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The Canal Map of Britain (2024)
“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.”
Documentary, History · 59m
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.
Cast
Mark Benton
Details
- Release date
- 2024-03-15
- Runtime
- 59m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Original language
- EN
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Channel 5 Broadcasting