King of the River (1966)
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 1 season, 17 episodes
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A family runs a sail-driven barge transport business and fights to keep it going. The show follows their daily struggles and relationships on the waterways of 1960s England.
nostalgicslice-of-lifegentleearthyslow-pacedfamily-focusedvintagedown-to-earth
What happens
King of the River is a British television series transmitted by the BBC between 1966 and 1967. The series centred on the King family and their efforts to maintain their sail-driven barge transport business. It starred Bernard Lee, otherwise known as M in the James Bond films. No episodes are known to exist. Locations used for filming included the Old Neptune pub in Whitstable, Kent and Sheerness High Street, Kent. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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