An evening of minute-by-minute knitting
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When Bergensbanen, a television show that broadcast live the seven-hour train journey from Oslo to Bergen, literally became the Norwegian sleeper TV hit of the season in 2009, the national broadcaster NRK followed it up with more of the same. Since then, the broadcaster has broken live-broadcast ratings records with a five-day odyssey following a cruise ship up the Norwegian west coast (viewed at some stage by 3 million of Norway’s 5 million people) and presented an evening-long special about firewood, including several hours of watching a fire slowly extinguish to dust. Next up is National Knitting Night, 5 hours of broadcasting non-stopping (that ought to be a pearler). The National Wood Fireplace episode sparked controversy, with some people insisting that the wood should be stacked stacked bark up and others that it should be stacked bark down. An expert on wood stacking observed that “one thing that divides Norway is bark”. A TV critic says the shows are often watched with the kind of morbid fascination some watch Formula 1 car racing. .”
