Building the Channel Tunnel
12/06/2019
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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Julian Barratt
as Narrator (voice)
Colin Saxby
as Himself
Graham Anderson
as Himself
Kevin Milne
as Himself
Christian Wolmar
as Himself
James Sherwood
as Himself
Tim Dunn
as Himself
Philippe Vandebrouck
as Himself
Graham Fagg
as Himself
John Gallagher
as Himself
Sarah Chapman
as Herself
Ed Bartholomew
as Himself
Mark Hudson
as Himself
Helen Nattrass
as Herself
Alan Cottiss
as Himself
John Wildgoose
as Himself
Paul Holt
as Himself
John Prescott
as Himself
Richard Storer
as Himself
Philippe Cozette
as Himself
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