Draft:Canal Boat Diaries

  • Comment: Resubmitting without improvement is disruptive. The Guardian article might have enough independent content to pass but the other two are interviews/what Cumming's says which are primary sources and not independent so cannot be used to establish notability. S0091 (talk) 17:12, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
  • Comment: I have reformatted your references correctly (Update: since reverted by author) so that they may be placed inline around supporting material. Note that each of these are not independent and therefore do not establish notability. So for future references, follow the instructions at WP:REFB so that they will be formatted similarly. Further, the article must be written in descriptive encyclopedic prose and not promotional in nature. microbiologyMarcus [petri dish·growths] 14:39, 23 April 2024 (UTC)




Canal Boat Diaries is a British television series in which the narrowboat enthusiast and liveaboard boater Robbie Cumming explores the canals and rivers of the UK and features day to day life onboard his narrowboat home The Naughty Lass.[1][2]

The first four series of Canal Boat Diaries[3] were originally half hour episodes which aired on BBC Four[4] and BBC One before transferring to UKTV Yesterday.[5] Series 5 was commissioned by UKTV Yesterday and takes the format of 60 minutes episodes.

The concept was created by series producer Stuart Woodman, executive producer Tony Parker and presenter Robbie Cumming.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ Yorkshire Post. "Canal Boat Diaries: The TV programme shedding light on Yorkshire's hidden waterways". Yorkshire Post / Yorkshire Life.
  2. ^ Guardian. "Thrills and Spills at 4mph: Return of Canal Boat Diaries". Guardian. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  3. ^ Nottinghamshire Live. "BBC 4 Canal Boat Diaries star nearly runs aground in 'tidal' River Trent". Nottinghamshire Live / Nottingham Post. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  4. ^ Telegraph & Argus. "BBC Four's Canal Boat Diaries visits Bingley Five Rise Locks". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Canal Boat Diaries: How do you rescue a grounded narrowboat?". bbc.co.uk. 21 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Robbie Cumming: 'I bought Naughty Lass for £22,000 and I've been travelling the nation's waterways ever since'". The Times.