Working the Thames Filming Locations
Where was Working the Thames filmed? Working the Thames was filmed in 1 locations across United Kingdom in the following places:
Working the Thames Filming Locations
London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom, is a 21st-century city with history stretching back to Roman times. At its centre stand the imposing Houses of Parliament, the iconic ‘Big Ben’ clock tower and Westminster Abbey, site of British monarch coronations. Across the Thames River, the London Eye observation wheel provides panoramic views of the South Bank cultural complex, and the entire city.
Working the Thames (2004)
Punting beer barrels, salvaging cars and piloting container ships, Stephen Frost and Mark Arden lead us on a journey down one of the world's greatest working waterways. Along the way they explore the continuities between the working Thames of the past and the river today. This enforced intimacy with the river unveils some surprising stories; revealing an industrial river that survives behind the picture postcard image of the Thames. Starting from a small hollow in a field in Gloucestershire, and ending in the blustery expanse of the English Channel, each episode exposes the working life of the river Thames in all it's grit and grime. Steve and Mark's hands-on approach to the river shapes their interaction with everyone they meet along the way. At the heart of each episode is a river related task that they can only complete by enlisting the help of the port pilots, lock keepers, dredgers and ferrymen they bump into. As they share their contemporary skills and stories, the rivermen provide the springboard to explore the working Thames of the past, an industrial waterway that linked the rural heart of England to the global Empire. In this informal way, Steve and Mark learn about the history, technology and ecology of the river from those who live and work on it. The journey brings them into contact with a constantly changing cast of characters who share their insider's experience of river life; revealing the Thames to be both a working river, and a piece of 'liquid history'