Off-air recordings for week 2-8 April 2011

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

Sunday 3rd April

BBC4 - Re-Trial By TV: The Rise & Fall Of Rough Justice** - "It is almost exactly 30 years since the BBC's Rough Justice team began investigating miscarriages of justice. The programme can claim to have achieved the overturning of the convictions of 18 people in 13 separate cases, continuing sporadically for over 25 years until it was finally axed in November 2007. Timeshift looks at the creation of this extraordinary series and reveals what a shock to the system it was. Featuring contributions from many of those involved, it asks how it was that a television programme took it upon itself to question one of the oldest judicial systems in the world. This documentary is also an opportunity to look at how much television and journalism have changed since Rough Justice was first commissioned. The programme's makers were hired with an open-ended brief that would be almost impossible to repeat today. It may only be thirty years ago, but this is a glimpse into a bygone era."

BBC4 - The Highest Court In The Land: Justice Makers - "They are the UK's most powerful arbiters of justice and now, for the first time, four of the Justices of the Supreme Court talk frankly and openly about the nature of justice and how they make their decisions. The film offers a revealing glimpse of the human characters behind the judgments and explores why the Supreme Court and its members are fundamental to our democracy. The 11 men and one woman who make up the UK Supreme Court have the last say on the most controversial and difficult cases in the land. What they decide binds every citizen. But are their rulings always fair, do their feelings ever get in the way of their judgments and are they always right? In the first 14 months of the court they have ruled on MPs' expenses, which led to David Chaytor's prosecution, changed the status of pre-nuptial agreements and battled with the government over control orders and the Human Rights Act. They explain what happens when they cannot agree and there is a divided judgment, and how they avoid letting their personal feelings effect their interpretation of the law. And they face up to the difficult issue of diversity; there is only one woman on the court, and she is the only Justice who went to a non-fee-paying school."

Monday 4th April

BBC1 - Panorama: Finished At Fifty? - "Proportionally, there are more long-term unemployed over 50s than any other age group. But are they victims of their own inflexibility or should more be done to help them? Uncompromising advice from former business leader Lord Digby Jones challenges four jobless 50-somethings to change their approach to job-hunting. Reporter Fiona Phillips reveals a group of people facing stacks of rejection letters and money worries after a lifetime at work. Can they beat the odds and get their working lives back on track?

BBC4 - Crime & Punishment: The Story Of Corporal Punishment** - "Timeshift lifts the veil on the taboo that is corporal punishment. What it reveals is a fascinating history spanning religion, the justice system, sex and education. Today it is a subject that is almost impossible to discuss in public, but it's not that long since corporal punishment was a routine part of life. Surprising and enlightening, the programme invites us to leave our preconceptions at the door so that we may better understand how corporal punishment came to be so important for so long."

ITV1 - Real Crime With Mark Austin: A Shot In The Dark - "It was a burglary that went tragically wrong. Three shots were fired in a remote farmhouse in Norfolk. A 16 year old boy was killed, a burglar wounded and a farmer imprisoned. The crime turned an eccentric and reclusive loner, Tony Martin, into the unlikeliest of tabloid heroes. In Real Crime: A Shot in the Dark, Mark Austin reveals what happened that night and how the repercussions sparked a national debate on self-defence. With exclusive testimony from Tony Martin, interviews with his family and friends, insights from the professionals involved in the case, and access to police footage, the programme reveals the events that led to Tony Martin’s trial for murder."

Tuesday 5th

BBC4 - Cloudspotting - "Documentary bringing to life Gavin Pretor-Pinney's international bestseller, The Cloudspotter's Guide, which draws on science, meteorology and mythology for a magical journey through the world of clouds. Presented by the obsessive and excitable Pretor-Pinney, it is no dry treatise on the science of nephology but a playful trip through the varied beauty and distinctive personalities of the ten principal cloud types. From the ethereal cirrus to the terrifying cumulonimbus, the film tells the story of the short but eventful life of clouds and their importance to our planet. Find out how immense quantities of water can stay up in the sky for so long and how lightning and thunder are created. Aided by his worldwide network of Cloudspotters, Pretor-Pinney also sets out to prove the existence of a new type of cloud, which results in him presenting his findings to a panel of top scientists. Featuring stunning images filmed by the world's most experienced aerial cameraman, the film is designed to inspire, inform and challenge those who have ever wondered about the heavens above."

