Great Canal Journeys
Great Canal Journeys is a TV show on More4. Timothy West, Prunella Scales, Sheila Hancock and Gyles Brandreth embark on spectacular canal journeys. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 27 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in August 2025.
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Timothy West and Prunella Scales embark on a voyage across the Netherlands, where they tour Amsterdam's canal district.
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1:00:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales embark on a spectacular canal journey to Venice, beginning 14 miles west of the Italian city on the Brenta.
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1:00:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales travel down the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, revisiting places from the early stages of their relationship and acting careers.
1:00:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales follow the ancient route of the Vikings, visiting Stockholm and the nearby islands of its archipelago.
1:00:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales set forth from Gothenburg on the first half of the Gota Canal, one of the longest and most beautiful waterways in the world.
1:00:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales head to Ireland and the Shannon Erne Waterway to try some folk singing and Irish dancing before visiting the ruins of Crom Castle.
50:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales travel from Birmingham to Braunston for a festival of canal boats and to unveil a plaque to a late friend and canal campaigner.
1:00:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales go in search of London's lost canal route from Teddington and all the way to the sea at Littlehampton.
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1:00:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales explore the Naviglio Grande Canal in Italy, stopping along the way at the Swiss lakeside town of Locarno and the gardens of Isola Bella.
1:00:00Tim and Pru explore one of the world's great waterways - the River Nile - while travelling from Luxor to Aswan, visiting a Nubian village, and dancing by moonlight.
1:00:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales return to the Oxford Canal for a voyage through Cherwell Valley and recall their favourite waterway trips around the British Isles.
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1:00:00Tim and Pru visit the famously beautiful Welsh canal with a haunted castle en route.
1:00:00Tim and Pru voyage through the dramatic landscape of northwest Portugal with deep locks, hilltop vineyards, and some port in Porto.
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1:00:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales' final journey takes them to Cambodia, where they finish their travels at Angkor Wat, a temple built by the clever use of canals.
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Tim and Pru travel past enchanted forests, fairy-tale castles, and picturesque mountains and valleys on a trip through Alsace and Lorraine in France.
1:00:00Tim and Pru explore one of Britain's most ancient and picturesque waterways to discover the area's unique way of life, ruins, fens, marshes and woodlands.
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1:00:00The intrepid 'ancient mariners' go on one last far-flung voyage to southeast Asia, travelling the waterways of Vietnam from Halong Bay to Ninh Binh, Hoa Lu and Hanoi.
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1:00:00Tim and Pru strike out for the rarely-navigated Brahmaputra river in the far north of India to meet a community of monks and hitch a ride on an elephant.
1:00:00Tim and Pru explore the extraordinary backwaters of Kerala in India with spices, dancing and a visit to a temple.
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1:00:00Tim and Pru embark on an epic journey along Canada's Rideau Canal - a World Heritage Site - from the backwoods of Ontario to the nation's capital of Ottawa.