Engineering
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 1, 2015
Liz McIvor charts the struggles of the builders and engineers tasked with creating a landscape of canals over the rugged terrain surrounding the Pennine hills.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 1, 2015
Liz McIvor charts the struggles of the builders and engineers tasked with creating a landscape of canals over the rugged terrain surrounding the Pennine hills.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 8, 2015
How the process of building Britain's canals resulted in furthering geological knowledge, as surveyor William Smith created the first geological map of England and Wales.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Sep 15, 2015
Liz McIvor recounts the story of 'canal mania', the period of activity that helped develop Britain's modern financial economy, now centred in London.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Sep 22, 2015
Liz McIvor recounts the tales of the men who built the canals - the navigators, or navvies - focusing on their work on the Manchester Ship Canal.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Sep 29, 2015
Liz McIvor tells the story of the people who operated the canal boats, carrying fuel and goods around the country.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Oct 6, 2015
Liz McIvor explores how the nation's canals were saved following years of postwar neglect, becoming places of tranquillity and popular for boating holidays.