BBC4 - Crime & Punishment: Capital Punishment** - " Timeshift digs into the archive to trace the extraordinary story of the ultimate sanction. At the beginning of the 19th century you could still be hanged in Britain for offences such as stealing a sheep or shooting a rabbit. Even children as young as seven were sent to the gallows. The last hanging in this country took place as recently as 1964. By opting for a dispassionate history rather than staging the usual polarised debate, the programme breaks new ground with its fascinating attention to detail, such as the protocols of the public execution or the 'science' of hanging. With contributions from both sides of the argument, it provides an essential guide to a subject that still divides us."

Wednesday 6th

BBC4 - Time To Remember: Nations At Play - "Lesley Sharp narrates as original newsreel and 1950s voiceover are used to illustrate how Britons spent their leisure time during the first half of the 20th century. Includes footage of Henley regattas, frolics at the seaside, the Victorian fairground, horse riding in Hyde Park, Royal Ascot in 1919, Deauville in the 20s and the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley."

ITV1 - Smugglers - 2 part series - "A compelling new documentary series for ITV1 reveals the alarming scale and relentless tide of smuggling at UK Borders. We are the prime destination for smuggled cigarettes in Europe and Europe’s leading consumers of cocaine. The UK is a country of choice for ‘Smugglers’. An island with 12,000 miles of coastline and some of the busiest ports in Europe, historically we have always been a tempting target for Smugglers. In past centuries, the commodities were rum and brandy, now organized criminal gangs make billions of pounds smuggling drugs, people and cigarettes. Wild Pictures, the makers of the acclaimed documentary series In the Line of Fire, Holloway, Wormwood Scrubs, and The Zoo, gained unique access to follow the work of specialist UK Border Agency and Police teams as they try to disrupt the smugglers’ multi billion pound trade."

Thursday 7th

BBC4 - Storyville: Innocent! Paco And The Struggle For Justice - "As a tropical storm beats down on the Philippine island of Cebu, two sisters leave work but never make it home. That same night, hundreds of miles away on a different island, 19-year-old Paco Larranaga is at a party in Manila, surrounded by dozens of reliable witnesses. The missing women, Marijoy, 23, and Jacqueline Chiong, 21, are pretty and innocent Chinese-Filipinos from a working class community. Paco, accused of their rapes and murders, comes from a prominent political family. An awkward adolescent with a past of petty offences, he is easily cast in the role of privileged thug by the hysterical media frenzy that surrounds the case. Populated by flamboyantly corrupt public officials, drug dealers, cops on the take and journalists both in thrall to and taking a lonely stance against the system, the documentary is a compelling account of the decade-long struggle to convict or free Paco."

BBC2 - Filthy Cities (3 part series) - "Dan Snow gets down and dirty in the murky histories of London, Paris and New York, exploring their filthy histories from the bottom up. Do you have to dodge the contents of bedpans or step over rotting corpses on your way to work? Well, you may have had to if you’d lived in London, New York or Paris back when they were filthy cities. In this immersive new series Dan Snow brings these cities’ stinking histories vividly to life from the bottom up. Taking the travelogue in a whole new direction - with extraordinary, hands-on demos and stunts and revolutionary CGI - he excavates the murky past in gruesome detail during defining periods in history. You’ll find out how each of these modern capitals was forged in the muck of the past, emerging from ‘filthy cities’ into three of the world’s model metropolises."

