''X-Ray Mega Airport'' (also known as ''Inside Frankfurt Airport''
) is a five-part British television series which premiered on 21 May 2015 on the
Discovery Channel
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in the
United Kingdom and subsequently on international versions of the Discovery Channel in more than 220 territories. The program was commissioned by
Discovery International in 2014, and is produced by
Voltage TV
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.
The series examines
Frankfurt International Airport
Frankfurt Airport (; german: link=no, Flughafen Frankfurt Main , also known as ''Rhein-Main-Flughafen'') is a major international airport located in Frankfurt, the fifth-largest city of Germany and one of the world's leading financial centres. ...
using
CGI, laser scanning technology and
thermal cameras to investigate the science and technology behind aviation.
Episodes
Broadcast
In the United Kingdom, the series premiered on the Discovery Channel on 21 May 2015. In Germany, the setting for the program, the series premiered under the title ''Inside Frankfurt Airport''
on 26 May 2015 on the
German Discovery Channel.
In
Australia
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, the series premiered on 9 June 2015 on the
Australian Discovery Channel and was watched by 6,000 viewers overnight and another 10,000 viewers who
timeshifted the program within 7 days. It premiered on the
English language Southeast Asian feed of
Discovery Channel Asia
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on 24 June 2015. The series premiered in the United States on 3 January 2016 on the
Smithsonian Channel to 78,000 viewers.
References
External links
Discovery Channel: X-Ray Mega Airport
{{Aviation reality television
2010s British documentary television series
2015 British television series debuts
2015 British television series endings
2010s British television miniseries
Discovery Channel original programming
English-language television shows
Documentary television series about aviation