Mapman

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Map Man is a BBC documentary series first broadcast on BBC Two in 2004{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} and repeated in 2013.{{Cite web |title=BBC Two - Map Man, Series 1, William Roy's Military Survey of Scotland |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0078s32 |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}} 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.{{Cite web |title=BBC Two - Map Man, Series 1, John Ogilby's Britannia |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0078s64 |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=BBC Two - Map Man, Series 1, Greenville Collins |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0078sk1 |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}