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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

  • 1Conductability A rising star of the music world, conductor Hamish McKeich works regularly in Australia and Europe and conducts all the major Orchestras in New Zealand. With: James Judd, Peter Thomas, Justin Pearce, Holly Mathieson, Michael Joel, Hamish McKeich, Bridget Douglas, Carolyn Mills, Murray Hickman.

    • Start 0 : 00 : 00
    • Finish 0 : 10 : 35
    • Duration 10 : 35
    Contributors
    • Jane Jennings (Director)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 2The Chair A look at the art of New Zealand chairs.

    • Start 0 : 11 : 46
    • Finish 0 : 22 : 57
    • Duration 11 : 11
    Contributors
    • Jessica Justice (Director)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 3Fresh on the Stage The explosion in plays by Pacific Island playwrights.

    • Start 0 : 23 : 54
    • Finish 0 : 43 : 58
    • Duration 20 : 04
    Contributors
    • Libby Hakaraia (Director)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No

  • 4Poet's Corner Kate Camp reads A Private Geography.

    • Start 0 : 45 : 03
    • Finish 0 : 48 : 49
    Contributors
    • Andrew Bancroft (Director)
    Live Broadcast
    • No
    Commercials
    • No
Primary Title
  • Mercury Lane
Date Broadcast
  • Tuesday 7 April 2009
Start Time
  • 08 : 30
Finish Time
  • 09 : 20
Duration
  • 50:00
Series
  • 1
Episode
  • 10
Channel
  • TVNZ 6
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
Classification
  • Unknown
Owning Collection
  • Television Vault
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.
Subjects
  • Documentary
  • Arts
Contributors
  • Andrew Bancroft (Director)
  • Jane Jennings (Director)
  • Jessica Justice (Director)
  • Libby Hakaraia (Director)
Subjects
  • Documentary
  • Arts
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