Release Date

12 Jun, 2019

Runtime

00:45: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

The Channel Tunnel linking Britain with France is one of the seven wonders of the modern world but what did it take to build the longest undersea tunnel ever constructed? We hear from the men and women, who built this engineering marvel. Massive tunnel boring machines gnawed their way through rock and chalk, digging not one tunnel but three; two rail tunnels and a service tunnel. This was a project that would be privately financed; not a penny of public money would be spent on the tunnel. Business would have to put up all the money and take all the risks. This was also a project that was blighted by flood, fire, tragic loss of life and financial bust ups. Today, it stands as an engineering triumph and a testament to what can be achieved when two nations, Britain and France put aside their historic differences and work together.

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Actors

Julian Barratt

Colin Saxby

Graham Anderson

Kevin Milne

Christian Wolmar

James Sherwood

Tim Dunn

Philippe Vandebrouck

Graham Fagg

John Gallagher

Sarah Chapman

Ed Bartholomew

Mark Hudson

Helen Nattrass

Alan Cottiss

John Wildgoose

Paul Holt

John Prescott

Richard Storer

Philippe Cozette

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