Asphalt Nation

This new documentary for ITV delves into the world of potholes on Britain’s pockmarked roads which cause rage and roadworks - and are responsible for hundreds of injuries every year. With the road network stretched by increasing traffic levels and councils saying they’re at financial breaking point, this programme depicts how local authorities’ pothole gangs work round the clock to fill in the cratered asphalt, and how so-called ‘pothole vigilantes’ have taken matters into their own hands to stop cars being damaged on the nation’s roads.

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