Viewers are invited behind the scenes at Heathrow over the next six weeks as popular TV series ‘Heathrow: Britain’s Busiest Airport’ (HBBA) launches into its fourth season. The series looks into the lives of colleagues who work tirelessly to get over 200,000 passengers and on average 5,000 tonnes of cargo through the airport, all in a day’s work.
Operating the airport at close to capacity is no easy feat for the 76,500 colleagues who work at Heathrow. This year, it took a 14-strong crew 1,200 coffees to get through over 500 hours of filming, across three months, producing three hours of gripping television drama that shows UK audiences exactly how it’s done.
Launching this Wednesday at 8pm on ITV, ‘Heathrow: Britain’s Busiest Airport’ will dive into the drama, pride and excitement of running the best airport in Western Europe across six episodes. Not one day is ever the same at Heathrow so the crew found themselves stretched across arrivals, departures and the airfield, shadowing colleagues as they go about their daily tasks and respond to unexpected calls to duty. This series, crews spent most of their time filming in Terminal 2, a clear audience favourite having been recently voted the ‘World’s Best Airport Terminal’ by passengers.
Heathrow Chief Executive John Holland-Kaye said:
“Returning for a fourth series, ‘Heathrow: Britain’s Busiest Airport’ is a project that encapsulates our dedicated network of colleagues who work around the clock to deliver a world-class airport service. The documentary gives millions of people a glimpse into the operations of one of the world’s busiest airports and I can tell you from experience, there is never a dull day.”
ITV welcomes back previous season favourites and debuts new faces of the operation, many of whom live locally to Heathrow. The series will star colleagues from Spelthorne, Berkshire and Richmond upon Thames, to name a few.
Audiences can go further behind the scenes on Heathrow’s new dedicated HBBA website www.heathrow.com/hbba launched this month. There, viewers can find more information on Heathrow facts and figures, the stars of the show and career opportunities available at the airport, as well as have the chance to win two return business class tickets to Malaysia, with Malaysia Airlines.
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About Heathrow
Heathrow is the UK's hub airport, home to more than 80 airlines, connecting to more than 180 destinations. Every year, Heathrow welcomes over 70 million passengers with a commitment to 'making every journey better.' Following an investment of more than £11 billion over the last 10 years, passengers have now voted Heathrow the 'Best Airport in Western Europe' four years in a row, and 'Best Airport for Shopping' nine years in a row.
