Animal Airport
Welcome to Heathrow Airport's Animal Reception Centre: a unit that's equipped to deal with almost any species and which receives around 200,000 animals each year.
- 2000 – 2019
- Returning Series
- Documentary
- 3 seasons
- 7.0/10
Heathrow Airport in London, one of the world's busiest, isn't full of just people from all around the world who pass through its doors. This series tells tales of the many creatures that end up at the airport's Animal Reception Centre - some legally, many illegally - and the staff who handle arriving and departing shipments of animals in every shape, size, breed and colour. Along with thousands of cats and dogs, the centre has welcomed sloths, giant octopi, bears, elephants, tigers, lions, sharks, alpacas, venomous snakes, vampire bats, and Britain's equestrian team.
Latest: Season 3 · 2019
View all seasonsBirds are not the only animals that can fly. Every year, about 40 million animals check in at Heathrow airport for air transport. Most of them first go to the Animal Reception Centre, world leader in the field of animal transport. Not only dogs and cats come through here, also snakes, bears, tigers, horses, sharks, elephants and other exotic animals pass the ARC if they have to be moved. Animal Airport follows the versatile work of the employees of this animal reception who see the most special animals pass by. Unfortunately, they also often make the less fun side of their work when they encounter animals which are illegally transported under pitiful conditions.
E1. Episode 1
Jan 8, 2019 · 23m
Deputy manager Ross has to pick up a pair of penguins who have missed their flight, there's confusion on the runway as the team track down ten cats and a pack of huskies arrive at the ARC.
E2. Episode 2
Jan 15, 2019 · 23m
Ten thousand bees cause a buzz at the ARC, a puppy heading to the United States can't fly as it has no water and a big bird with a dangerous reputation ruffles some feathers.
E3. Episode 3
Jan 22, 2019 · 23m
A rare exotic shipment from Madagascar gets the ARC staff excited, apprentice Hayley gets hands on with some race horses and a Labrador relocating from America is delayed at the Centre.
E4. Episode 4
Jan 29, 2019 · 23m
Deputy manager Ross has to inspect fifty feisty falcons, the ARC's resident snakes and lizards are given their regular checks and a very vocal cat from Russia is making itself heard.
E5. Episode 5
Feb 5, 2019 · 23m
An expensive rabbit arrives from Iran, Deputy manager Susie trains a fire crew how to handle the ARC's more dangerous guests and a two-legged rescue dog called Bouncer charms the staff.
E6. Episode 6
Feb 12, 2019 · 23m
A puppy from down under melts some hearts, a pedigree falcon flies into the Animal Reception Centre from the United States and a bizarre case of crabs are detained after being smuggled in.
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