Series charting the development of Britain's airports and how they have transformed the country, in the process creating both freedom and fear

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The Final Approach

3/3 Going from the open, accessible airport of the 1960s to present-day security procedures.

Sun 2 Oct 2011 21:00 BBC Four

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