Wednesday afternoon on Channel 4, Narrow Escapes returns with a fresh batch of canal-side capers. Airing at 4:00 PM, the latest episode finds our intrepid boaters facing everything from maiden voyages gone awry to the everyday grind of keeping a canal business afloat.
For Flora and Faraz, collecting their new floating home from Newbury Marina turns into a nautical nightmare. Meanwhile, on the Grand Union Canal, Cathy, Andrew, and Emily are busy supplying boaters with fuel and logs, before Emily invites her friend along for an unexpected lesson. And as Joel takes on the tricky Tardebigge Flight, he enlists the help of Canal and River Trust volunteers. His day gets even more complicated when engine trouble forces an unscheduled pit stop on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal.
Tucked away in the episode is a heartwarming subplot featuring boat instructor Emily, as she helps a wide-beam boat lottery winners find their sea legs. Narrow Escapes excels at showing the simple rhythms—and occasional chaos—of life on Britain’s waterways, and this episode seems to hit all the right notes.
Narrow Escapes airs Wednesday, 4 June at 4:00 PM on Channel 4.
