Great Canal Journeys
Great Canal Journeys is a TV show on More4. Timothy West, Prunella Scales, Sheila Hancock and Gyles Brandreth embark on spectacular canal journeys. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 32 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in November 2024.
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Timothy West and Prunella Scales follow the ancient route of the Vikings, visiting Stockholm and the nearby islands of its archipelago.
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1:00:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales set forth from Gothenburg on the first half of the Gota Canal, one of the longest and most beautiful waterways in the world.
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1:00:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales return to the Oxford Canal for a voyage through Cherwell Valley and recall their favourite waterway trips around the British Isles.
1:00:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales' final journey takes them to Cambodia, where they finish their travels at Angkor Wat, a temple built by the clever use of canals.
1:00:00The intrepid 'ancient mariners' go on one last far-flung voyage to southeast Asia, travelling the waterways of Vietnam from Halong Bay to Ninh Binh, Hoa Lu and Hanoi.
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1:00:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales head to Ireland and the Shannon Erne Waterway to try some folk singing and Irish dancing before visiting the ruins of Crom Castle.
1:00:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales go in search of London's lost canal route from Teddington and all the way to the sea at Littlehampton.
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1:00:00Tim and Pru navigate the Lancaster Canal, an early masterpiece of the waterways, as they travel along the coast of Morecambe Bay and visit Carnforth and Lune Aqueduct.
1:00:00Tim and Pru take a boat ride in the Argentine jungle with gin and tonic with some remote Anglo-Argentines, hummingbirds, honey and a spot of tango.
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1:00:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales travel from Birmingham to Braunston for a festival of canal boats and to unveil a plaque to a late friend and canal campaigner.
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1:00:00Tim and Pru embark on an epic journey along Canada's Rideau Canal - a World Heritage Site - from the backwoods of Ontario to the nation's capital of Ottawa.
1:00:00Tim and Pru embark on a voyage through canal history as they explore the waterways of northwest England and heading from Manchester to Ellesmere Port.
1:00:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales explore the Naviglio Grande Canal in Italy, stopping along the way at the Swiss lakeside town of Locarno and the gardens of Isola Bella.
1:00:00Tim and Pru explore one of the world's great waterways - the River Nile - while travelling from Luxor to Aswan, visiting a Nubian village, and dancing by moonlight.
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Tim and Pru visit the famously beautiful Welsh canal with a haunted castle en route.
1:00:00 1:00:00Tim and Pru voyage through the dramatic landscape of northwest Portugal with deep locks, hilltop vineyards, and some port in Porto.
1:00:00Tim and Pru travel past enchanted forests, fairy-tale castles, and picturesque mountains and valleys on a trip through Alsace and Lorraine in France.
1:00:00Tim and Pru explore one of Britain's most ancient and picturesque waterways to discover the area's unique way of life, ruins, fens, marshes and woodlands.
1:00:00Tim and Pru strike out for the rarely-navigated Brahmaputra river in the far north of India to meet a community of monks and hitch a ride on an elephant.
1:00:00Tim and Pru explore the extraordinary backwaters of Kerala in India with spices, dancing and a visit to a temple.