Building the Channel Tunnel

June. 12,2019      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Julian Barratt as  Narrator (voice)
Christian Wolmar as  Himself
Tim Dunn as  Himself
John Prescott as  Himself

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Reviews

Perry Kate
2019/06/12

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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Hellen
2019/06/13

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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Steineded
2019/06/14

How sad is this?

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Isbel
2019/06/15

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

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