

The Thames: Britain's Great River with Tony Robinson - Season 2 Episode 5 Southend Pier
Season - Episode
2
Season 2 Jan 01, 1970
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2 - 1Battersea Power Station Jan 01, 1970
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2 - 2D. P. World London Gateway Jan 01, 1970
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2 - 3Cutty Sark Jan 01, 1970
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2 - 4New Covent Garden Market Jan 01, 1970
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2 - 5Southend Pier Jan 01, 1970
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2 - 6Thames Water Jan 01, 1970
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2 - 7Hampton Court Palace Jan 01, 1970
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2 - 8London City Airport Jan 01, 1970
Overview
The actor and presenter starts his journey heading up the estuary to Southend Pier, where as a young man he'd drive to with friends. But the pier was original conceived in Victorian times to attract day-trippers from London - and tempt them away from nearby Margate. It's now the longest pleasure pier in the world and, as Tony discovers when he lends a hand replacing a girder, it requires a lot of maintenance.
Year 2019
Studio 5
Director
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Popularity 0.4876
Language English