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Great Canal Journeys is a Channel 4 television series in which husband and wife Timothy West and Prunella Scales take canal barge and narrowboat trips in the United Kingdom, Europe, India and Egypt. The series was originally aired on More4 before transferring to Channel 4 with Series 2. Both West and Scales are keen narrowboaters and were involved in campaigning to revive the Kennet & Avon Canal. West and Scales both talk frankly about Scales' dementia during the series, which has been praised by Alzheimer’s Research UK.
Original Release
03/10/2014 on Channel 4
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Timothy West | Self - Host / Self / Self - Presenter |
| Prunella Scales | Self - Host / Self / Self - Presenter |
| Samuel West | Self - Actor and Son of Timothy and Prunella |
| Sheila Hancock | Self |
| Gyles Brandreth | Self |
| Juliet West | Self - Timothy's Daughter / Self - Timothy West's Daughter |
| Joseph West | Self - Son of Timothy and Prunella |
| Stuart Moodie | Self - Canal and River Trust Naturalist |
| Kirsten Elliott | Self - Local Historian |
| Nick Wilding | Self - Ted Hughes Expert |
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| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire Fens | Wednesday, 25 August 2021 |
| 2 | West Lancashire Coastal Plain | Wednesday, 01 September 2021 |
| 3 | Grand Union and Stratford Canal | Wednesday, 08 September 2021 |
| 4 | Peak Forest Canal | Wednesday, 15 September 2021 |
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Directors
Mike Taylor, Matt Drury, Nicky Taylor
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Timothy West | Self - Host / Self / Self - Presenter |
| Prunella Scales | Self - Host / Self / Self - Presenter |
| Samuel West | Self - Actor and Son of Timothy and Prunella |
| Sheila Hancock | Self |
| Gyles Brandreth | Self |
| Juliet West | Self - Timothy's Daughter / Self - Timothy West's Daughter |
| Joseph West | Self - Son of Timothy and Prunella |
| Stuart Moodie | Self - Canal and River Trust Naturalist |
| Kirsten Elliott | Self - Local Historian |
| Nick Wilding | Self - Ted Hughes Expert |
| Clive Francis | Self - Actor and Friend |
| Andrew Sachs | Self - Actor and Friend |
| Mark Davies | Self - Waterways Historian and Author |
| Frank McCabe | Self - Worked on Restoration of Shannon Erne Canal |
| Antoine Danglas | Self - Current Owner of Chateau Paraza and Descendant of Pierre-Paul Riquet |
| Richard Millar | Self - Chief Executive, Scottish Canals |
| Krister Henriksson | Self |
| Adrian Shine | Self - Marine Biologist |
| Terry Deary | Self - Author |
| Simon Armitage | Self - Poet |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Daniela Neumann | Executive Producer |
| Matt Young | Executive Producer |
| Nick Bullen | Executive Producer |
| Jim Faircloth | Producer |
| Mike Taylor | Producer |
| Catrina Lear | Producer |
| Dan Clarke | Producer |
| Kate Hebden | Producer |
| Donna McLaughlin | Producer |
| Nicky Taylor | Producer |
| Emma Hogan | Producer |
| Jemma Parish | Producer |
| Stephanie Seabrook | Producer |
| Susanna Posnett | Producer |
| Paul Cziok | Producer |
| Ana Garcia | Producer |
| Lucie Richards | Producer |
| Henrietta Mitchell | Producer |
| Caroline Bacle | Producer |
| Catherine Donohoe | Producer |
| Susan Lee | Producer |
| Jill Marshall | Producer |
| Gemma Cooper | Producer |
| Gemma Lys Cooper | Producer |
