Monday, 27 April 2015

Be Weir of the boaters.

Apparently,  the BBC is to air a two-hour, real-time documentary following a canal boat as it makes its way along a British waterway at a leisurely 4mph. Described as the ultimate in slow-motion footage.

For many, the languid film has been described has being as interesting as watching paint dry, but the British Broadcasting Corporation hopes many viewers will find it a refreshing change from the usual frenetic pace of modern TV.

There is no presenter, narrator, dialogue or music, so all the viewers will hear, are the sounds of the boat's engine, the lapping of the water and the local birdsong as the barge makes its way along a picturesque stretch of the Kennet and Avon Canal.

The week after a second boat documentary  is to be screened. However, this time the documentary will following a set of first time hirers. The program will chart their progress over the same section of  canal and is expected to take 25 minutes.
 
There is no presenter, narrator, dialogue or music, so once more all the viewers will hear, is the high speed sound of the boat's engine. Which is expected be drowning out the sound of a tidal wave of water washing out the banks an the abuse of moored boaters as well as the birdsong. As the barge makes its way along the same picturesque stretch of the Kennet and Avon Canal.

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