Norway's NRK broadcasts 12-hour wood burning programme

[Gerald]

It may be a slow burner but will it fire up the audience? Norwegian public TV is broadcasting a programme showing a crackling fireplace - for 12 hours.

The NRK woodathon features firewood specialists providing commentary and advice on subjects such chopping, stacking and burning the wood.

The transmission, entitled Hel Ved, also features music and poetry.

The head of programming at NRK, Rune Moeklebust, described it as "slow but noble television".

"We'll talk about the very nerdy subjects like burning, slicing and stacking the wood, but we'll also have cultural segments with music and poems," he said.

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Pay to see a source of fire to burn down, it must be effective action to be something extra,

Note: 16 February 2013 Last updated at 01:28 GMT