Second of three programmes on the saga of the Channel Tunnel. Breakthrough. In the autumn of 1986, the whole Channel Tunnel project was close to collapse as Eurotunnel, the company formed to manage the contract, struggled to raise the necessary finance. The company was also in dispute with contractors TML. while wet conditions underground meant delays and extra expense. But construction got back on schedule for the first breakthrough, in December 1990. With James Naughtie. Editor Roderick Longhurst : Producer
David Dickinson