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Canals: The Making of a NationEpisodes

  1. Today19:00
    BBC Four

    The Workers

    2/6Liz McIvor recounts the tales of the men who built the canals - the navigators or navvies.(R)

  2. Tomorrow01:00
    BBC Four

    The Workers

    2/6Liz McIvor recounts the tales of the men who built the canals - the navigators or navvies.(R)

  3. Tomorrow19:00
    BBC Four

    Heritage

    3/6Liz McIvor explores how the nation's canal network was saved following years of neglect.(R)

  4. Friday02:05
    BBC Four

    Heritage

    3/6Liz McIvor explores how the nation's canal network was saved following years of neglect.(R)

  5. Next Tuesday19:00
    BBC Four

    Geology

    4/6How the process of building Britain's canals resulted in furthering geological knowledge.(R)

  6. Next Wednesday02:00
    BBC Four

    Geology

    4/6How the process of building Britain's canals resulted in furthering geological knowledge.(R)

  7. Next Wednesday19:00
    BBC Four

    Engineering

    5/6The struggles of those tasked with creating a landscape of canals around the Pennines.(R)

  8. Next Thursday02:05
    BBC Four

    Engineering

    5/6The struggles of those tasked with creating a landscape of canals around the Pennines.(R)

  9. Next Thursday19:00
    BBC Four

    Capitalism

    6/6Charting the period of activity that helped develop Britain's modern financial economy.(R)

  10. Fri 6 Mar 202601:40
    BBC Four

    Capitalism

    6/6Charting the period of activity that helped develop Britain's modern financial economy.(R)