# Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport

Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport is a British documentary series, aired by ITV from October 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 | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Series | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 October 2015 (2015-10-03) | 17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 30 May 2016 (2016-05-30) | 13 June 2016 (2016-06-13) |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 May 2017 (2017-05-10) | 24 May 2017 (2017-05-24) |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 May 2018 (2018-05-02) | 13 June 2018 (2018-06-13) |
| 5 | 12 | 12 | 21 May 2019 (2019-05-21) | 16 October 2019 (2019-10-16) |
| 6 | 12 | 12 | 19 August 2020 (2020-08-19) | 4 November 2020 (2020-11-04) |
| 7 | 12 | 12 | 10 March 2021 (2021-03-10) | 27 October 2021 (2021-10-27) |
| 8 | 6 | 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 | TBA | TBC | Paul Thornley |
| 3 ("Departures") | 17 October 2015 | TBA | TBC | Paul Thornley |
| SA | 2015 | — | — | Paul Thornley |

### Series 2 (2016)

Official episode viewing figures are from BARB.
| 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 | Paul Thornley |
| 3 | 13 June 2016 | 2.89 | 15 | Paul Thornley |
| SA | 2016 | 3.18 | — | Paul Thornley |

### 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 | Paul Thornley |
| 3 | 24 May 2017 | 3.25 | 17 | Paul Thornley |
| SA | 2017 | 3.73 | — | Paul Thornley |

### 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 | Patricia Hodge |
| 3 | 16 May 2018 | 4.1 | 23 | Patricia Hodge |
| 4 | 23 May 2018 | 4.4 | | Patricia Hodge |
| 5 | 6 June 2018 | 4.5 | 126 | Patricia Hodge |
| 6 | 13 June 2018 | 4.3 | | Patricia Hodge |
| SA | 2018 | 4.0 | — | Patricia Hodge |

### Series 5 (2019)

| Episode no. | Airdate | Viewers (millions) | ITV weekly rating | Narrator |
| 1 | 21 May 2019 | NA | NA | Julie Walters |
| 2 | 22 May 2019 | NA | NA | Julie Walters |
| 3 | 5 June 2019 | NA | NA | Julie Walters |
| 4 | 12 June 2019 | 4.02 | 14 | Julie Walters |
| 5 | 19 June 2019 | 4.07 | 15 | Julie Walters |
| 6 | 26 June 2019 | 3.90 | 13 | Julie Walters |
| 7 | 11 September 2019 | NA | NA | Julie Walters |
| 8 | 18 September 2019 | NA | NA | Julie Walters |
| 9 | 25 September 2019 | TBA | TBA | Julie Walters |
| 10 | 2 October 2019 | TBA | TBA | Julie Walters |
| 11 | 9 October 2019 | TBA | TBA | Julie Walters |
| 12 | 16 October 2019 | TBA | TBA | Julie Walters |
| SA | 2019 | TBA | TBA | Julie Walters |

### Series 6 (2020)

Series 6 was filmed before COVID-19 restrictions.
| Episode no. | Airdate | Viewers (millions) | ITV weekly rating | Narrator |
| 1 | 19 August 2020 | TBA | TBA | Joanna Lumley |
| 2 | 26 August 2020 | TBA | TBA | Joanna Lumley |
| 3 | 2 September 2020 | TBA | TBA | Joanna Lumley |
| 4 | 9 September 2020 | TBA | TBA | Joanna Lumley |
| 5 | 16 September 2020 | TBA | TBA | Joanna Lumley |
| 6 | 23 September 2020 | TBA | TBA | Joanna Lumley |
| 7 | 30 September 2020 | TBA | TBA | Joanna Lumley |
| 8 | 7 October 2020 | TBA | TBA | Joanna Lumley |
| 9 | 14 October 2020 | TBA | TBA | Joanna Lumley |
| 10 | 21 October 2020 | TBA | TBA | Joanna Lumley |
| 11 | 28 October 2020 | TBA | TBA | Joanna Lumley |
| 12 | 4 November 2020 | TBA | TBA | Joanna Lumley |
| SA | 2020 | TBA | TBA | Joanna Lumley |

### 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 | Julie Walters |
| 3 | 24 March 2021 | TBA | TBA | Julie Walters |
| 4 | 25 August 2021 | TBA | TBA | Julie Walters |
| 5 | 1 September 2021 | TBA | TBA | Julie Walters |
| 6 | 15 September 2021 | TBA | TBA | Julie Walters |
| 7 | 22 September 2021 | TBA | TBA | Julie Walters |
| 8 | 29 September 2021 | TBA | TBA | Julie Walters |
| 9 | 6 October 2021 | TBA | TBA | Julie Walters |
| 10 | 13 October 2021 | TBA | TBA | Julie Walters |
| 11 | 20 October 2021 | TBA | TBA | Julie Walters |
| 12 | 27 October 2021 | TBA | TBA | Julie Walters |

### Series 8 (2022)

Series 8 premiered on 20 July 2022.
| Episode no. | Airdate | Viewers (millions) | ITV weekly rating | Narrator |
| 1 | 20 July 2022 | TBA | TBA | Sarah Parish |
| 2 | 27 July 2022 | TBA | TBA | Sarah Parish |
| 3 | 3 August 2022 | TBA | TBA | Sarah Parish |
| 4 | 10 August 2022 | TBA | TBA | Sarah Parish |
| 5 | 17 August 2022 | TBA | TBA | Sarah Parish |
| 6 | 24 August 2022 | TBA | TBA | Frances Barber |