CANAL BOAT DIARIES RENEWED FOR SECOND SERIES ON U&YESTERDAY

UKTV has commissioned another new series of Canal Boat Diaries (10x60') for leading factual channel U&YESTERDAY and free streaming service, U, having licensed the format rights from the BBC.

The sixth series of Canal Boat Diaries will take viewers through some of the most beautiful countryside and canalscapes the south of England has to offer.  Winding down through Oxfordshire, Hampshire, Berkshire and Wiltshire, the series will end up where it all started for Robbie, before he began filming his adventures. 

The first UKTV-commissioned series of Canal Boat Diaries (Series 5) delivered one of U&YESTERDAY’s strongest ever box-set launches on free streaming service U.

Robbie Cumming said, “For me this is going to be about having fun and enjoying my journey as much as possible. In May 2025 I will have travelled in my narrowboat home for a full decade. So, to celebrate this I'll be retracing my very first journey - albeit in reverse and with some rivers and canals I've never been on before. 

"In the last series I encountered some of the most challenging canals I've ever waded through, spent a lot of time down the weed hatch, broke windows, lost equipment, got stuck in locks and dropped my phone in the canal.  So, who knows what will happen - I'm just hoping for a bit more luck this time!”

Tracy-Jean, UKTV commissioning executive, said, “Our first original series of Canal Boat Diaries was such a joy to make and so loved by our audience that we immediately decided to jump back on board the Naughty Lass with Robbie and Middlechild.  Leading us down a brand new network of canals, expect to see familiar southern sights from a different perspective and at a pace we all would like to travel at.”

U&YESTERDAY’s channel director, Gerald Casey, said, “Canal Boat Diaries has been a real hit with U&YESTERDAY’s audiences with strong launch numbers across the board, so I’m thrilled that Robbie is filming another series for us.”

Canal Boat Diaries S6 is filming now and will air in 2025 on U&Yesterday channel and will be available on U.