Four hour long 'live' programmes (though presumably with much
pre-recorded content) about the operations of Heathrow are on BBC2 at
8pm from Monday to Thursday this coming week.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p018t3xg

Hopefully should be of interest - there's certainly enough raw material
at one of the world's busiest airports.

On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:45:48 +0100, Mizter T
wrote:

Four hour long 'live' programmes (though presumably with much
pre-recorded content) about the operations of Heathrow are on BBC2 at
8pm from Monday to Thursday this coming week.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p018t3xg

Hopefully should be of interest - there's certainly enough raw material
at one of the world's busiest airports.

Yes, and the team they have on it are all reasonably serious
presenters, so hopefully it won't be anything like the telegenic
character docusoaps that have previous been based in Heathrow and
Luton (that focused mainly on passengers who'd forgotten their
passports, etc). NATS has been tweeting about it for a few weeks now,
and so seems to be fully behind it.

Recliner wrote:

hopefully it won't be anything like the telegenic
character docusoaps that have previous been based in Heathrow

Seeing more of the operations side of Heathrow would be good, but I have to say
I thought the original Airport wasn't half bad. Stuart (Animal Control), Anita
(VIP Services), the VIP photographers...

On Sun, 16 Jun 2013 07:21:39 -0600, Robert Neville
wrote:

Recliner wrote:

hopefully it won't be anything like the telegenic
character docusoaps that have previous been based in Heathrow

Seeing more of the operations side of Heathrow would be good, but I have to say
I thought the original Airport wasn't half bad. Stuart (Animal Control), Anita
(VIP Services), the VIP photographers...

Yes, that was a lot better than the easyJet series based in Luton. But
it still didn't have nearly as much as I'd have liked on the airside
or operations.

Do you remember the Air Canada ground purser (I forget his official
title) who featured in a few episodes? He once sorted out my
pre-selected seat which had been wrongly (but deliberately) occupied
by another passenger.

I wonder how many of those regular characters still work there?

Recliner wrote:

Yes, that was a lot better than the easyJet series based in Luton.

The interesting thing about that one is that many of the staff who featured
in it still work there, and are recognisable - but perhaps not quite as
young

I guess they're a good employer. Certainly, unlike another airline I'm
sure everyone knows of, they seem generally to be cheerful and helpful.

Neil
--
Neil Williams in Milton Keynes, UK. Put first name before the at to reply.

Neil Williams wrote:
Recliner wrote:

Yes, that was a lot better than the easyJet series based in Luton.

The interesting thing about that one is that many of the staff who featured
in it still work there, and are recognisable - but perhaps not quite as
young

I guess they're a good employer. Certainly, unlike another airline I'm
sure everyone knows of, they seem generally to be cheerful and helpful.

But how many of the airport staff actually worked for easyJet itself? I
though most worked for the ground handling agent, Menzies, despite wearing
eJ uniforms.

Mizter T wrote:
Four hour long 'live' programmes (though presumably with much
pre-recorded content) about the operations of Heathrow are on BBC2 at 8pm
from Monday to Thursday this coming week.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p018t3xg

Hopefully should be of interest - there's certainly enough raw material
at one of the world's busiest airports.

This is the hashtag for the programmes: #airportlive

Mizter T wrote:
Four hour long 'live' programmes (though presumably with much
pre-recorded content) about the operations of Heathrow are on BBC2 at 8pm
from Monday to Thursday this coming week.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p018t3xg

Hopefully should be of interest - there's certainly enough raw material
at one of the world's busiest airports.

Well, I thought it was really good. I know a lot about flying, and still
learned a lot. They also had live access to the control tower, which was
pretty impressive. And I liked the way Dallas was trying out the First
class suite on an SIA plane on live TV with the passenger possibly watching
the programme live from the departure lounge. I also think they wove the
recorded segments in with the live action very smoothly.

I only spotted one error, when Anita Rani said that the runways had to be
longer for the A380 -- that's one of the few things that didn't need
modifying, as A380s don't need longer runways than other long haul jets.

I wonder how much warning Kate Humble had that she'd be standing in for Dan
Snow? I don't think she's an aviation geek, so must have had to bone up
quite a bit.

On 17/06/2013 21:41, Recliner wrote:

Mizter T wrote:
Four hour long 'live' programmes (though presumably with much
pre-recorded content) about the operations of Heathrow are on BBC2 at 8pm
from Monday to Thursday this coming week.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p018t3xg

Hopefully should be of interest - there's certainly enough raw material
at one of the world's busiest airports.

Well, I thought it was really good. I know a lot about flying, and still
learned a lot. They also had live access to the control tower, which was
pretty impressive. And I liked the way Dallas was trying out the First
class suite on an SIA plane on live TV with the passenger possibly watching
the programme live from the departure lounge. I also think they wove the
recorded segments in with the live action very smoothly.

I only spotted one error, when Anita Rani said that the runways had to be
longer for the A380 -- that's one of the few things that didn't need
modifying, as A380s don't need longer runways than other long haul jets.

I wonder how much warning Kate Humble had that she'd be standing in for Dan
Snow? I don't think she's an aviation geek, so must have had to bone up
quite a bit.


Good to hear it was up to scratch - I'll be catching up on the
programmes later.

Wasn't there some sort of adjustment to the LHR taxiways or apron that
had to be made to (better?) accommodate the A380. That might have got
muddled up with the runway itself.

What became of Mr Snow (junior)?

Mizter T wrote:
On 17/06/2013 21:41, Recliner wrote:

Mizter T wrote:
Four hour long 'live' programmes (though presumably with much
pre-recorded content) about the operations of Heathrow are on BBC2 at 8pm
from Monday to Thursday this coming week.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p018t3xg

Hopefully should be of interest - there's certainly enough raw material
at one of the world's busiest airports.

Well, I thought it was really good. I know a lot about flying, and still
learned a lot. They also had live access to the control tower, which was
pretty impressive. And I liked the way Dallas was trying out the First
class suite on an SIA plane on live TV with the passenger possibly watching
the programme live from the departure lounge. I also think they wove the
recorded segments in with the live action very smoothly.

I only spotted one error, when Anita Rani said that the runways had to be
longer for the A380 -- that's one of the few things that didn't need
modifying, as A380s don't need longer runways than other long haul jets.

I wonder how much warning Kate Humble had that she'd be standing in for Dan
Snow? I don't think she's an aviation geek, so must have had to bone up
quite a bit.


Good to hear it was up to scratch - I'll be catching up on the programmes later.

Wasn't there some sort of adjustment to the LHR taxiways or apron that
had to be made to (better?) accommodate the A380. That might have got
muddled up with the runway itself.

What became of Mr Snow (junior)?

Yes, many changes had to be made for the A380, except to the runway length.
The plane needs a wider space around taxiways and also larger radius
corners. It also needed modified, wider spaced gates with more gangways
and lounge space. I suspect the pressure of live TV got Anita muddled.

They just said that Dan Snow couldn't be there because of a family
emergency. Kate Humble seemed to have been drafted in at very short notice,
and admitted that she doesn't normally like airports. She's certainly no
plane spotter, and she'd only just learned how to distinguish a 747 (she's
probably a lot better at wildlife than plane spotting). But she still
managed to do all the live interviews pretty well (Dan's recorded segments
still featured).