THE COMMENTATORS Call:Egremont Crab & Sports Fair, Main Street, Egremont, Cumbria
17th September, 10.00 - Late: Live and On-Line
as part of AND Festival
The Commentators say it as they see it - all the world as sport.
Once stalwards of the radio, whose voices brought major sporting events into the nation's living rooms
now The Commentators have fallen from favour. 24 Hour Scalextric was their sporting swansong, now they
are freelancers seeking to eke out a living wherever they can find work. They bring to their marathon commentaries
of everyday life the same unquenchable enthusiasm they once applied to the greatest sporting contests.
The Commentators are a spin-off from the popular 24 Hour Scalextric event staged in 2009. Commentaries are
webcast but also often audible live on-site, they provide an alternative vision of the world we live in. It is
professional people watching, it is soft surveillance, it is a public service - of sorts.
The Commentators Call: Egremont Crab and Sports Fair
(including World Gurning Championships 2011).
Craig Stephens & James Yarker
Commissioned by AND Festival (archive recording here), engineer Simon Hanson
The Commentators Call: Broad Street 18:00-06:00
Craig Stephens & James Yarker
Commissioned by Fierce, technical help Peter Maxwell Dixon
The Commentators Call: The Crowd Watching Brazil vs Portugal
Craig Stephens & James Yarker
Commissioned by Fierce, technical help Howard Potts
The Commentators Call: Eastside Gallery Opening
Graeme Rose & Craig Stephens
Commissioned by Gavin Wade
The Commentators Call: 24 Hour Scalextric
Craig Stephens & James Yarker
Always with thanks to Rhubarb Radio and Alan Dolhasz
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