Map Man

Map Man (2004)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • First Air Date: 2004-09-16
  • Last Air Date: 2005-09-05
  • Total Seasons: 2
  • Total Episodes: 16
  • Status: Returning Series
  • Network: BBC Two

Summary

Map Man is a BBC documentary series first broadcast on BBC Two in 2004 and repeated in 2013. Each episode recounts a particular tale in the history of British cartography, with a particular emphasis on the individuals whose dedication and ingenuity led to the production of some of history's most ground-breaking maps. The show is presented by explorer and writer Nicholas Crane, each week travelling some distance by bicycle, water or on foot to recreate the often treacherous journeys taken in the creation of that episode's map.

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Map Man Seasons

Season 1

First Air Date: 2004-09-16
8 Episodes

Season 2

First Air Date: 2005-09-05
8 Episodes

Map Man Episodes

Title Air Date Duration
Season 1Episode 1William Roy's Military Survey of Scotland (1747-53)30 min
Season 1Episode 2John Ogilby's Britannia (1675)30 min
Season 1Episode 3Harry Beck's London Underground Map (1933)30 min
Season 1Episode 4The Gough Map (1360s)30 min
Season 1Episode 5Greenville Collins' Coasting Pilot (1693)30 min
Season 1Episode 6William Smith's Geological Map of England & Wales (1815)30 min
Season 1Episode 7Christopher Saxton's Atlas of England & Wales (1577)30 min
Season 1Episode 8Martin Hotine's Ordnance Survey (1935-1950)30 min
Season 2Episode 1Bartholomew's Cycling Map of England and Wales (1896-1903)30 min
Season 2Episode 2Timothy Pont's Maps of Scotland (1583)30 min
Season 2Episode 3MacKenzie's Chart of the Orkney Islands (1748)30 min
Season 2Episode 4John Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (1611-12)30 min
Season 2Episode 5John Cary's Inland Navigation (1796)30 min
Season 2Episode 6William Mudge's Ordnance Survey, 1st Edition (1809)30 min
Season 2Episode 7Mrs P's A-Z (1936)30 min
Season 2Episode 8Thomas Raven's Clandeboye Estate Maps (1625)30 min

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