BBC2 - A History of Celtic Britain 1/4 Age of Iron (4 part series) - " Neil Oliver returns to BBC Two in a new series that continues the epic story of how ancient Britain and its people came to be, forged over thousands of years of ancient history. In A History Of Ancient Britain Neil Oliver began a journey through Britain's rich pre-history, from the Ice Age to the very first metal workers and the end of the age of stone. A History Of Celtic Britain carries on that journey, from the height of the Bronze Age through to the age of Iron, the Celts and the first kings to the age of Rome, and the end of pre-history itself. In tonight's first episode, it's 1000 BC and the end of the Bronze Age. Diving for 3,000-year-old treasure in Devon and pot-holing through an ancient Welsh copper mine, Neil discovers how a golden age of bronze collapsed into social and economic crisis set against a period of sharp climate change – eventually to be replaced by a new era, of iron."

Friday 8th

Channel 4 - Dispatches: Cashing In On Degrees - " With students facing massive increases in their fees, Dispatches investigates the pay, perks and privileges enjoyed by universities' top earners. Journalist Laurie Penny reveals the increasing commercialisation of higher education and asks what happens when universities scour the globe for students and funds."

Channel 4 - Unreported World - Nigeria: Sex, Lies & Black Magic - " Reporter Jenny Kleeman and director James Jones travel from Italy to Africa to reveal how human traffickers are using black magic to coerce and trap Nigerian women into a life of prostitution in Europe. Women are made to swear an oath of loyalty to their traffickers in an elaborate ritual that compels them to pay back extortionate sums of money. If they ever break free or report their traffickers, they believe they will be cursed."

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*This applies to staff members and students at the University of Gloucestershire only. Any recordings made are to be used only for educational and non-commercial purposes under the terms of the ERA Licence.

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Off-air recordings for week 26th March - 1st April 2011

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 March

More 4 - Japan's Tsunami: How It Happened - "Japan's Tsunami: How It Happened, investigates the science behind the earthquake and tsunami that has devastated Japan. It takes viewers on a journey with Professor of Geological Sciences Roger Bilham - in Japan only days after the earthquake struck. The programme follows Roger as he sets off on a mission to view the devastation from the air."

Sunday 27th March

BBC2 - Japan's Earthquake: A Horizon Special with Ian Stewart - "Professor Iain Stewart examines the powerful geological forces that unleashed the devastating Japanese earthquake, and explores how the release of this power of the planet brought Japan to the brink of a nuclear meltdown.

He follows moment by moment how the earthquake was generated under the Pacific Ocean, travelled to the Japanese mainland, and the rare conditions that unleashed a tsunami.

He also reveals the latest science behind earthquakes - from why we can't predict them, to what causes some of them to reach such power.

Iain shows why our civilisation has developed such a dangerous relationship with earthquakes, and why millions of us continue to live in earthquake zones across the world."

BBC1 - Imagine... The Trouble With Tolstoy - 2 parts - "Alan Yentob takes an epic train ride through Tolstoy's Russia, examining how Russia's great novelist became her great troublemaker.

In this programme, he reveals a difficult and troubled youth, obsessed with sex and gambling, who turned writer while serving as a soldier in Chechnya and the Crimea. His experiences on the frontline eventually fed into War and Peace, a book now recognised as, 'the gold standard by which all other novels are judged'. They also triggered his conversion to outspoken pacifist.

Alan's expedition takes him to the Tatar city of Kazan, where Tolstoy was a teenager, the siege of Sevastopol on the Black Sea and Imperial St Petersburg, as well as the idyllic Tolstoy country estate, the writer's cradle and grave, and home throughout his passionate but brutal 48-year marriage to Sofya - a marriage that began with rape, produced 13 children and ended with desertion and denial.

Contributors include Tolstoy's great great grandson Vladimir Tolstoy, AN Wilson and author of a new Tolstoy biography, Rosamund Bartlett."

Monday 28th

BBC2 - This World - Chilean Miners: What Happened Next? - "After confronting death 800 meters under the Chilean desert, the 33 trapped miners were then thrust into the glare of the international media's spotlight. Invitations have flooded in from around the world for guest appearances on TV shows, at charity events, even from Sir Bobby Charlton.

This film is a vivid and moving account of how three of the miners have coped with the whirlwind of fame, including charismatic Edison Pena who became known around the world as the underground runner and Elvis impersonator.

