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The Canal Map of Britain
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The Canal Map of Britain

Mar 15, 2024
0h 59m
★ 0.0

A fascinating history of Britain's beloved canal network: the navvies whose brawn created the waterways, and the engineers and architects responsible for some amazing tunnels and aqueducts.

Overview

A look at Britain's beloved canal network via a fact-filled cruise along the first superhighways of the Industrial Revolution. In the age before mechanisation, a frenzy of canal-building saw a new army of workers carve out the British landscape, digging out hundreds of miles of waterways using picks, shovels and muscle.

Genres

Documentary
History

Production Companies

Channel 5

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Cast

Mark Benton

Narrator

Mark Benton

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