UKTV Commissions New Season of Canal Boat Diaries

Middlechild is set to produce the seventh season of Canal Boat Diaries with Robbie Cumming for streaming service U and factual channel U&YESTERDAY, under license from the BBC.

The series producer is Stuart Woodman, who has produced all previous seasons, and the executive producer is David Sumnall at Middlechild.

In Canal Boat Diaries series seven, waterways explorer Robbie Cumming will begin a brand-new journey across the UK from Wales to West Yorkshire.

“Crossing the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct will be a rite of passage for a boater like me,” said Cumming. “The Llangollen at that point is notorious for being the busiest and most chaotic narrow canal in the world, which is probably why I’ve put it off for so long! After a brief time in Wales, the plan is for Naughty Lass and I to weave our way across England, working my way back along some of the most beautiful and challenging canals and rivers I’ve ever been on. As always, I’ve got the route all planned out—but I’ve absolutely no idea what will happen along the way, which is just how I like it.”

“We are thrilled to commission ten new episodes of Canal Boat Diaries. Robbie is the perfect traveling companion through Britain’s waterways, giving an honest account of life on the water,” said Kirsty Hanson, senior commissioning editor of Factual & Factual Entertainment at UKTV.

“U and U&YESTERDAY viewers love Canal Boat Diaries, a warm down-to-earth series and the perfect antidote to the demands of modern life,” added Adam Collings, director of programming at Factual & Factual Entertainment at UKTV.