They may now be the toast of the world, but many of the miners are suffering from the anxieties that come with recurring nightmares, and some from psychological issues and addiction - all of which have an inevitable impact on their wives and families.

This is the story of how these ordinary working men and their families are struggling with the pressure of sudden fame and wealth, while still coming to terms with the trauma of those 70 days."

BBC2 - Neil Morrissey: Care Home Kid - 2 parts - "Neil Morrissey was just 10-years-old when he was sent into care. He looks back at his childhood in the hope of learning how this experience has truly affected him as an adult."

Tuesday 29th March

BBC1 - See You In Court - 6 parts - "Just as quickly as papers rush to press with the latest celebrity sex scandal or expose, lawyers are scrambling to court to either try and stop the stories appearing, or to set the record straight when the damage is out there.

But just what goes on in the normally notoriously private world of a libel or privacy battle, and how easy is it to clear your name, restore your reputation or defend yourself against things that have been said?

Recent actions have seen everyone from the Beckhams to Max Mosley sue over things they did or didn't do, and legal costs and damages reach hundreds of thousands. But is the fight always worth it, and is it just the rich and famous with the money and means that get to do battle?

Through extraordinary and unprecedented access inside Britain's biggest law firms, we follow 12 very different cases as they unfold over the course of 2 years.

Charting the emotional and financial toll a libel action can bring to both sides, claimants and defendants, we follow high-profile figures and serial suers like Uri Geller, Danielle Lloyd and George Galloway as they take on papers and companies alike. We also see journalists and scientists fighting over important public health matters and championing libel reform, as well as very ordinary people risking everything when they feel someone's got their story very wrong.

In this episode, we follow Lembit Opik as he tries to take on the press after considering that his cheeky boy reputation may have cost him his seat in the last election; and Sheryl Gascoigne finally decides, after years of being told it was best to say nothing, that it is time to hit back."

BBC4 - The Yorkshire Dales On Film - "Using moving images from across the decades, this documentary goes on a short trip to one of the most beautiful parts of the UK, the Yorkshire Dales. Encompassing newsreels, documentaries and home movies, these rarely-seen archive gems come together to reveal all aspects of life in the Dales, from sheep farming to cheese making, railway lines to dry stone walls and hill runners to potholing."

Friday 1st April

Channel 4 - Dispatches: BP - In Deep Water - "BP is one of the largest companies in the world and plays an important role in the British economy through UK pension funds, the billions of pounds of tax it pays and as a major employer in the UK. A year on from the start of the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, Dispatches examines the role of BP in this spill as well as similar incidents in the past and examines its contracts with oil-producing nations and relationship with the British government."

Channel 4 - Unreported World - Congo: The Children Who Back From The Dead - "Aidan Hartley and Ed Braman travel to Eastern Congo to witness the work of a man who liberates child soldiers who have been forced to participate in one of the world's longest-running conflicts. While there, they discover that hundreds more youngsters are being abducted, as rebels and the army prepare for a fresh round of fighting."

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* This applies to staff members and students at the University of Gloucestershire only. Any recordings made are to be used only for educational and non-commercial purposes under the terms of the ERA Licence.

Off-air recordings for week 19-25 March 2011

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 19th

BBC2 - Christopher And His Kind - "The 'divinely decadent' Berlin cabaret scene is in full swing when a young and wide-eyed Christopher Isherwood arrives in the city to stay with his close friend and occasional lover, the poet WH Auden. To Isherwood's reserved English sensibility, the city's thriving gay subculture is thrilling and intoxicating. But Christopher soon finds himself heartbroken after the failure of a hopeless love affair, and so sets out on a process of self-discovery as he forges an identity and place for himself amidst the chaos of 1930s Berlin."

BBC4 - Omnibus: Christopher Isherwood - A Born Foreigner - "1969 documentary about author Christopher Isherwood. Born near Manchester, Isherwood mostly lived abroad. In 1969, he was living in California, was a devotee of Hinduism and a pacifist - yet of his own choice he remained an outsider, a foreigner. Derek Hart interviews him about his life and work, featuring extracts from films of his novels and stories including I Am A Camera and The Sailor from Gibraltar, and about the background to the writing of his novel A Single Man."

