
The Final Approach
Series exploring the development of Britain's airports. From Nimbys to climate protesters, hijackers to terrorists: how the airport has come under attack.
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.
Once upon a time you could roam freely across airports, but no longer. This final episode reveals how the easily accessible airport of late Sixties turned into one besieged by present-day security procedures and climate protesters. With rare archive and eyewitness accounts, it relates the events that have shaped our contemporary experience of airports - with their x-rays, pat downs and scanners. But although the airport's sheen may be tarnished, we're using them more than ever. Contributors including architect Lord Foster and author Will Self explore why.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Philip Glenister |
Producer | Simon Winchcombe |
Executive Producer | Clare Sillery |