Credits
- Narrator
- Philip Glenister
- Producer
- Nicola Seare
- Executive Producer
- Clare Sillery
Episode 2 of 3
Duration: 1 hour
Three-part series charting the development of Britain's airports and how they have transformed the country, in the process creating both freedom and fear.
Relive the heyday of jet travel, when airports held beauty pageants for air hostesses and information films taught us how to pack for flight. This episode celebrates how 'money, tickets, passport' became the mantra of the moving masses. But while we giddily embarked on our foreign holidays, Britain itself was being shaped by the airport - tourism, business and immigration all felt the impact of these gateways to the globe.
Glorious colour archive captures the airport's golden age, while contributions from author Sarfraz Manzoor and airline staff to early immigrants explore how airports changed us.
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