Great Canal Journeys
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 at 7:10 AM, Sunday 2 March. (Subtitles.)
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Leisure hobbies
Tourism ➝ Travel
Timothy West
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Prunella Scales
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Sam West
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