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	Podcast:		The Documentary
	Episode:		Faith on the fly: The airport chaplains
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:26:32
	Publish Date:		2024-11-14 01:30:00
	Description:		You can spend hours in an airport and never learn anything about the people around you. But follow the chaplains of London Heathrow, and you might start to see things - and people - differently. Headed up by Reverend Ruth Bottoms, a team of 20 multi-faith chaplains offer sanctuary and support to passengers and staff in the unpredictable environment of a mega airport. Counselling nervous fliers, responding to crises, leading daily masses in Heathrow’s own chapel - these chaplains respond to whatever comes their way. Jude Shapiro spends a week with the chaplains and those they encounter to see what happens when faith, flight and the stresses of Europe’s busiest airport combine. With thanks to the Heathrow Multi-Faith Chaplaincy and Heathrow Airport. Presenter/producer: Jude Shapiro Executive producer: Jack Howson Sound engineer: Arlie Adlington A Peanut and Crumb production for BBC World Service
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