Bibliograph

City in the sky, a BBC production with PBS ; series producer, Jobim Sampson ; produced & directed by Russell Leven, Matt Barrett, Ben Lawrie

Type

Label

City in the sky, a BBC production with PBS ; series producer, Jobim Sampson ; produced & directed by Russell Leven, Matt Barrett, Ben Lawrie

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

TV Parental Guidelines rating: TV-PG (parental guidance suggested; this program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children)

Main title

City in the sky

Responsibility statement

a BBC production with PBS ; series producer, Jobim Sampson ; produced & directed by Russell Leven, Matt Barrett, Ben Lawrie

Runtime

157

Summary

At any one time, there are around one million people airborne somewhere in the world; that equates to an entire airborne city, a "city in the sky." Straddling whole continents, the fabric of this extraordinary construction consists of the 100,000 flights that crisscross the world every single day. Take off around the world, on the arc of an actual journey from departure to arrival, to uncover the invisible global networks and complex logistics that make it all possible

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

Classification