Norway shows what happens when there's really nothing on TV THERE are no characters and no dialogue but it's a really good yarn: Norway's main broadcaster is to run five hours of non-stop knitting next month in the latest instalment of the country's "Slow TV" craze. National Knitting Night is the follow-up to other smash hits that have gripped viewers, including a 12-hour broadcast about a log fire being prepared and lit - watched by a fifth of the nation - a seven-hour railway journey and a marathon fjord cruise.