Great Canal Journeys
Great Canal Journeys is a Channel 4 television series in which husband and wife Timothy West and Prunella Scales take canal barge and narrowboat trips in the United Kingdom, Europe, India and Egypt. The series was originally aired on More4 before transferring to Channel 4 with Series 2. Both West and Scales are keen narrowboaters and were involved in campaigning to revive the Kennet & Avon Canal. West and Scales both talk frankly about Scales' dementia during the series, which has been praised by Alzheimer’s Research UK.
Episodes
Series 1
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Series 2
Series 3
Series 4
Series 5
Series 6
Series 7
Series 8
Series 9
- If viewing figure is blank then the programme was not in the weekly top 10 on BARB.
Series 10
| Episode name | Original date aired | Station Aired | Episode information | Viewing figure* |
| Vietnam | 9 June 2019 | Channel 4 | Tim and Pru start their trip in Halong Bay, before travelling along the Red River to visit both Hanoi and Hoa Lu. They also visit the ancient port town of Hoi An and take part in its famous lantern festival. | 1.63m |
| Cambodia | 16 June 2019 | Channel 4 | Tim and Pru start their trip in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, exploring its local customs before crossing into Cambodia. There they visit the capital city Phenom Penh before travelling onto the ancient abandoned city of Angkor Wat, where they discover how the city and the surviving temple were built with the aid of canals. | 1.53m |
Special
DVDs
With the exception of the London Ring episode in series 2, all of first eight series have been issued on DVD; the series numbering, however, is different.- Series 3 and 4 are combined and called series 3
- Series 5 and 6 are combined and called series 4
- Series 7 and 8 are combined and called series 5