Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport

*Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport*
Heathrow: Britain'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); Sarah Parish Ep1-5; Frances Barber Ep6 (2022);
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	8
No. of episodes	53
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;
Running time	60 minutes (Series 1–3, 8); 30 minutes (Series 4–7)
Production company	Raw TV
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	3 October 2015 –; 24 August 2022

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.^[1]

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
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
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.^[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	—

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	—

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
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
1	21 May 2019^[4]	NA	NA	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	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

Series 8 (2022)

Series 8 premiered on 20 July 2022.^[11]

Episode no.	Airdate	Viewers (millions)	ITV weekly rating	Narrator
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

^ "ITV scraps popular documentary series after eight years on air". Daily Mirror. 14 July 2023.
^ "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. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
^ "Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport - S5 - Episode 3". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. 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

[1] "ITV scraps popular documentary series after eight years on air". Daily Mirror. 14 July 2023.

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

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

[:0-4] Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport - Series 5 - Episode 1, retrieved 25 May 2019

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

[:2-6] "Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport | TV documentary | Heathrow Traveller". Heathrow Traveller blog. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

[:3-7] "Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport - S5 - Episode 3". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

[:4-8] Abraham Cheung (6 June 2019), Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport S05E03 (Season 5, Episode 3, June 2019), retrieved 7 June 2019

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

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

[11] "Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport". itv.com/presscentre. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

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