Episodes
First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
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20160619 | Jo Bell's 67ft narrowboat 'Tinker' has been her floating, roving home for 13 years. As she prepares to leave Tinker for a new boat, she writes a poem series about her years afloat. Elderflower, coal smoke and diesel. Ducks, engines and ratcheting locks.
A new commission from former Canal Laureate Jo Bell, The Slow Machine weaves soundscape and words into a documentary poem of canal life.
What's a canal to you? An interruption
'Jo Bell is one of the most exciting poets now writing and no time is wasted in the company of her work.' - Carol Ann Duffy
Produced by Mair Bosworth.
Documentary poem on canal life by Jo Bell, boat dweller and former canal laureate. | |
20160619 | 20160625 (R4) | Jo Bell's 67ft narrowboat 'Tinker' has been her floating, roving home for 13 years. As she prepares to leave Tinker for a new boat, she writes a poem series about her years afloat. Elderflower, coal smoke and diesel. Ducks, engines and ratcheting locks.
A new commission from former Canal Laureate Jo Bell, The Slow Machine weaves soundscape and words into a documentary poem of canal life.
What's a canal to you? An interruption
'Jo Bell is one of the most exciting poets now writing and no time is wasted in the company of her work.' - Carol Ann Duffy
Produced by Mair Bosworth.
Documentary poem on canal life by Jo Bell, boat dweller and former canal laureate. |