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The Poetry of Surfaces, The Book Brigade, Limbs Lives and Poetry Corner with Vincent O'Sullivan

The arts with moving parts! Mercury Lane is a story-driven arts series that features a rather radical 'front-person free' approach, offering a cluster of short documentaries, poetry and musical performances each week. Reporters (Kim Webby, Sam Hunt, Chris Knox, Colin Hogg and Marcus Lush) occasionally lurk round the edges, serving the stories, but Mercury Lane's tack is to put the artists themselves in the middle of the picture, exploring what makes them tick as much as what makes their art click.

  • 1The Poetry of Surfaces The story of Blenheim painter John Parker and how his recovery from a life threatening illness inspired his art.

    • Start 0 : 01 : 00
    • Finish 0 : 12 : 10
    • Duration 11 : 10
    Speakers
    • J. S. Parker (Speaker)
    Contributors
    • Andrew Bancroft (Director)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 2The Book Brigade Discussion on why books are so popular with children.

    • Start 0 : 16 : 09
    • Finish 0 : 28 : 00
    • Duration 11 : 51
    Contributors
    • Jane Jennings (Director)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 3Limbs Lives The 2001 revival of the 1980s New Zealand dance company, Limbs. Twenty years on, the original Limbs alumni audition new dancers for original works and reflect on the history of the company.

    • Start 0 : 32 : 23
    • Finish 0 : 51 : 40
    • Duration 19 : 17
    Contributors
    • Michelle Bracey (Director)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 4Poet Vincent O'Sullivan reads "This Is The Story of Mrs Dempsey's Bright Side".

    • Start 0 : 55 : 00
    • Finish 0 : 59 : 00
    • Duration 04 : 00
    Contributors
    • Andrew Bancroft (Director)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Mercury Lane
Date Broadcast
  • Saturday 27 October 2001
Start Time
  • 21 : 00
Finish Time
  • 22 : 00
Duration
  • 60:00
Series
  • 1
Episode
  • 4
Channel
  • TV One
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Programme Description
  • The arts with moving parts! Mercury Lane is a story-driven arts series that features a rather radical 'front-person free' approach, offering a cluster of short documentaries, poetry and musical performances each week. Reporters (Kim Webby, Sam Hunt, Chris Knox, Colin Hogg and Marcus Lush) occasionally lurk round the edges, serving the stories, but Mercury Lane's tack is to put the artists themselves in the middle of the picture, exploring what makes them tick as much as what makes their art click.
Episode Description
  • The Poetry of Surfaces, The Book Brigade, Limbs Lives and Poetry Corner with Vincent O'Sullivan
Classification
  • PGR
Owning Collection
  • TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • Documentary
Hosts
  • Meryl Main (Narrator)
  • Marcus Lush (Narrator)
  • Robyn Malcolm (Narrator)
  • Truda Chadwick (Narrator)
Contributors
  • Colin Hogg (Writer)
  • Andrew Bancroft (Director)
  • Jane Jennings (Director)
  • Michelle Bracey (Director)
  • Philippa Mossman (Producer)
  • Greenstone Pictures (Production Unit)
Speakers
  • J. S. Parker (Speaker)
Contributors
  • Andrew Bancroft (Director)
  • Jane Jennings (Director)
  • Michelle Bracey (Director)
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