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Witness History: The Channel Tunnel breakthrough

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The Channel Tunnel breakthrough

03/05/2024 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Channel Tunnel breakthrough

In 1990, the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France was connected

The first man to cross by land from Britain to France in 8,000 years reveals what it was like. In 1990, Graham Fagg made the breakthrough.

Thirty years on from the opening of the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France, we look at the moment the two halves of the tunnel were connected in 1990.

Graham Fagg was the man who made the breakthrough, and the first person to cross by land between the two countries in 8,000 years.

In 2010, he told Lucy Williamson about the festivities of that day.

(Photo: The moment of breakthrough Graham Fagg greets Frenchman Philippe Cozette. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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