20th February The best day of my life


When 2022 comes to an end and we review the highlights of the year, certain to be in the top three is the 15 mins of fame achieved by Jerry Dyer of BigJet TV, as he has the best day of his life watching planes attempt to land at Heathrow airport

Much in the same way that no one had ever heard of Zoom pre March 2020, so BigJet TV has now catapulted itself into the consciousness of the nation as Britain's must watch online broadcast. Who would have thought that listening to a man describing jumbo jets descend out of the sky over and over and over and over again, could when mixed togather with 100mph winds and a kick ass soundtrack be the viral sensation to grip a nation. 

It was almost as if the anchor of BigJet TV, Jerry Dyer, himself was piloting every plane into land as he supplemented the video footage with his soothing commentary of catchphrases such as "fair play", "easy son", "drop it", "go on then," and the affrimative 'bosh!' as a plane hit terra firma endearing him to all those tuned in.

It was, if you will excuse the pun, the perfect storm' with a man with a niche hobby being in the right time at the right place as the rest of the UK hunkered down to ride out the chaos. I mean what could make you feel safer at home that watching pilots trying to land huge chunks of metal containing hundreds of screaming passengers in the middle of a maelstrom. Even if we were all secretly hoping one would career of the runway and into the duty free section of Terminal 5 but with no one armed in the process

At the time of going to press, with upto 5 million viewers in a single day BigJet TV managed to achieve better figures than the entire life of GB News so far.



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