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Wheelbase: The Ferry Boat Boom

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on BBC Two England

Gordon Wilkins covers the world of holiday motoring.

Free Enterprise II, a £1,300,000 new car ferry, made its first voyage from Dover to Calais yesterday, one of half a dozen ships coming into service this year to take cars to the Continent and Ireland. But why do only three in every hundred British motorists travel abroad for their holidays? Is it because increased cross-channel competition has failed to make car ferrying cheaper?
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Contributors

Presenter:
Gordon Wilkins
Reporter:
Michael Frostick
Reporter:
Robin Richards
Reporter:
John Ebbrell
Reporter:
Sarah Ward
Production Team:
John Ebbrell
Production Team:
Sarah Jennings
Production Team:
Alec Nisbett
Directed and produced by:
Brian Robins
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