode 2, retrieved 2020-08-28