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- Title
- Mercury Lane - Series One, Episode 13
- Content partner
- NZ On Screen
- Collection
- NZ On Screen
- Description
This 2001 Mercury Lane episode is based around pieces on author Maurice Shadbolt, and OMC music maestro Alan Jansson. With Shadbolt ailing from Alzheimer’s, Michelle Bracey surveys his life as an “unauthorised author” (Shadbolt would die in 2004). Next Colin Hogg reveals Jansson as the "invisible pop star" behind OMC hit ‘How Bizarre’ and more. The show also includes readings from Kiwi poets: Hone Tuwhare riffs on Miles Davis, Fleur Adcock reads the saucy Bed and Breakfast, and Alistair Te Ar...
- Format
- Video
- Date created
- 2001
- URL
- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/mercury-lane-episode-13-2001
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