Canals: The Making of a Nation is a Documentary programme.

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Canals: The Making of a Nation: The Workers

Series 1, episode 0

Directed by (unconfirmed)
Paul Craven

Liz McIvor recounts the tales of the men who built the canals - the navigators, or navvies - who were capable of enduring tough labour for long periods. These men roved the countryside looking for work, and many gained a reputation for being hard-drinking, debauched troublemakers. Liz focuses on the Manchester Ship Canal, the swansong of the navvies, hailed as the greatest engineering feat of the Victorian Age. episode 4

Cast (unconfirmed)

Liz McIvor
Paul Craven
Tony Parker