Ontelly

Into the Gap

Logo for Into the Gap

Poet Lemn Sissay observes Britain on the move at the Watford Gap motorway services, capturing its sounds and stories as he talks to people in transit

logo for Into the Gap - Episode 1
Into the Gap - Episode 1

Poet Lemn Sissay observes Britain on the move at the Watford Gap motorway services, capturing its sounds and stories as he talks to people in transit.

Details
logo for Into the Gap - Episode 2
Into the Gap - Episode 2

Lemn discovers exotic tales from Africa, an arranged marriage in operation and a young soldier embarking on his first tour of Afghanistan.

Details
logo for Into the Gap - Episode 3
Into the Gap - Episode 3

Lemn encounters a Coronation Street actor going to a party, students going to Amsterdam and a Michael Jackson fan on the way to meet her idol.

Details
logo for Into the Gap - Episode 4
Into the Gap - Episode 4

Lemn meets a Portuguese family who all work at the services, a lorry driver whose coy carp just died and an elderly couple who sleep in a lorry on the forecourt.

Details
logo for Into the Gap - Episode 5
Into the Gap - Episode 5

Lemn meets two businessmen with thermal imaging cameras and an engineer who is a closet campanologist.

Details