Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport
11:40 pm - 12:05 am, Wednesday, March 18 on ITV1 London (3)
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About this Broadcast
Documentary going behind the scenes of the airport, finding out how its infrastructure helps staff process thousands of passengers arriving from 84 countries. This time, the iconic Boeing 747 flies out of the airport for the final time, with plane spotters around the world hoping to bid it a fond farewell. Elsewhere, new cargo driver Dylan hopes his love for hypnosis can get him out of a jam
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Julie Walters
(Narrator)
Juliette Murray-Topham
(Executive producer)
Therese Byrne
(Series producer)
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Did You Know..
Julie Walters
(Narrator)
Born:
February 22, 1950
in
Smethwick, Birmingham
Best Known For:
Her work with Victoria Wood.
Early-life:
Born February 22, 1950, in Smethwick, Birmingham, the daughter of an Irish postal worker mother and a decorator father. She has two older brothers. As a child she often performed impromptu shows impersonating Eartha Kitt or Shirley Bassey. She was expelled from school and dreamed of becoming an actress, but her mother persuaded her to take up a 'sensible' career, so she worked as a nurse and in a cigarette factory. She then studied English and Drama at Manchester Polytechnic, where she met Victoria Wood.
Career:
Walters' first acting job was at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre, where she caught the eye of playwright Alan Bleasdale - the beginning of many collaborations. She appeared in his first stage success, Scully, in 1974, and in Boys from the Blackstuff in 1980, a year after making her TV debut in Victoria Wood's Talent. She reunited with Wood in the series Wood and Walters, and reprised her stage role in Educating Rita on the big screen, earning an Oscar nomination. Walters has worked steadily ever since. Her most notable projects include Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, Pat and Margaret, Mamma Mia! and the Harry Potter films. She was awarded an OBE in 1999, gained a second Oscar nomination for Billy Elliot in 2000, and won a Bafta (her seventh) in 2010 for her performance in TV drama Mo.
Quote:
'I've never had Botox or surgery and I wouldn't because I'd feel I was letting myself down. I've embraced not being young.'
Trivia:
She was awarded the Bafta Fellowship in 2014.
Juliette Murray-Topham
(Executive producer)
Therese Byrne
(Series producer)
