Airport: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Following a handful of passengers and staff based at the airport, who work for the airlines, BAA, (the airport operator), the animal reception centre, which handles all animals arriving and departing through the airport, the ambulance, fire and police services serving the airport, customs and immigration, resident press and others. The airlines and staff featured tend to change from series to series. However, certain staff feature in multiple series.

Series details

• Title: Airport
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Travel
• Premiere date: 1996-05-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 2005-07-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 9724
• IMDb ID: tt0115087
• TVDB ID: 277607

Cast and credited roles

• John Nettles — Narrator
• Liza Tarbuck — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1996-05-02; final listed air date 1996-06-06; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 1997-06-12; final listed air date 1997-12-23; episode order: 10.
• Season 3: premiered 1998-09-19; final listed air date 1998-12-22; episode order: 10.
• Season 4: premiered 1999-09-18; final listed air date 1999-12-24; episode order: 9.
• Season 5: premiered 2000-03-28; final listed air date 2000-05-30; episode order: 10.
• Season 6: premiered 2000-11-09; final listed air date 2000-12-22; episode order: 6.
• Season 7: premiered 2001-05-31; final listed air date 2001-08-02; episode order: 10.
• Season 8: premiered 2002-06-20; final listed air date 2002-07-25; episode order: 6.
• Season 9: premiered 2002-10-28; final listed air date 2003-01-20; episode order: 10.
• Season 10: premiered 2005-03-23; final listed air date 2005-04-28; episode order: 14.
• Season 11: premiered 2005-05-26; final listed air date 2005-07-21.

Source and licence

Adapted from Airport on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.