Turner Prize 2007 on TV
Three Minute Wonders
Four three-minute films on the Turner Prize 2007 nominees and their work.
Turner Prize 2007: Mark Wallinger
Monday 26 November 2007, 19.55
Channel 4
Produced and directed by Emily Dixon and Mark Wallinger
Researcher: Jess Gormley
Executive Producer: Will Gompertz
Turner Prize 2007: Zarina Bhimji
Tuesday 27 November 2007, 19.55
Channel 4
Produced and directed by Emily Dixon and Zarina Bhimji
Researcher: Jess Gormley
Executive Producer: Will Gompertz
Turner Prize 2007: A Film by Mike Nelson
Wednesday 28 November 2007, 19.55
Channel 4
Produced by Emily Dixon
Researcher: Jess Gormley
Executive Producer: Will Gompertz
Turner Prize 2007: Nathan Coley
Thursday 29 November 2007, 19.55
Channel 4
Produced and directed Emily Dixon and Nathan Coley
Researcher: Jess Gormley
Executive Producer: Will Gompertz
Taken For a Ride
Taxi driver Brian Bretherton
© Tate 2007
Saturday 1 December 2007, 20.30
More4
Directed by Julie Moggan
Produced by Emily Dixon
Researcher: Jess Gormley
Executive Producer: Will Gompertz
Julie Moggan's documentary considers how life and art connect, as seen through the eyes of a Liverpudlian cab driver and his passengers. Taxi driver Brian Bretherton has lived in Liverpool all his life and every day, through the windscreen of his black cab, he sees the lurching cranes and changing skyline as the city transforms around him. In support of his hometown, Brian has volunteered to be an ambassador for Turner Prize 2007 and attended a series of seminars at Tate Liverpool on contemporary art. He is cynical and humorous about contemporary art while being intelligent, curious and keen to reassess his relationship with it. As we follow Brian in the gallery, in the cab with his passengers and with his family, the film builds a lyrical, affectionate portrait of a changing Liverpool and examines how the arrival of this controversial art prize impacts upon Brian and his fellow Liverpudlians. Taking Brian and his cab as a metaphor for the city as a whole, the film is an intelligent yet entertaining exploration of how art relates to life and how life relates back to art.
Turner Prize 2007 Winner Announcement
The winner of the Turner Prize 2007 will be announced live on Channel 4 news at 19.00 on Monday 3 December 2007.
