Great Canal Journeys
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Great Canal Journeys is a British television series in which a pair of presenters take canal barge and narrowboat trips in the United Kingdom, Europe,[1][2] India and Egypt. The series was originally aired on More4 before transferring to Channel 4 with Series 2.
Great Canal Journeys | |
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Genre | Documentary |
Presented by | |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 10 |
No. of episodes | 35 |
Production | |
Running time | 48 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Channel 4 |
Release | 10 March 2014 (2014-03-10) ā 22 March 2021 (2021-03-22) |
The original presenters were husband and wife Timothy West and Prunella Scales. Both are keen narrowboaters and were involved in campaigning to revive the Kennet & Avon Canal.[3] West and Scales both talk frankly about Scales' dementia during the series, which was praised by Alzheimer's Research UK.[4]
In 2020, West and Scales were replaced by TV personality Gyles Brandreth and actor Sheila Hancock for series 11.[5] In the first episode Timothy West gave the two novice canal boaters a crash course in narrowboating.[6]