BBC Two Commissions New London 'Super-Sewer' Documentary

BBC Two has commissioned a new documentary on the £5 billion project to build a 20 mile-long 'super sewer' London.

'The Five Billion Pound Super Sewer' is a three-part co-production with Raw and the Open University filmed over three years.

The series charts the progress and setbacks faced by a team of 4000 construction workers tasked with creating London's deepest ever tunnel - directly beneath the river Thames. It also delves into the subterranean world to explore the state of the city's ageing sewer network.

Abigail Priddle, BBC Commissioning Editor for Specialist Factual said: "The sheer scale, ingenuity and ambition of this project is remarkable and provides a thrilling insight into the incredible science and engineering going on beneath our feet to make the River Thames, one of the UK's best loved landmarks, sewage free."

Tim Wardle, Executive Producer at Raw, added: "As with most documentary subjects, where there's muck, there's brass. This is an extraordinary piece of access to a fascinating engineering project linking Victorian London to the future of Britain's most famous river."

The Five Billion Pound Super Sewer will air on BBC Two later this year.

It was commissioned by Patrick Holland, Channel Editor, BBC Two and Tom McDonald, Head of Commissioning, NHU and Specialist Factual. The BBC Commissioning Editor is Abigail Priddle.