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)
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