Warbird Workshop: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In hangars and machine shops the length and breadth of Britain a brave bunch of engineers and aviators are battling to keep the UK's most historic warplanes in the air. From Spitfires to C47 paratroop planes, Cold War jets to helicopters, the skies of 2020 are home to a growing fleet of antique warbirds – 20th century military aircraft rebuilt or even recreated from scratch.

Now Warbird Workshop is climbing into the cockpit with the pilots and professional engineers committed to returning planes that fought and won wars to the skies. We'll watch as vintage engines are coaxed back into life and restorers puzzle out the problems presented by aircraft designed before their grand dads were born.

And we'll capture the nostalgia and the drama of first test flights as iconic fighters like the Spitfire soar into the sky again after rebuilds that can take decades.

Series details

• Title: Warbird Workshop
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: History
• Premiere date: 2020-03-05
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Network listed by TVmaze: U&Yesterday
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 46316
• IMDb ID: tt11892420
• TVDB ID: 378084

Cast and credited roles

• Martin Shaw — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2020-03-05; final listed air date 2020-04-09; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2021-04-22; final listed air date 2021-05-13; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from Warbird Workshop 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.