"There's no doubt about it - they were fighters. They used to fight sometimes over a lock, sometimes over a bridge, and sometimes they'd have a fight just to see which was the best man".
The pains and pleasures of trading on Britain's narrow canals, recalled in tonight's film by: Chocolate Charlie Atkins, Joe Green, Jack James, Sam Lomas, Leslie Morton, Jack Roberts, Joe and Rosie Skinner.

"A really nice and gentle programme with the old boatmen recalling the songs they used to sing and all the life of the canals" (Daily Mail)