Icelandic Public TV Network Airs 24 Hours of Sheep Birthing

UPI ^ | May 15, 2015 | Ben Hooper

[nickcarraway]

RUV, the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, ran the live feed from a Skagafjordur farm for 24 hours.

An Icelandic public TV network aired 24 hours of live sheep birthing to give the country's residents "insight into the traditional farming life." RUV, the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service, ran a live feed from a farm in Skagafjordur from noon Thursday until noon Friday to bring the lambing season to living rooms across the country.

"The sheep birthing season is an unforgettable time for those able to see the little lambs being born into this world," RUV said on its website.

The broadcaster also kept up with the action on Twitter, posting a series of pictures from the lambing marathon.

The event was inspired by "slow television" broadcasts by Norwegian public TV network NRK, which previously aired a 12-hour knitting marathon, a 12-hour program of wood burning and a 100-hour marathon of chess.

[nickcarraway]

Ping

[Kirkwood]

Do they have the grass-growing channel? Nothing beats watching the grass grow for sheer excitement.

[nickcarraway]

Still better than MSNBC

[Ken H]

The event was inspired by "slow television" broadcasts by Norwegian public TV network NRK, which previously aired a 12-hour knitting marathon, a 12-hour program of wood burning and a 100-hour marathon of chess.

Note to self => Call cable company and demand they start carrying NRK.

[GeronL]

How exciting!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

DANG!

[Slings and Arrows]

The farmers were strangely reluctant to let them film the conception.

[Darksheare]

“Bjorn? Did you just say baaaa?”
“That Thad Cochran said it was a hit with the ladies!”

[Trillian]

Absolutely.

[matt1234]

Call me if they have a lamb chop grilling marathon.

[Salamander]

I take it you do not have DogTV.

[Slings and Arrows]

Q. What do you call Thad Cochran violating a sheep?

A. Bipartisanship.

[cynwoody]

I take it you do not have DogTV.

A person is to a couch potato as a dog is to a _?

[shibumi]

I can understand how you might start this party without me.

But how on earth could you forget to invite our good friend Sven-Ole Ragnarson and his Icelandic Leader Sheep Fluga?

[Daffynition]

[nickcarraway]

I am disgusted by that. I never thought a sheep would sink that low.

[Darksheare]

Baaapartisan commitment.

[21twelve]

Ya know what’s so great about Icelandic TV?

NO COMMERCIALS!

In America you have all those stupid commercials. Buy this, vote for him, buy that. It’s all just consumerism. Capitalism SUCKS. Ya can’t even get into a show with all those dumb commericals. And the Viagra commercials at dinner time!!?? How come you American men seem to have such a problem with that? We don’t have that problem here! Just good...oh wait. I think here comes another one....

[Slings and Arrows]

They seem a happy couple.