Through Hell and High Water was a BBC

BBC

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 television programme produced by Twofour

Twofour

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 that aired in the United Kingdom

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 on 13–17 February 2006. Five half-hour morning programmes (9.30–10am) on BBC1 followed James Cracknell

James Cracknell

James Cracknell, OBE is a British rowing champion and double Olympic gold medalist and adventurer. Cracknell is married to TV and radio presenter Beverley Turner; they have three children. In the New Year Honours List, 2004, he was appointed OBE for services to sport...

 (Olympic rower

Rowing (sport)

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) and Ben Fogle

Ben Fogle

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 (television presenter) in their attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

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 in "Spirit of EDF Energy", a 24-foot rowing boat, with a half-hour summary programme during the evening of the final day on BBC2.

Cracknell and Fogle were competing in the 2005–2006 Atlantic Rowing Race

Atlantic Rowing Race

The Atlantic Rowing Race is a challenging ocean rowing race from the Canary Islands to the West Indies, a distance of approximately 2,550 nm . The race was founded by Sir Chay Blyth and first held in 1997 with subsequent races roughly every two years since. The early races were run by Challenge...

. They were the third boat (two fours boats finished ahead of them) and the first pairs boat to cross the finishing line. They were later moved to second place for drinking their emergency water supply in accordance with the race rules. They finished in Antigua

Antigua

Antigua , also known as Waladli, is an island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region, the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua means "ancient" in Spanish and was named by Christopher Columbus after an icon in Seville Cathedral, Santa Maria de la...

at 07:13 GMT on 19 January 2006, with a crossing time of 49 days, 19 hours, 8 minutes.

It won a Royal Television Society award for best daytime programme.