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Leisure · TV presenter
From BBC Two to a podcast of its own.
Robbie Cumming's Canal Boat Diaries already had a loyal TV audience. The podcast takes them behind the scenes.
Chart position
#1Leisure on Apple Podcasts
Audience
147,000+Listeners
The challenge
Loved on telly. Unknown as a podcast.
A behind-the-scenes look at making Canal Boat Diaries, for boaters and land-dwellers alike. The job was to make it feel like part of the TV series, not a spin-off.
How we built it
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More of what they love
More of the show fans love, in a new medium they can take anywhere.
02
Capture the canals
Recorded on location, so listeners hear the canal, not a studio.
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Go behind the scenes
Running alongside the TV series, taking fans deeper into how the show is made and Robbie's life on the water.
Have a listen
Hear the work.
Go behind the scenes of Canal Boat Diaries, with Robbie on the water and the stories the TV cameras never showed.
Going Through a Lock
Real-time canal life at Cosgrove Lock: the gates, the paddles and rushing water.
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