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Britain Beneath Your Feet

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Dallas Campbell reveals the hidden wonders beneath our feet.

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Simulcast of BBC One Wales in high definition. From 29/01/2013

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The BBC South West region started on 20th April 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South West.

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Dallas Campbell

Martyn Farr

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Dean Mannion

Reginald Swift

Nisrine Chartouny

Graham Russell

Nigel Paterson

Jacqueline Smith

Britain Beneath Your Feet: Series 1: Episode 2: On the Move

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BBC One - Britain Beneath Your Feet, Series 1, On the Move

Dallas Campbell explores how what goes on underground keeps our country on the move.

Series exploring Britain from below. Dallas Campbell sees how what goes on underground keeps our country on the move, and meets some of the hidden army of workers.

Dallas Campbell reveals a fascinating and secret world hidden below Britain. In this episode he explores how what goes on underground keeps our country on the move. He delves into the past to discover how a secret wartime pipeline is now delivering fuel to Heathrow Airport. Extraordinary computer graphics lay bare the underwater engineering genius that allowed the iconic Forth Rail Bridge to be built in the 19th century. 

Along the way Dallas meets some of the hidden army of workers that keep Britain running from underground, from the drivers of the largest tunnelling machines in the world to the engineers running a vast power station under a mountain in Wales. In one memorable scene, he helps dislodge a 'fatberg' that's blocking one of London's sewers. And he does some secret filming of badgers that are threatening the foundations of a primary school and helps to relocate the whole sett.

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