Name: Animal Airport
Released: 2000-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Mark Halliley

TV Show · Reality · Documentary

Stories of the many animals that come through the Animal Reception Centre at Heathrow Airport. Nowhere else plays host to so different species of animals as they journey-some legally, many illegally across the globe.

2000 · 24m

Starring Mark Halliley

Director Annie Backhouse

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

A kid is distraught when her dog is detained at passport control, staff welcome a giant tortoise and 40 chameleons die in transit.
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Four cheetahs, an illegal bulldog and a grumpy African dwarf crocodile are today's detainees at Heathrow's Animal Reception Centre.
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

A smuggled tortoise's owner turns violent, and Mel battles with her arachnophobia in order to repackage some escaped Tarantulas. Meanwhile, two Siberian Foxes have an airport sleep over.
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

Sniffer dogs catch a couple smuggling £15,000 cash out of the country; the staff struggle to feed some geriatric monkeys and may have to take drastic action to feed them.
EPISODE 5

Episode 5

A consignment of cheetahs must be X-rayed when the team cannot find their microchips; two sea lions pass through customs and despite their cuddly appearance the staff must be on their toes.
EPISODE 6

Episode 6

An exotic fish needs rescuing when its box springs a leak, supervisor Anna must deal with a diabetic dog, a vulture keeps Shannon on her toes and it's a race to get two bickering puppies to their flight.