Canals: The Making of a Nation: The Workers
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm, Wednesday, February 25 on BBC Four (9)
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The Workers
Liz McIvor examines the Manchester Ship Canal, hailed as the greatest engineering feat of the Victorian age. Widely regarded as troublesome outsiders who led a drunken life of ungodly debauchery, the navvies who built it toiled in a time of rising trade unionism, prompting Liz to consider how well they managed to organise themselves in campaigning for the best possible deal
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Liz McIvor
(Presenter)
Paul Craven
(Producer)
Tony Parker
(Executive producer)