Tuesday 22nd

More4 - True Stories: Love, Lust and Lies - "Award-winning director Gillian Anderson has been following the lives of Josie, Diana and Kerry since 1976, when they were teenagers in suburban Australia.
Love, Lust and Lies documents how their lives have changed in the last 35 years, from new relationships starting, and breaking up with partners, to becoming mothers and grandmothers.
The women reveal their stories and secrets with remarkable honesty as the film demonstrates how fascinating and complex 'ordinary' life can be.
True Stories commissions and showcases the best international feature documentaries."

Thursday 24rd

ITV1 - Tonight: Too Old To Be A Mum? - "Madonna, Emma Thompson and Cherie Blair have done it, and it seems to be catching on. The number of women having babies in their forties doubled in the last decade. But fertility experts warn that choosing career first and starting a family second is a huge gamble - putting the health of both mother and baby at risk."

BBC4 - Everything And Nothing - 2 part series - "Two-part documentary which deals with two of the deepest questions there are - what is everything, and what is nothing?

In two epic, surreal and mind-expanding films, Professor Jim Al-Khalili searches for an answer to these questions as he explores the true size and shape of the universe and delves into the amazing science behind apparent nothingness.

The first part, Everything, sees Professor Al-Khalili set out to discover what the universe might actually look like. The journey takes him from the distant past to the boundaries of the known universe. Along the way he charts the remarkable stories of the men and women who discovered the truth about the cosmos and investigates how our understanding of space has been shaped by both mathematics and astronomy."


Friday 25th

Channel 4 - Unreported World - India's Leprosy Heroes - "Unreported World meets remarkable people fighting back against leprosy in India, where millions affected by the disease are pushed to the margins of society, ostracised by their friends and families.
Based on targets set by the World Health Organization, the Indian government claims it has eliminated leprosy. However Unreported World reveals the numbers of new cases in some areas could be much higher than previously estimated.
Reporter Seyi Rhodes and producer Richard Cookson begin their journey at a leprosy colony on the outskirts of Hyderabad in the south east of the country.
They meet local leader Narsappa, who caught the disease 30 years ago. Like some of the other residents in the colony he has been cured and is no longer contagious. Despite this they are all forced to live together because they're not welcome anywhere else.
Narsappa tells Rhodes that when he was diagnosed, his neighbours shunned him and his mother grieved for him as if he was dead. He was abandoned at the local hospital when he was just ten years old. Narsappa says he's now driven to stop others going through the same experience.
At a funeral that night for another sufferer, the discrimination many face is brought home. Narsappa's friend has died and has to be buried in a patch of waste ground next to the public cemetery. Even after death some believe the disease is still contagious so those affected are buried in graves away from everyone else.
In 2005, the Indian government declared that leprosy had been eliminated. However, the Unreported World team obtains leaked documents which suggest the official figures don't show the true scale of the disease. In one Indian state, health workers found the number of people infected was five times the official estimate.
Rhodes and Cookson accompany Narsappa and a group of colony residents to the local health directorate to demand supplies for their clinic, which has run out of stock. But, like on previous visits, they leave with only promises.
The team moves on to Naini Hospital in Allahabad. It's India's largest leprosy hospital and is run by UK based charity The Leprosy Mission. Senior surgeon Dr Premal Das tells Rhodes that his hospital saw 3,000 new leprosy cases last year - more than any previous year - but the budget has been cut by 20 per cent because it is practically impossible to raise money for leprosy when the government claims it has been eliminated.
The team films one of his patients - 16-year-old Pooja - as she undergoes surgery to correct deformities in her hand. The next day the crew follow Pooja home after weeks in hospital, but how will she be received and will she overcome the stigma so many of her fellow patients have to endure?"

BBC2 - This Is Britain - "Andrew Marr explores the state of the country on the eve of the 2011 Census, which uncovers details of people's lives once every decade, revealing vital population statistics. He takes a look at past records to discover how Britain has changed, examining fierce debates surrounding immigration and identity, and shifts in attitudes toward relationships and marriage. He also asks why the upper class seems to have largely disappeared, and compares life expectancy between residents in Glasgow and Hull."

