Canal Walks with Julia Bradbury: The Kennet & Avon Canal
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm, Wednesday, March 11 on BBC Four (9)
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The Kennet & Avon Canal
Season 1, Episode 3
The presenter takes a 20-mile walk along the Kennet and Avon Canal, learning about the history of the waterway, which provided a connection between the country's two most important ports, Bristol and London. She also examines how the canal was restored to its former glory with lottery funds, before concluding her journey at the Caen Hill flight of locks
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Julia Bradbury
(Presenter)
Born:
July 24, 1970
in
Dublin
Best Known For:
Presenting Countryfile and her rambles around the world.
Early-life:
Born July 24, 1970, in Dublin but was raised in Rutland and Sheffield by her British Steel-worker father and her Greek mother, who ran a fashion business. Julia was a keen performer as a child, and as a result took part as a child in the Crucible Theatre's stage production of Peter Pan, starring Joanne Whalley and Paula Wilcox. She left school at 16 and landed a job in advertising.
Career:
Bradbury started as a presenter with Chrysalis TV, followed by L!VE TV, before making the transition in 1996 from cable TV to terrestrial with GMTV as their Los Angeles correspondent. She helmed Channel 5's Exclusive! showbusiness magazine upon the station's launch in 1997 and has since presented Watchdog, Accidental Heroes, Kill It, Cook It, Eat It, Wainwright Walks and Railway Walks for the BBC, as well as Rough Guide for Channel 5. She began presenting Countryfile with Matt Baker when it was relaunched in 2009. She is also the host of ITV quiz show Take on the Twisters.
Quote:
'Why not grab everything? Go for it all? It's better than sitting around doing nothing. Some people find my enthusiasm annoying. They think, 'Is it real? Is it fake? Is it smug? What is it?' Well, it's me.'
Trivia:
As a contestant on Just the Two of Us, Bradbury sang alongside Tony Christie.
Eric Harwood
(Executive producer)
Josh Halil
(Director)
