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World News Today: 29/06/2009

29/06/2009

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Return to... Airport

Return to... Airport: Episode 5

Episode 5

BBC Two - Return to... Airport, Episode 5

Jeremy Spake and his fellow Heathrow residents take us back to the world's busiest airport

Jeremy Spake and his fellow Heathrow residents take us back to the early days of the 'fly on the tarmac' series about the world's busiest airport.

Jeremy Spake and his fellow Heathrow residents take us back to the early days of the 'fly on the tarmac' series about the world's busiest airport. Take a bunch of highly strung celebrities, with entourage, a near catastrophe or two, add bags of confusion, and you've got the explosive mix which made Airport such a hit.

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BBC Two is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964.

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Heathrow residents take us back to the early days of the 'fly on the tarmac' series.

Return to ... Airport

5/5. Jeremy Spake and his fellow 
Heathrow colleagues reflect on the early days of the docusoap.

The Way We Travelled

Series about how travel programmes changed the British publics' attitude to other cultures

Three-part documentary series on how holiday and travel programmes have changed the British public's attitude to other countries and cultures over the years

The Way We Travelled: The Way We Travelled

31/07/2003

BBC Two - The Way We Travelled, The Way We Travelled

The rise of programmes like Rough Guide and the likes of Michael Palin and Benedict Allen.

The last in the series looks at how independent travel programmes such as Rough Guide started the trend for travelling without a tour guide.

Last in a three-part series of documentaries on how holiday and travel programmes have changed the British public's attitude to other countries and cultures over the years. The rise of independent travel programmes such as Rough Guide is featured, along with the more intrepid likes of Michael Palin and Benedict Allen.

A look at how the rise of independent travel programmes such as Rough Guide changed people's attitudes to different cultures over the years while 
Michael Palin and modern-day explorer Benedict Allen 's popularity reflected the growing trend for world travel.

The Secret Life of the Airport

The Secret Life of the Airport: Episode 3: The Final Approach

Episode 3

Episode 3: The Final Approach

The Final Approach

BBC Four - The Secret Life of the Airport, The Final Approach

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

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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Series charting the development of Britain's airports

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

tew. 3/3. The Final Approach -rom the viewpoint of today's security-conscious world, the easily accessible airport of the 1960s is hard to believe. Archive footage and eyewitness accounts help to explain the events that have changed the way airports treat passengers. Contributors include Lord Foster, Jonathan Glancey and Will Self. Narrated by Philip Glenister. See panel. 
Repeated on Thursday at 10pm

Days That Shook the World

Series focusing on some of the defining moments of history

Days that Shook the World: Series 1

Days That Shook the World: Series 1 (30 minutes): Concorde - Atlantic Crossing

23/10/2005

Concorde - Atlantic Crossing

Series 1 (30 minutes)

BBC Two - Days That Shook the World, Series 1 (30 minutes), Concorde - Atlantic Crossing

Recalling the day that Concorde made its first supersonic flight across the Atlantic.

Series focusing on defining moments of history. This edition recalls 19 October 1977, when Concorde made its first supersonic flight across the Atlantic from Toulouse to New York.

It is 19th October 1977 and Concorde taxis onto the runway at Toulouse Airport. Onboard, the crew are preparing for an historic day - the first supersonic test flight to New York. At JFK airport, protestors are waiting with a hostile welcome, but for the Concorde team and the French and British governments it is a moment that represents the end of an exhausting struggle.

Days That Shook the World: Series 1 (30 minutes)

Knowledge, drama, comedy and the arts for a broad adult audience.

Concorde's first transatlantic flight in was a cause for celebration for the French and British governments, marking the end of a struggle to achieve supersonic flight. However, some New York residents were not so pleased.

Timewatch

Timewatch: 2003-2004

Timewatch: 2003-2004: Concorde - A Love Story

19/10/2003

Concorde - A Love Story

2003-2004

BBC Two - Timewatch, 2003-2004, Concorde - A Love Story

Documentary revealing the inside story of how Concorde was designed and built.

Documentary revealing the inside story of how Concorde was designed and built, and how it survived against the odds to become a much-loved international icon.

Concorde, the world's only supersonic jet, reached the end of its flying days in 2003, but the love affair between the public and the plane is likely to endure for many years longer. 

This documentary reveals the inside story of how such a remarkable plane was designed and built, and how it survived against all odds to become an international icon and in the process changed 
the face of air travel for ever. 

Told by celebrity frequent fliers like David Frost and Henry Kissinger, by engineers, test pilots, stewardesses and charter passengers, this is the story of Concorde's life and death.

Concorde: a Love Story -Timewatch

The inside story of how Concorde became the fastest and most recognisable passenger plane in the world. Celebrity frequent fliers including David Frost and Henry Kissinger are among those recalling its heyday.

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Summits

Summits: Episode 3: Geneva, 1985

Episode 3: Geneva, 1985

Geneva, 1985

BBC Four - Summits, Geneva, 1985

How Reagan and Gorbachev's 1985 meeting in Geneva saw an unlikely end to the Cold War.

David Reynolds uncovers the story of three summit meetings that shaped the modern world. He sees how Reagan and Gorbachev helped ensure a peaceful end to the Cold War.

David Reynolds, Professor of International History at Cambridge University, uncovers the story of three groundbreaking summit meetings that shaped the modern world. When Ronald Reagan met the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at Geneva in 1985, few foresaw any meaningful progress. Each had arrived with real doubts about the other and entrenched ideological convictions. Yet despite two days of fundamental disagreement over arms policy, Reagan saw the peacemaker in Gorbachev and reached out to him.

The story of three ground-breaking summit meetings that have shaped the modern world.

David Reynolds, Professor of International History at Cambridge University, uncovers the fascinating behind-the-scenes story of three ground-breaking summit meetings that have shaped the modern world.

The Secret Life of the Airport: Episode 1: Preparing for Take Off

Episode 1

Episode 1: Preparing for Take Off

Preparing for Take Off

BBC Four - The Secret Life of the Airport, Preparing for Take Off

How rivalry, skulduggery and sheer passion for flight gave birth to Britain's airports.

Using rare archive, this series charting the development of Britain's airports begins with the heady glamour of Britain's first terminal at Croydon.

Travel in time from the heady glamour of Britain's first terminal at Croydon to the signs and squiggles that direct pilots, as well as passengers, in today's airports. This series reveals how rivalry, skulduggery and sheer passion for flight gave birth to our airports, turning muddy airfields into the 24-hour mini-cities we know today. In the process, they've transformed Britain - giving us the freedom to travel anywhere we want and inspiring fear about our borders.

Rare archive, access to airports' hidden corners and contributors ranging from philosopher and author Alain de Botton to the man charged with scaring birds off Manchester's runways, reveal all.

The Secret Life of the Airport: Episode 2: Joining the Jet Set

Episode 2

Episode 2: Joining the Jet Set

Joining the Jet Set

BBC Four - The Secret Life of the Airport, Joining the Jet Set

The golden age of jet travel, when 'money, tickets, passport' became the masses' mantra.

Series following the rise of our airports. The jet age sees Heathrow itself become a tourist attraction, and life as an air hostess is as glamorous as can be.

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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