The Canal Map of Britain
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.
59 mins
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.
Jacob Dunn
Production Coordinator
Chris Bamford
Assistant Editor
Phil Fearnley
Drone Operator
Rob Henman
Assistant Editor
Neil Breakwell
Executive Producer
Holly Lawrance
Production Manager
Karen Turner
Line Producer
Mark Scriven
Drone Operator
Joshua Martin
Assistant Editor