Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport is a British documentary series, aired by ITV from June 2015 until August 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 1 (2015)
Episodeno. Airdate Viewers(millions) ITVweekly rating Narrator 1 ("Arrivals") 3 October 2015 rowspan="3" TBC Paul Thornley 2 ("Turnaround") 10 October 2015 TBC 3 ("Departures") 17 October 2015 TBC 2015
Series 2 (2016)
Official episode viewing figures are from BARB.
Episodeno. Airdate Viewers(millions) ITVweekly 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 2016 3.18
Series 3 (2017)
Official episode viewing figures are from BARB.
Episodeno. Airdate Viewers(millions) ITVweekly 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 2017 3.73
Series 4 (2018) From series 4, episodes were cut down from 60 to 30 minutes to fit a new time slot.
Episodeno. Airdate Viewers(millions) ITVweekly rating Narrator 1 2 May 2018 3.6 18 Patricia Hodge 2 9 May 20183.421 3 16 May 2018 4.1 23 4 23 May 2018 4.4 5 6 June 2018 4.5 126 6 13 June 20184.3 2018 4.0
Series 5 (2019) Episodeno. Airdate Viewers(millions) ITVweekly rating Narrator 1 21 May 2019NANA Julie Walters 2 22 May 2019NANA 3 5 June 2019NANA 4 12 June 20194.0214 5 19 June 20194.0715 6 26 June 20193.90137 11 September 2019NANA8 18 September 2019NANA9 25 September 2019TBATBA102 October 2019TBATBA119 October 2019TBATBA1216 October 2019TBATBA 2019TBATBA
Series 6 (2020) Series 6 was filmed before COVID-19 restrictions.
Episodeno. Airdate Viewers(millions) ITVweekly rating Narrator 1 19 August 2020TBATBA Joanna Lumley 2 26 August 2020TBATBA 3 2 September 2020TBATBA 4 9 September 2020TBATBA 5 16 September 2020TBATBA 6 23 September 2020TBATBA7 30 September 2020TBATBA8 7 October 2020TBATBA9 14 October 2020TBATBA10 21 October 2020TBATBA11 28 October 2020TBATBA12 4 November 2020TBATBA 2020TBATBA
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.
Episodeno. Airdate Viewers(millions) ITV weekly rating Narrator 1 10 March 2021 TBA TBA Julie Walters217 March 2021TBATBA324 March 2021TBATBA425 August 2021TBATBA51 September 2021TBATBA615 September 2021TBATBA722 September 2021TBATBA829 September 2021TBATBA96 October 2021TBATBA1013 October 2021TBATBA1120 October 2021TBATBA1227 October 2021TBATBA
Series 8 (2022)
Series 8 premiered on 20 July 2022.
Episodeno. Airdate Viewers(millions) ITVweekly rating Narrator 1 20 July 2022 TBA TBA Sarah Parish227 July 2022TBATBA33 August 2022TBATBA410 August 2022TBATBA517 August 2022TBATBA624 August 2022TBATBA Frances Barber
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