Great Canal Journeys
Great Canal Journeys is a TV show on More4. Timothy West, Prunella Scales, Sheila Hancock and Gyles Brandreth go on canal journeys. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 34 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in January 2026.
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Timothy 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.
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1:00:00Timothy 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.
Series 2
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1:00:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales travel along the Forth and Clyde Canal and the Union Canal in a coast-to-coast adventure from Edinburgh to Glasgow.
1:00:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales explore a picturesque stretch of the Canal du Midi in the south of France, visit the town of Beziers and taste lamb's brain fritters.
1:00:00Embarking on another waterway adventure, Timothy West and Prunella Scales follow the Oxford Canal through the Cherwell Valley, meeting son Samuel West and Philip Pullman.
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1:00:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales visit the Burgundy region of France, where they travel along the Canal du Nivernais.
1:00:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales head to Llangollen, Denbighshire, where they spent their honeymoon 50 years ago.
1:00:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales continue their journey and reach the Rochdale Canal - an important waterway at the height of the Industrial Revolution.
1:00:00Veteran actors and married couple Timothy West and Prunella Scales travel along the fully restored Kennet and Avon canal.
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1:00:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales conclude their latest series of boat journeys with a trip down the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, one of Britain's most picturesque waterways. (S4 Ep3/3)
1:05:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales continue their Swedish canal trip, following the ancient route of the Vikings and visiting Stockholm and the nearby islands of its archipelago. (S4 Ep2/3)
1:00:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales embark on more spectacular canal journeys. This time they set forth on the first half of the Göta Canal in Sweden, starting from Gothenburg. (S4 Ep1/3)
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1:00:00Timothy West and Prunella Scales embark on a voyage across the Netherlands, where they tour Amsterdam's canal district.
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 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.