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* This applies to staff members and students at the University of Gloucestershire only. Any recordings made are to be used only for educational and non-commercial purposes under the terms of the ERA Licence.

Off-air recordings for week 12-18 March 2011

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

Monday 14th

BBC2 - The Secret War On Terror - 2 part series - "The Secret War on Terror reveals the astonishing inside story of the intelligence war which has been fought against Al Qaeda over the last decade since 9/11.

With unparalleled access to Western intelligence and law enforcement agencies, and with a host of exclusive interviews with those who have been at the sharp end of fighting the terrorists - from the CIA and the FBI to MI5 - Peter Taylor asks whether there is any end in sight and whether we are any safer from attack. The series includes the first ever television interview with the former director-general of MI5, Baroness Manningham-Buller, and an extensive interview with the recent director of the CIA, General Michael Hayden.

This first episode looks at how the West became involved in abductions, secret prisons and even torture, and how the intelligence services successfully disrupt major terrorist plots.

Tuesday 15th

BBC4 - Around The World In 60 Minutes - "A unique journey around the weird and wonderful planet that we call home.

When Yuri Gagarin was blasted into space he became the first human to get a proper look at where we live. 'The Earth is blue,' he exclaimed, 'how amazing!'. Suddenly our perspective on the world had changed forever. We thought we were going to explore the universe, yet the most extraordinary thing we discovered was our own home planet, the Earth.
So what would you see during just one orbit of the Earth? Starting 200 miles above the planet, this film whisks you around the planet to show what changes in the time it takes to circumnavigate the Earth just once. We hear from British-born astronaut Piers Sellers on what it's like to live and work in space, and also to gaze down and see how we are altering and reshaping our world.

We marvel at the incredible forces of nature that brings hundred-mile wide storms and reshapes continents, and also discover how we humans are draining seas and building cities in the middle of the desert. We also visit the wettest place on Earth, as well as the most volcanic.
Narrated by David Morrissey, this inspirational trip around the planet will make you view our home as you've never seen it before."

BBC2 - Bible's Buried Secrets - 3 part series - "Hebrew Scholar Francesca Stavrakopoulou examines how recent archaeological discoveries are changing the way stories from The Bible are interpreted and how these, in turn, are forcing a re-assessment of the understanding of the legacy of Judaism, Christianity and Islam both in the Middle East and in the West.
In a new three-part series, Francesca travels to major archaeological digs throughout the Middle East to investigate the origins of the story of the Garden of Eden, the emergence of the worship of one God and the historical context of King David and his wondrous kingdom.

She also visits Khirbet Qeiyafa, a fortified city in Judah from the time of King David, and the ancient city of Ugarit in Syria, considered to be the single most important biblical archaeological discovery of the last century.

Following Francesca on her journey through some of the world's most beautiful but inaccessible landscapes, The Bible's Buried Secrets aims to place some of its most iconic stories into a new historical context."

Thursday 17th

BBC4 - Time To Remember: A Woman's World - "Newsreel footage and original 1950s Time to Remember voiceover by Joyce Grenfell and Dame Edith Evans offer an insight into the ways women's roles in society changed through the first five decades of the 20th century.
Featuring footage of suffragette protest, including Emily Davison at the 1913 Derby; working women during the First World War; Suzanne Lenglen playing tennis; and something of the fashions of the 20s and 30s."

Friday 18th

BBC4 - The End Of The World? A Horizon Guide To Armageddon - "Dallas Campbell delves into the Horizon archive to find out how scientists have tried to predict the end of the world, from natural disasters to killer diseases and asteroid impact. He asks whether science will be able to save the human race when the apocalypse eventually arrives."

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* This applies to staff members and students at the University of Gloucestershire only. Any recordings made are to be used only for educational and non-commercial purposes under the terms of the ERA Licence.

