Canals: The Making of a Nation
The Workers
Season 1 Episode 4 of 6
Liz McIvor examines the Manchester Ship Canal, hailed as the greatest engineering feat of the Victorian age. Widely regarded as troublesome outsiders who led a drunken life of ungodly debauchery, the navvies who built it toiled in a time of rising trade unionism, prompting Liz to consider how well they managed to organise themselves in campaigning for the best possible deal
Canals: The Making of a Nation airs on BBC Four at 7:00 PM, Tuesday 22 September. (Subtitles.)
Topics
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Documentary
Liz McIvor
Presenter
Paul Craven
Producer
Tony Parker
Executive Producer