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Trans-Pennine Canal

First transmitted in 1972, Ian Nairn travels by boat along the canal across the Pennines looking at the industrial area of the North.

First transmitted in 1972, Ian Nairn travels by boat along the canal across the Pennines looking at the industrial area of the North
The canal journey begins at Worsley and continues through Leigh, Wigan Chorley, Blackburn, Burnley, through the Foulridge tunnel, past Skipton, Bingley, Saltaire, and into Leeds. The canal-side towns fall under Nairn's critical eye and he asks 'why ignore the canals when they could revitalise a whole slice of the industrial North?'

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30 minutes

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Wed 23 May 1973 23:35
BBC One

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Presenter Ian Nairn
Producer Barry Bevins

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