In its purest, Norwegian-inspired form, slow TV is characterised by minute-by-minute footage of a culturally significant journey, event, or activity, edited together chronologically from numerous camera angles, resulting in an unconventionally long viewing experience.
While "The Ghan: The Full Journey" might sound long (16 and a half hours), this pales in comparison to Norwegian public broadcaster NRK’s 134-hour live broadcast aboard the cruise ship Hurtigruten in 2011.
I found my copy of the sixteen-and-a-half-hour-long "Ghan" at the Salvo op-shop and watched it, on and off, over several evenings until it was time to switch it off again and announce with a big yawn, "I'm Ghan to bed."
