Heritage Range

Building canals over flat land is easy. But making them go uphill has always been a problem. This programme features some of the ingenious answers...

This film provides a unique insight into the lives and boats of working boat families and of the struggle to keep our waterways open in the middle...

The mighty River Loire is known as the last great untamed river in Europe. It has dangerous shifting sandbanks, frequent flash floods in the winter,...

For 150 years or so, the Narrowboat was the principle means of carrying goods in this country. Its bright paintwork and traditional decoration made...

This is the fascinating story of an epic journey by the narrowboat Hyperion and her butty, Kestrel. The journey begins in Langton Dock at Liverpool....

The Canal du Midi was the first major canal construction in Europe. It was inspired by the remarkable Pierre Paul Riquet, and built by a young...

Le Canal du Nivernais really captures the essence of rural France at it's best.Le Canal du Nivernais is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful...

This DVD is the remarkable story of the rescue from dereliction of the Lower Avon Navigation between Tewkesbury and Evesham by the Lower Avon...

The 18th Century builders of the Leeds/Liverpool and Lancaster Canals always intended that the two waterways should be linked. However the ambitious...

The original idea for "Seven Wonders of the Waterways" was put forward in 1946 by Robert Aikman, co-founder of the Inland Waterways...

The River Charente is arguably the most attractive of all the inland waterways we have ever filmed. It is certainly one of the least heavily used,...