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.
2The Book Brigade Discussion on why books are so popular with children.
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.
4Poet Vincent O'Sullivan reads "This Is The Story of Mrs Dempsey's Bright Side".