The Lakes: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Lakes is a series that tells the story of a summer in the life of one of Britain's favourite tourist hotspots through the fascinating characters who live and work there.

From the peaks of its highest mountains to the depths of its deepest lakes, the Lake District is a part of the world renowned for its beauty and its influence on some of Britain's greatest poets and writers. In this series, we follow all the action as some of the Lakes' 15 million tourists a year descend on this stunning part of the north of England. We see hoteliers preparing for dream lakeside weddings, tour guides welcoming visitors from far afield as Japan and a tea room owner preparing to open her doors for the first time. But this is a place where danger also lurks and in this series we see the mountain rescue team and lake wardens hard at work across the busy summer. The Lakes - experience life in Britain's favourite ‘great escape'.

Series details

• Title: The Lakes
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2010-01-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2011-03-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 36081
• IMDb ID: tt1620661
• TVDB ID: 147101

Cast and credited roles

• Rory McGrath — Presenter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2010-01-04; final listed air date 2010-03-22; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 2011-01-03; final listed air date 2011-03-21; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Lakes on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.