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Series 8 Reversions: Rivers and Seas Collide

Nick Crane explores the wealth of wildlife and industry that are attracted to the Firth of Forth, the might estuary that feeds Edinburgh. Tessa Dunlop reveals how the Victorian zeal for cleanliness turned the Thames into a giant self-flushing toilet bowl. Mark Horton discovers the astonishing struggle to build a rail tunnel deep under the Severn estuary between England and Wales, a challenge that was finally accomplished in 1886.

English
  • Originally Aired November 28, 2016
  • Runtime 29 minutes
  • Production Code b086v55q
  • Network BBC Two
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Name Type Role
Nicholas Crane Writer
Mark Horton Writer
Tessa Dunlop Writer