TV series
Maidens' Trip
1977 · 1 season
A quiet, hands-on wartime story that makes hard physical work on the canals feel intimate and quietly moving.
- Created by
- Moira Armstrong
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Tina Heath, Liz Bagley, Tricia George
- Overview
- Maidens' Trip is a 3-part British television drama originally broadcast on BBC One in 1977. Adapted from Emma Smith’s 1948 autobiographical novel, the series follows three young women who volunteer to operate narrowboats on the Grand Union Canal during World War II
- How it feels
- Earnest, warm and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Work, friendship, coming-of-age, survival
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Moira Armstrong
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Tina Heath, Liz Bagley, Tricia George



