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The world's most boring television and why it's hilariously addictive
- jsingleton 11y agoYou've heard about slow food. Now here's slow ... TV? In this very funny talk, Norwegian television producer Thomas Hellum shares how he and his team began to broadcast long, boring events, often live — and found a rapt audience. Shows include a 7-hour train journey, an 18-hour fishing expedition and a 5.5-day ferry voyage along the coast of Norway. The results are both beautiful and fascinating. Really. The BBC recently did some slow TV on BBC Four [0,1] and it reminded me of this TED talk I saw a while ago. [0] http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b05t7kc1/all-aboard-the-canal-trip http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b05t7kc1/all-aboard-the... [1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05t7kc1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05t7kc1