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Wild Swimming with Alice Roberts

Alice Roberts

David Johnson

William Lyons

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Wild Swimming

03/08/2010

BBC Four - Wild Swimming with Alice Roberts

Alice Roberts swims in cavernous plunge pools, languid rivers and underground lakes.

Alice Roberts swims in cavernous plunge pools, languid rivers and underground lakes to examine the passion for wild water swimming, following the classic swimming text Waterlog.

Alice Roberts embarks on a quest to discover what lies behind the passion for wild swimming, now becoming popular in Britain. She follows in the wake of Waterlog, the classic swimming text by journalist and author Roger Deakin. 

Her journey takes in cavernous plunge pools, languid rivers and unfathomable underground lakes, as well as a skinny dip in a moorland pool. Along the way Alice becomes aware that she is not alone on her watery journey.

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