Great Canal Journeys

7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Sunday 10 November
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Birmingham to Braunston

Season 3 Episode 2 of 3

Timothy West and Prunella Scales travel from Birmingham to Braunston, Northamptonshire, to attend a festival of vintage canal boats, aided on the tricky journey by their son Sam and Juliet, Timothy's daughter from his first marriage. Along the way, they meet a 78-year-old boatman, who reveals how he was born on a canal boat, and unveil a plaque dedicated to a woman who dedicated her life to preserving Britain's canals

Great Canal Journeys airs on U&Yesterday +1 at 7:00 PM, Sunday 10 November. (Subtitles.)
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Tourism ➝ Travel
Timothy West
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Prunella Scales
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Sam West
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