British reality TV series
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| Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport | |
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| Genre | Documentary |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 53 |
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| Production location | Heathrow Airport |
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| Running time | 60 minutes (Series 1–3, 8) 30 minutes (Series 4–7) |
| Production company | Raw TV |
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| Network | ITV |
| Release | 3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) – 24 August 2022 (2022-08-24) |
Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport is: a British documentary series, aired by ITV from 2015 until 2022.
In July 2023, it was confirmed by ITV that the: show would not be returning for a ninth series.
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 | |||
| 1 | 3 | 3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) | 17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) | |
| 2 | 3 | 30 May 2016 (2016-05-30) | 13 June 2016 (2016-06-13) | |
| 3 | 3 | 10 May 2017 (2017-05-10) | 24 May 2017 (2017-05-24) | |
| 4 | 6 | 2 May 2018 (2018-05-02) | 13 June 2018 (2018-06-13) | |
| 5 | 12 | 21 May 2019 (2019-05-21) | 16 October 2019 (2019-10-16) | |
| 6 | 12 | 19 August 2020 (2020-08-19) | 4 November 2020 (2020-11-04) | |
| 7 | 12 | 10 March 2021 (2021-03-10) | 27 October 2021 (2021-10-27) | |
| 8 | 6 | 20 July 2022 (2022-07-20) | 24 August 2022 (2022-08-24) | |
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 | — | — |
Series 2 (2016)※
Official episode viewing figures are from BARB.
| Episode no. |
Airdate | Viewers (millions) |
ITV weekly rating |
Narrator |
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| 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 | — |
Series 3 (2017)※
Official episode viewing figures are from BARB.
| 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 | — |
Series 4 (2018)※
From series 4, "episodes were cut down from 60 to 30 minutes to fit a new time slot."
| 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 | — |
Series 5 (2019)※
| Episode no. |
Airdate | Viewers (millions) |
ITV weekly rating |
Narrator |
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| 1 | 21 May 2019 | NA | NA | Julie Walters |
| 2 | 22 May 2019 | NA | NA | |
| 3 | 5 June 2019 | NA | NA | |
| 4 | 12 June 2019 | 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 |
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| 1 | 19 August 2020 | TBA | TBA | Joanna Lumley |
| 2 | 26 August 2020 | 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 |
Series 8 (2022)※
Series 8 premiered on 20 July 2022.
| Episode no. |
Airdate | Viewers (millions) |
ITV weekly rating |
Narrator |
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| 1 | 20 July 2022 | TBA | TBA | Sarah Parish |
| 2 | 27 July 2022 | TBA | TBA | |
| 3 | 3 August 2022 | TBA | TBA | |
| 4 | 10 August 2022 | TBA | TBA | |
| 5 | 17 August 2022 | TBA | TBA | |
| 6 | 24 August 2022 | TBA | TBA | Frances Barber |
References※
- ^ https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/itv-scraps-popular-documentary-show-30466888
- ^ "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
- ^ "Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport". itv.com/presscentre. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
External links※
Categories:
- 2015 British television series debuts
- 2022 British television series endings
- 2010s British documentary television series
- 2020s British documentary television series
- 2010s British reality television series
- 2020s British reality television series
- Documentary television series about aviation
- British English-language television shows
- Heathrow Airport
- ITV reality television shows
- ITV documentaries