Pollphail on Radio 4

3 Jul 2009

The story behind creative documentary “Pollphail”, by Matthew Lloyd and Carina Wilson, told on Radio 4's "You and Yours" current affairs programme on Friday 3rd July 2009

Commissioned under 'Bridging the Gap 2009', short documentary “Pollphail” tells the story of a village in limbo, through the eyes of a property dealer and an artist who share an obsession with the strange place. Director Matthew Lloyd explores the imagined future for the village, built to great acclaim and expense during the 1970s oil boom which gripped Scotland. Combining an unusual use of ‘minds-eye’ archive material with stunning photography and a haunting soundscape, “Pollphail” unravels the unique and unsettling story to reveal a very different reality than that which was planned for the village, and clashing ideals about how its future should now play out...


Listen to the piece here: Pollphail on Radio 4