NRK Slow TV 2016 Review - Hornøya Birdwatching

An interview with Thomas Hellum and Rune Møklebust of NRK Hordaland and producers of Slow TV, catching up with Slow TV events in 2016, some of the conceptualising around Slow TV and exciting Slow TV plans in Norway for 2017.

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Three Slow TV shows in this week of July

Can't get enough Slow TV? Three to choose from this week:

Birdwatching in northern Norway up to and including Thursday evening

A Paddle Steamer in southern Norway from Tuesday to Saturday inclusive

Trainspotting Live - the first episode is here to watch in the UK. Two more episodes 8pm BST Tuesday and Wednesday on BBC4. Trainspotting Live arriving on Platform BBC4, 8pm, 11th July.

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Birdwatching with Norwegian Slow TV on Hornøya

Credit: NRK Natur on Flickr.

There's still just under a week left of "NRK Piip", an epic scale birdwatching Slow TV transmitting Tuesday to Sunday over five weeks, up to and including 14th July.

70,000 birds on Hornøya provide a drama of life, death and birth on an island at the top of mainland Norway right on the Russian border.

15 cameras, several streaming live 24/7, some trained on different species; the choice of those available online are shown HERE.

Credit: NRK Natur on Flickr.

A Flickr page with beautiful stills from the show is HERE. Screened episodes are available anywhere retrospectively HERE, without geo-blocking.

NRK also begins transmission from a Paddle Steamer - The Skibladner, Tuesday 12th to Saturday 16th July. More details HERE (post to follow)

If you can't get enough Norwegian Slow TV  Birdwatching, go along to www.zooom.no for a choice of four different bird species to follow.

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