Big, Bigger, Biggest — Season 1, Episode 4: Airport
Documentary • 50 min • 3 seasons, 20 episodes • ★ 6.8/10
Episode synopsis
Heathrow Airport in London is the busiest international airport in the world. This film reveals how seven ingenious technological breakthroughs enabled engineers to build the most modern terminal of this super-structure Terminal 5. With its enormous free span roof and fully automated baggage system to the robotic vehicles speeding passengers to its doors, T5 is designed to feed 30 million extra passengers through Heathrow. Using a mix of spectacular CGI animation and on-location filming, this film shows in stunning detail the innovations that changed airports forever and enabled them to growfrom BIG to BIGGER into Heathrow Airport the Worlds BIGGEST.
About Big, Bigger, Biggest
Big, Bigger, Biggest is a British documentary television series which began airing in 2008. A total 20 episodes have been produced across 3 seasons.