{"id":23491,"date":"2025-08-04T10:36:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T14:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/uktv-commissions-new-series-of-canal-boat-diaries\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T11:19:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T15:19:50","slug":"uktv-commissions-new-series-of-canal-boat-diaries-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/uktv-commissions-new-series-of-canal-boat-diaries-2\/","title":{"rendered":"UKTV Commissions New Season of Canal Boat Diaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Middlechild is set to produce the seventh season of <em>Canal Boat Diaries<\/em> with Robbie Cumming for streaming service U and factual channel U&amp;YESTERDAY, under license from the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>The series producer is Stuart Woodman, who has produced all previous seasons, and the executive producer is David Sumnall at Middlechild.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Canal Boat Diaries<\/em> series seven, waterways explorer Robbie Cumming will begin a brand-new journey across the UK from Wales to West Yorkshire.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Crossing the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct will be a rite of passage for a boater like me,\u201d said Cumming. \u201cThe Llangollen at that point is notorious for being the busiest and most chaotic narrow canal in the world, which is probably why I&#8217;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&#8217;ve ever been on. As always, I&#8217;ve got the route all planned out\u2014but I&#8217;ve absolutely no idea what will happen along the way, which is just how I like it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are thrilled to commission ten new episodes of <em>Canal Boat Diaries<\/em>. Robbie is the perfect traveling companion through Britain&#8217;s waterways, giving an honest account of life on the water,\u201d said Kirsty Hanson, senior commissioning editor of Factual &amp; Factual Entertainment at UKTV.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;U and U&amp;YESTERDAY viewers love <em>Canal Boat Diaries<\/em>, a warm down-to-earth series and the perfect antidote to the demands of modern life,&#8221; added Adam Collings, director of programming at Factual &amp; Factual Entertainment at UKTV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Middlechild is set to produce the seventh season of Canal Boat Diaries with Robbie Cumming for streaming service U and factual channel U&#038;YESTERDAY, under license from the BBC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7389,"featured_media":23494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[11368,11372,11370,11369,11371,10781],"class_list":["post-23491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-canal-boat-diaries","tag-david-sumnall","tag-middlechild","tag-robbie-cumming","tag-stuart-woodman","tag-uyesterday","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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