Warbird Workshop: Season 2, Episode 1

2 - 1: Hurricane

With no plans to guide them, an elite team of expert engineers re-create a unique two-seater version of the legendary Hawker Hurricane fighter.

There's a last-minute hitch when the mighty Rolls Royce Merlin engine fails to fire but the team finally make the plane that - with the Spitfire - fought and won the Battle of Britain airworthy in time of a tense test flight.

In time for the 80th anniversary of the battle, the Hurricane returns to the wartime airfield at Biggin Hill in Kent where it starts work as a passenger plane flying adrenaline junkies anxious for a taste of what Churchill's The Few experienced.