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City in the Sky

City in the Sky

TV-PG2016•1h 0m•8.5/10
Documentary

Ratings

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8.5/10(4)

Dallas Campbell and Dr Hannah Fry investigate what it takes to get a million people and their luggage off the ground and up in the air. From building the world's biggest passenger plane to navigating through the busiest airport on the planet, to the perils of getting airborne in the coldest city on earth - Dallas and Hannah go to extremes to get under the skin of the remarkable story of departure. You will never look at flying in the same way again.

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Production

BBC Scotland, BBC Studios, The Open University

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

June 5, 2016

Last Aired

June 19, 2016

Networks

BBC Two

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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Departure
E1
Departure
Air date: 2016-06-05
Dallas Campbell and Hannah Fry get under the skin of the remarkable story of departure.
Airborne
E2
Airborne
Air date: 2016-06-12
Dallas Campbell learns how pilots find their way across thousands of miles of sky at night
Arrival
E3
Arrival
Air date: 2016-06-19
What does it take to bring the citizens of the sky back to the ground?

Cast

Dallas Campbell

Dallas Campbell

Self - Presenter

Hannah Fry

Hannah Fry

Self - Presenter

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