UKTV has commissioned a new series of the BBC Four programme, Canal Boat Diaries (10x60') for leading factual channel Yesterday and free streaming service, UKTV Play, having licensed the format rights from the BBC.
The new UKTV Original series will continue to be presented by narrowboat enthusiast Robbie Cumming, in a new, longer 60' slot. The series will be produced by Middlechild. The executive producer at Middlechild is David Sumnall and the series producer is Stuart Woodman, who produced the previous four series for BBC Four.
In the new series, Robbie explores the urban waterways of the West Midlands through Royal Leamington Spa and Warwick before tackling Birmingham's maze of canals.
Canal Boat Diaries has been commissioned for UKTV by commissioning editor Kirsty Hanson, with head of factual and factual entertainment Helen Nightingale, and ordered by Gerald Casey, channel director for Yesterday and Hilary Rosen, director of commissioning.
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