Microsoft Photostory 3 for Windows

We now have Microsoft Photostory 3 for Windows software installed on the PC in the bookable study room (FCQU003) as well as the FCH LC Edit Suite PC (FCQU015).

The software can also be downloaded onto your own PC / laptop using the Microsoft Photostory 3 for Windows link .

Please contact Rich Deakin if you need any help or advice about creating a photostory using this software.

The bookable study room can be booked via the OPAC and the issue desk (02142 714600) and enquiry desk (01242 714666), email lcinfofch@glos.ac.uk, whilst the edit suite must be booked via issue and enquiry desks, or directly through Rich Deakin on 01242 714665, email rdeakin@glos.ac.uk

Off-air recordings for week 5-11 March 2011

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 5th March

More 4 - Drain The Ocean - "Below the surface of the Earth's oceans lies a mysterious and relatively unknown world. With a diversity of life that rivals the rainforest, the ocean is one of the world's largest ecosystems, but relatively little is known about what lives in its great depths.
Drain the Ocean draws on the latest scientific knowledge and uses CGI animation to remove the water, revealing a landscape of unimaginable scale - with underwater mountain ranges long enough to stretch round the world one and a half times - and with tens of thousands of mud volcanoes and other features that are more dynamic than anything found on land."

Sunday 6th

Channel 4 - Civilization: Is The West History? - 6 part series - "The first programme in the series begins in 1420 when Ming China had a credible claim to be the most advanced civilization in the world: 'All Under Heaven'. England on the eve of the Wars of the Roses would have seemed quite primitive by contrast.
Yet the lead that China had established in technology was not to be translated into sustained economic growth. In China a monolithic empire stifled colonial expansion and economic innovation. In Europe political division bred competition.
The question for our own time is whether or not we have lost that competitive edge to a rapidly ascending Asia."

BBC2 - Wonders of the Universe - 4 part series - "Professor Brian Cox reveals how the most fundamental scientific principles and laws explain not only the story of the universe, but the story of us all."

Monday 7th

Channel 4 - Dispatches: Selling Off Britain - "Selling Off Britain: Krishnan Guru-Murthy hosts a live studio debate about whether we should sell the family silver - from missiles to the government wine cellar - to cut our national debt."

Tuesday 8th

BBC4 - Justice: Freedom Versus Fit - "The seventh of Harvard professor Michael Sandel's famous lectures on the philosophy of justice looks at the issue of individual rights and the freedom to choose. If our place in society is determined by where we best fit, doesn't that eliminate personal choice? What if I am best suited to do one kind of work, but I want to do another?
Sandel addresses one of the most glaring objections to Aristotle's views on freedom, his defence of slavery as a fitting social role for certain human beings. Students discuss other objections to Aristotle's theories and debate whether his philosophy overly restricts the freedom of individuals."

BBC2 - Horizon: Predators In Your Back Yard - "
Across the world scientists are releasing predators, nature's ultimate killers, close to where people live.
In Florida, a new population of panthers, feared as ambush predators, have been released near to the busy town of Naples. In the Italian Alps, bears have been reintroduced after they became virtually extinct, and now try to get into people's homes in the middle of the night.
And in Yellowstone National Park, wolves have been brought back 70 years after they were exterminated.
Horizon meets the scientist behind this radical scheme, and the people who now have to share their backyards with these predators."

Thursday 10th

BBC1 - Bang Goes The Winter Weather Special - "Dallas Campbell, Liz Bonnin and Jem Stansfield build an innovative weather chamber and re-create wintry conditions by making their own clouds, rain and snow. They reveal the wettest and windiest parts of the UK and explain the science behind the big freeze that has struck two years in a row."

BBC2 - The British At Work - 4 part series - "Kirsty Young explores British working lives since the Second World War, combining archive footage with testimonials from members of the public. She hears from women about the experiences of moving into a male-dominated workforce, and examines how the optimistic dreams of the post-war years were undermined by poor management and bickering workers."

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* This applies to staff members and students at the University of Gloucestershire only. Any recordings made are to be used only for educational and non-commercial purposes under the terms of the ERA Licence.