Great Canal Journeys

Season 13

Timothy West and Prunella Scales travel across canals in both Britain and Europe.

Cambridgeshire Fens
E1
Cambridgeshire FensSheila Hancock and Gyles Brandreth are back on the barge to explore the Cambridgeshire Fens. They visit the vicarage where a children's classic was written, make a pilgrimage to Ely Cathedral to hear some medieval plainsong and try their hand at a spot of landscape painting, before ending their journey in Cambridge to pay homage to early 20th-century poetry great Rupert Brooke.
West Lancashire Coastal Plain
E2
West Lancashire Coastal PlainSheila and Gyles boat from Wigan to Liverpool across the West Lancashire Coastal Plain. In Wigan, Gyles takes on the world pie-eating champion.
Grand Union and Stratford Canal
E3
Grand Union and Stratford CanalSheila and Gyles journey to Stratford-upon-Avon, where Sheila performed at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Gyles once lived with his family.
Peak Forest Canal
E4
Peak Forest CanalSheila and Gyles boat the beautiful Peak Forest Canal to Manchester, where they have a go at dry stone walling and discover the hatting history of Denton.