Building the Channel Tunnel
Movie - 45mins
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.
Cast:
John
Wildgoose
Paul
Holt
John
Prescott
Richard
Storer
Philippe
Cozette
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
Julian
Barratt
Colin
Saxby
Graham
Anderson
Kevin
Milne
Christian
Wolmar