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01:50 BBC Four Programm
Mi., 04.12. | 01:50 - 02:20 | 30 Min.

Canals: The Making of a Nation

GB 2015 | Documentary
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Presenter Liz McIvor tells the story of the people who operated the canal boats, carrying fuel and goods around the country. Conditions were tough, days were long. Victorian society began to grow suspicious of these "outsiders" and they gained reputations for criminality, violence and drinking. But was this reputation really deserved? Liz discovers grisly canal crimes, investigates health and welfare onboard working boats, and looks at why canal children were last on the list to be offered safeguards and formal education. The Victorians eventually championed the needs of children who were forced to labour in factories and mines, but the boat children were often ignored. Liz discovers the campaigners who set out to tackle this injustice, including George Smith of Coalville, Leicestershire, and Sister Mary Ward of Stoke Bruerne. (Senderinfo)

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Info:

Genre:
Documentary
Land:
GB
Jahr:
2015
Länge:
30 Min.
FSK:
0 Jahre

Cast & Crew:

Self - Presenter
Liz McIvor
Self - Author, 'Women and Children of the Cut' and 'Canal Boatmen's Missions'
Wendy Freer
Self - Braunston History Society
Christine Pardoe
Self - Author, 'Child Labour in the British Industrial Revolution'
Jane Humphries
Self - Author, 'George Smith of Coalville'
Denis Baker
Self - Author, 'Care on the Cut'
Della Sadler-Moore
Self - Son of a Narrowboat Man
Barry Argent
Self - Daughter of a Narrowboat Man
Lorna York
 
 
Regie:
Stuart Woodman
Musik:
Matthew Bourne, Sam Hobbs
Produzent:
Stuart Woodman, Tony Parker
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