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Movement Three: Scherzo
Broadcast date: Wednesday 4th April 2007, Channel 4, 7.55pm
Buskers - and those who hate them - are given a chance to moan. The life of a busker is not always a merry one, with inclement weather, irrational passers by and general prejudice often getting in the way... And then there are those who just hate buskers. The Reverend Colin Slee OBE, Dean of Southwark, came rushing over to us as we rehearsed buskers on the South Bank for Movement Four. He lives next to the Tate Modern and his life is often made miserable by buskers "playing the same tunes over and over again." We obviously wanted to give him the chance to have his say. Filmed entirely on the travelators at Waterloo Station (a location flanked by two official LU Busking pitches) and accompanied by an a capella soundtrack sung by buskers past and present, movement three is the wordiest of all the films. We were privileged to be able to feature the world's oldest busker in this film. Joe Newman OBE is 91. He busks for the Chelsea Pensioners, War Widows and ex-Japanese prisoners of war outside Fortnum and Masons and is an absolute firecracker! Quote of the film: "people have danced infront of me, people have cried in front of me... and to cap it all, a woman urinated in front of me at Picadilly Circus" (Rob "Bluesman" Bryce) Hilary Brennan, Rob 'Bluesman' Bryce, Mark Campbell, Craig Crawford-Jones, Carolina Herrera, Stephen Hussey, Paul Iwala, Duncan Meadows, Joe Newman OBE, the Very Reverend Colin Slee OBE, Spencer Pearce, Chris Roberts, Cat Saumarez, Nathan Taylor, Ben Teacher, Edward Till, David Whitney Music performed by: Buskers past and present: Hilary Brennan, Julie Clare, Fred Garner Nathan Taylor Thanks to: All at Unit Post, TfL, the staff at Waterloo underground station All the participants and sponsors of the London Underground Licensed Busking scheme Busking is only allowed on licensed pitches for buskers on the official scheme Camera: Vic Marwaha Music producer: Julian Simmons at DIN Production manager: Katharine Simkins Runners: David Whitney, Nathan Taylor Editor: Jamie Foord Composed and directed by: Benjamin Till Produced by: Julie Clare |
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