Map Man (2004) is a documentary web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Map Man online in HD.
Map Man — Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Map Man — Series Details
| First Air Date | 2004-09-16 |
| Seasons | 2 |
| Episodes | 16 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Language | English |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Status | Returning Series |
Map Man — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: William Roy’s Military Survey of Scotland (1747-53) (2004-09-16) — Following the Battle of Culloden in 1746, the British Army desperately needed accurate maps of the Scottish Highlands if it was to govern the area. Young military engineer William
- E2: John Ogilby's Britannia (1675) (2004-09-23) — Can Nick use the first ever road map – a 329-year-old document – to lead him over the notorious Trans-Pennine Pass? With the help of experts he tries the journey on his mountain bi
- E3: Harry Beck’s London Underground Map (1933) (2004-09-30) — The 1933 tube guide revolutionised the face of underground mapping and travel for ever. Having realised two years before that circuit diagrams were a perfect model for a new map of
- E4: The Gough Map (1360s) (2004-10-07) — Created in the time of Geoffrey Chaucer, the 14th-century Gough map of Britain was a landmark in map-making and was still in use 200 years after it was drawn. But what do the red l
- E5: Greenville Collins’ Coasting Pilot (1693) (2004-10-14) — Before the late 1700s sailors couldn't fix their position at sea and had to sail close to land, increasing the risk of shipwreck. So when Greenville Collins' charts of Britain's co
- E6: William Smith’s Geological Map of England & Wales (1815) (2004-10-21) — No one thought rocks were that important until they studied Smith's revolutionary, multi-coloured geological map of Britain. Years before Darwin, Smith overturned all the existing
- E7: Christopher Saxton’s Atlas of England & Wales (1577) (2004-10-28) — In just five summers, Saxton produced the first national atlas, providing Elizabethans with thirty-four beautifully engraved, hand-coloured county maps. But maps are created for al
- E8: Martin Hotine’s Ordnance Survey (1935-1950) (2004-11-04) — Being an OS surveyor in the 1930s was back-breaking work, as Nicholas Crane discovers. Braving the wilds of the Scottish Highlands, he conducts his own triangulation survey – will
Season 2
- E1: Bartholomew's Cycling Map of England and Wales (1896-1903) (2005-09-05) — Journeys around Britain using historic maps as a guide. Nicholas Crane starts by investigating the work of Victorian cartographer John Bartholomew, who capitalised on the popularit
- E2: Timothy Pont's Maps of Scotland (c1583) (2005-09-12) — Nicholas Crane retraces the steps of 16th-century cartographer Timothy Pont, who marked out the first detailed maps of Scotland. At that time, this was a dangerous task since wild
- E3: MacKenzie's Chart of the Orkney Islands (1748) (2005-09-19) — Nicholas Crane harks back to the 1740s to follow in the footsteps of Murdoch Mackenzie, an Orkney schoolmaster who mapped the treacherous waters between the north coast of mainland
- E4: John Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (1611–12) (2005-09-26) — Nicholas Crane follows the routes recorded by 17th-century cartographer John Speed. The maps are unusual in that they don't list any roads, recording instead county boundaries. The
- E5: John Cary's Inland Navigation (1796) (2005-10-03) — Nicholas Crane examines John Cary's 18th-century maps recording the routes of Britain's canals. These documents were noted for their remarkable geographical accuracy, but finding t
- E6: William Mudge's Ordnance Survey, 1st Edition, (1809) (2005-10-10) — Nicholas Crane examines the first Ordnance Survey map. The epic task of plotting out an entire nation to a scale of one inch to one mile fell to Lieutenant William Mudge, who began
- E7: Mrs P's A-Z (1936) (2005-10-17) — The story of how writer and traveller Phyllis Pearsall single-handedly created the first London A-Z. Setting herself the task of walking the capital's 23,000 streets for 18 hours a
- E8: Thomas Raven's Clandeboye Estate Maps (1625) (2005-10-24) — Nicholas Crane examines a map commissioned in 1625 to settle a property conflict in which cartographer Thomas Raven was hired to resolve the situation once and for all. Nick attemp
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Map Man have? 2 season(s) with 16 episodes.
Where can I watch Map Man? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.
