Jumbo: The Plane that Changed the World
Also known as	747: The Jumbo Revolution
Genre	Factual
Written by	Christopher Spencer
Directed by	Christopher Spencer
Narrated by	Philip Glenister
Composer	Ned Bouhalassa
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Tom Brisley Alan Handel
Producer	Victoria Musguin
Cinematography	Rob Goldie
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Arrow Media Handel Productions
Original release
Network	BBC Two BBC Two HD
Release	27 February 2014 (2014-02-27)

Jumbo: The Plane that Changed the World, also known as 747: The Jumbo Revolution is a British documentary that was broadcast on BBC Two on 27 February 2014.^[1] The documentary, written and directed by Christopher Spencer, is about the development of the Boeing 747 jumbo jet.^[2]

Cast

• Jullian Littman as Joe Sutter
• Stuart Saunders as William McPherson Allen
• David Peart as Juan Trippe
• Eric Meyers as Jack Waddell
• Alexandra Metaxa as Emilia de Geer

Production

The documentary was commissioned by the BBC and is a co-production with Smithsonian Channel and Discovery Canada. The Smithsonian Channel will broadcast it as a two-hour episode with the title 747: The Jumbo Revolution.^[3] The production company is Arrow Media and the distributor is TCB Media.^[4][5]

Reception

The Guardian called it a television highlight of the day.^[6] Overnight figures show that the documentary was watched by 1.34 million viewers in the United Kingdom, with a 5.9% audience share.^[7]