Off-air recordings for week 26 September - 2 October 2009

Please email Rich Deakin <rdeakin@glos.ac.uk> or <fchmediaservices@glos.ac.uk> if you would like any of the following programmes / series recording.*


Saturday 26th September


BBC4 - Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - "Crime writer Ian Rankin investigates The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Starting with Robert Louis Stevenson's nightmare in September 1885, Rankin traces the roots of this story, which stretches back to Stevenson's childhood. Grave-robbers, hallucinatory drugs and prostitution all play their part in the disturbing account of Henry Jekyll's double-life, as Rankin's journey takes him into the yeasty draughts and unlit closes of the city that inspired the tale - Edinburgh.


BBC4 - Conan Doyle for the Defence - "Rare archive film of Sherlock Holmes' creator, alongside testimony from modern-day experts, illustrates the author-cum-detective's role in two of the most controversial and illuminating cases of injustice he handled in real life. "


BBC4 - Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes - "Drama inspired by the real-life relationship between Arthur Conan Doyle and his tutor, pioneering forensic pathologist Dr Joseph Bell. The two embark on a grisly and disturbing case dealing in death, drugs and disease in the highest circles and lowest depths of Edinburgh."


BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4: Self on Ballard - "
Will Self explores the imagination and work of writer JG Ballard, who he came to know in his final years. Will draws on the many telling interviews that Ballard gave throughout his working life and on Self's own tapes of his encounters with him.
From his life of suburban anonymity, Ballard charted the realms of innerspace and the madness of the modern world with a cool eye and visionary prose."


Monday 28th


ITV1 - Cops Vs Stalkers: Tonight - "Is enough being done to protect vulnerable women from stalking and harassment? Fiona Foster reveals results from a survey of over 2,000 victims of stalking, and gets exclusive access to a new police initiative set to be rolled out nationwide."

BBC4 - Designing the Decades - 1/4 1970s - "Designing the Decades, a new four part series for BBC TWO, revisits the nation's design heritage, from the 1960s to the 1990s, and takes a journey through forty years of iconic architecture, interiors, fashion and design.
From the Mini to the Dyson; the Post Office Tower to Waterloo's Eurostar terminal; Laura Ashley to IKEA and the waterbed to the Filofax, the programme charts the designs – both popular and classic – that encapsulated the spirit of each decade.
Designing the Decades remembers some of the best British and international designs which have achieved success on the British market, such as Robin Day's best-selling stacking chair, Mary Quant's mini-skirt, Barbara Hulanickii's Biba, Clive Sinclair's calculator, Richard Roger's Lloyds building, the Paul Smith suit, the Dyson vacuum cleaner and the IMAC.
The series also explores how design icons reflect the aspirations and ideals of each decade.
The series follows the career progression of and features interviews with some of Britain's most enduring designers including Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, Terence Conran, Robin Day, James Dyson and Paul Smith.
And consumers, historians, critics and fans share their personal recollections of the trends that changed the face of their homes and lives.

BBC4 - Upgrade Me - "Poet and gadget lover Simon Armitage explores people's obsession with upgrading to the latest technological gadgetry.
Upgrade culture drives millions to purchase the latest phones, flatscreen TVs, laptops and MP3 players. But is it design, functionality, fashion or friends that makes people covet the upgrade, and how far does the choice of gadgets define identity? Simon journeys across Britain and to South Korea in search of answers."

BBC4 - Watching the Dead - "Documentary which explores television's fascination with forensics, revisiting classic shows like Quincy and Marius Goring's The Expert and looking at the appeal of contemporary dramas such as Silent Witness, Waking The Dead and CSI.
The film examines how scientific advances like genetic fingerprinting have been reflected in the crime drama, finds out how pathology got so sexy, how accurate the science shown on screen actually is, and how TV cops solved crimes before DNA."

Yesterday - Their Finest Hour - "Series celebrating the unsung heroes of World War II. In an effort to meet Britain's huge demand for coal, the Bevin Boys were conscripted to work in the mines. "

Wednesday 30th

BBC1 - The Secret Life of Twins - 2 parts (concludes Thursday 1st) - "Investigating the weird and wonderful world of identical twins, the first in a special two-part series looks at what science can learn from the uncanny similarities between twins.
Two hundred and fifty pairs of twins gather at St Thomas' Hospital to celebrate their contribution to science, while identical twin doctors Chris and Xand Van Tulleken set out to discover if their shared genes mean they will forever be identical. Meet twins raised apart as they're finally reunited, twins who suffer identical illnesses at the same time, and find out how identical twins hold the key to understanding what makes us all who we are."

BBC4 - The British Way of Death - "A look at the evolution of how we deal with death, from the ostentatious mourning of Victorian times, via the rise of funeral homes, to today's individualistic and informal memorials."

BBC4 - Dan Cruickshank's Adventures In Architecture - Death - "Historian and writer Dan Cruickshank celebrates the creative force of architecture as he explores the world's greatest cities, buildings and monuments.
Dan travels the globe to explore how different cultures have created architecture inspired by our mortality. In the Czech Republic, he reveals the macabre tale of a chapel decorated with human bones. Even more shocking is the Yaxha Mayan pyramids in Guatemala, sites of brutal human sacrifice.
In Egypt, Dan explores how pharaohs ensured the passage of their spirit to the afterworld through elaborate mortuary temples. He visits Europe's greatest cemetery in Genoa, Staglieno, home to a spectacular collection of beautiful and erotic memorial statues. And finally, Dan comes face-to-face with death itself in Varanasi in India, a sacred Hindu town where people come to die."

Thursday 1st

BBC4 - The Victorian Way of Death - "Dan Cruickshank examines how Victorian society confronted death, uncovering body snatchers, overflowing inner-city graveyards, lavish cemeteries and a resistance to cremation."

Channel 4 - Captive for 18 Years: The Jaycee Lee Story - "In June 1991, Jaycee Lee Dugard was waiting at the bus stop on her way to school in South Lake Tahoe when a man and a woman pulled up in a grey Ford saloon, jumped out, bundled her into the car and drove off. The kidnap was witnessed by Jaycee Lee's stepfather, who chased in vain after the car.
Eighteen years later, on 24 August 2009, an investigation began that would lead to an astounding discovery: Jaycee Lee Dugard was alive and for the last 18 years had been held captive by a notorious sex offender.
Jaycee Lee had given birth to two daughters, fathered by the sex offender, Phillip Garrido. Jaycee Lee and her daughters had been kept in a maze of tents and sheds in the back garden of Garrido's home in Antioch, California.
Featuring interviews with some of those closest to the young Jaycee, including family members, classmates and her headmistress, Cutting Edge also meets the neighbours and business associates of her captor Philip Garrido, and the investigators involved in her case, to piece together one of the most incredible missing person stories of all time.
The programme includes an interview with Carl Probyn, Jaycee Lee's stepfather, who witnessed the kidnap. He was the prime suspect in the case for 18 years. His marriage to Jaycee Lee's mother broke up; his life, to all intents and purposes, was ruined.
He reveals his story from the day he saw his stepdaughter kidnapped: his anguished 911 call to the police, how the events of the day changed his life forever, and the joy and sadness that engulfed him when he heard she'd been found alive and well."

Friday 2nd

Channel 4 - Unreported World - Philippines: Holy Warrriors - "Unreported World uncovers a deepening sectarian conflict between Muslims and Christians on the southern Filipino island of Mindanao, which has claimed 100,000 lives."

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