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- A young teenage girl finds herself struggling to take care of herself and her younger brother after being abandoned by their single mother with no choice but to live out on the streets.
- Enjoy the view from the driving seat of the world's most famous steam locomotive as Flying Scotsman travels the length of the Severn Valley Railway, with 'cab cameras' capturing all the action from the footplate. Veteran driver Roger Norfolk and fireman Ryan Green guide this national treasure through the beautiful countryside of the English midlands, from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster. Roger and Ryan explain the skills involved in taking control of the Scotsman, while hundreds of enthusiasts watch and wave from platforms, bridges and surrounding fields.
- Chris Bavin travels to the historic city of Lichfield in Staffordshire to meet a group of Bloomers who are looking to show off their local heritage and continue the success of last year with another gold award.
- Charles and Ochuko visit Liverpool where they visit a unique and very old city-centre institution then head across the Mersey to discover Liverpool's canal connection to Britain's industrial past.
- During the Victorian age, Birmingham became known as "the city of a thousand trades". Through developments in transport and great institutions an influential modern city was born.
- 2018– 29m8.4 (35)TV EpisodePaul, Bob and trusty terrier Ted travel to the Crogen Estate in north Wales to fish the River Dee for grayling. Along the way, they try to rediscover their lost youth on this trip, with mixed results.
- 2022–TV Episode
- On the 2nd leg of their road trip, Margie and Ochuko visit Staffordshire via the Trent and Mersey Canal. Margie is charmed by a spaniel and expects big bids for a train luggage rack. Ochuko buys dumb-bells, an enamel sign and a birdcage.
- Back in 1990, to promote the fully restored canal, Tim and Pru were invited to be the first boat in 42 years to travel the full length of the K&A. Almost a quarter of a century later, they navigate the 21 miles along its most picturesque stretch, starting in Bath and ending in Devizes.
- Prunella and Tim travel the Rochdale canal, past once mighty mills, the epic beauty of the Pennines and the longest and highest canal tunnel in Britain.
- This third canal journey takes Pru and Tim back to their honeymoon destination, Llangollen, in North Wales
- Timothy West and Prunella Scales begin their first canal journey of the second series in the romantic city of Oxford. It's here that Tim and Pru began their courtship many years ago and where they went on their first-ever canal trip together. They follow the gentle contours of the Oxford Canal through the Cherwell Valley, where they meet author Philip Pullman and are joined by their son Samuel West. Tim and Pru follow in the footsteps of author Tom Rolt, whose vivid account of his journey down this canal in 1939 ignited a campaign that went on to save Britain's canals from extinction. Tim enters the National Town Crier's competition to extol the virtues of the Oxford Canal, and issues a warning to those who would seek to destroy it.
- Timothy West and Prunella Scales have lived all their married life in London, but have never explored the canals on their doorstep. In this episode, they journey along the London Ring, as it's known to narrow-boaters, in a voyage of discovery through their home city. Starting in Brentford, they follow the Union Canal, and then the Regent's Canal, through the heart of the capital, until it meets the Thames at Limehouse. They meet up with Andrew Sachs and Sir Ian McKellen, and visit the cemetery at Kensal Green, and the grave of friend Harold Pinter. It's a tale of two cities: from the urban edge of Kentish Town, to the glorious grandeur of Regent's Park; from idyllic daylight moments, when they encounter nature and wildlife, to the darker night times when they become strangers in their own city.
- Timothy West and Prunella Scales travel along the Forth and Clyde Canal and the Union Canal through the stunning backdrop of some of central Scotland's most glorious countryside. The coast to coast adventure starts in Edinburgh and concludes in Glasgow, taking in Scotland's highest aqueduct and longest canal tunnel, some monumental sculpture, history stretching all the way back to the Romans, and a Scottish love affair from long ago. The two canals feature some striking examples of 21st century engineering and illustrate the potential for the restoration of the nation's waterways, ensuring their long-term future.
- Timothy West and his wife Prunella Scales go in search of the lost route between London and the sea. The journey gives them the chance to revisit their own past.