A series of four programmes with John Craven
1: The Shepherd's Son
Breakthrough tells the stories of the great 19th-century civil engineers; Telford, the Stephensons, the Brunels and Ferdinand de Lesseps. They were the brilliant pioneers who invented the first railways, designed new steam-ships, built safe roads, planned huge ship canals and completely changed the world we live in. In today's film JOHN CRAVEN travels in a working tug along the Caledonian Canal, Britain's first ship canal, to tell the story of how it came to be built and how young Tom Telford , the son of a Scottish shepherd, left his home to seek his fame and fortune in London and became the greatest engineer of his day.
Film cameraman BRIAN M. JONES Film editor JOHN BARNES Director BARBARA KINDRED Producer MOLLY cox
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