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Boating Butler

on BBC Two England

4: The Black Country and Birmingham
Tony Butler is back on home territory as he continues his journey along the waterways of the Midlands, but he sees his beloved Black Country from a very different angle. This week the narrow boat passes through the last canal tunnel to be built in Britain and on into the heart of Birmingham. En route Tony meets one of the few working boatmen left, hears a strange ghost story and finds out all about fishing.

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