The Archive Hour: Fortress Totobag - The Story of the Notting Hill Riots. "Henry Bonsu recalls the Notting Hill riots of August 1958. At 9 Blenheim Crescent, known as Fortress Totobag, fighting between West Indians and teddy boys reached a peak on Monday September 1. The cafe acted as a community centre and information bureau for newcomers to the area, but also served as a gambling den and Caribbean music venue. As white hostility to the growing black presence grew, tensions erupted into violence."
Team Spirit - "In this five-part radio series, Claudia Hammond looks at the psychology of team dynamics. By visiting groups around the country and talking to leading academics, she'll find out what makes successful teams tick."
Costing the Earth - part 1 Summer of Mud (six-part radio series). "Costing The Earth packs up its tent pegs and heads out for a summer of mud as guest presenter Tom Robinson investigates whether punters and musicians at festivals really do care about the environment. This summer, millions of people will attend one of the hundreds of events that now fill the summer diary, from the established mega-festivals such as Glastonbury, to the small-scale Truck festival in Oxfordshire. Renewable energy-powered stages, biodegradeable tent pegs and car-share schemes are a few of the growing attempts to reduce the impact of summer festivals on their surroundings. Many festivals now promote a "leave no trace" policy; however, Costing The Earth investigates whether the party-goers – and the artists – actually adhere to it."
The Homecoming: Alexander Solzhenitsyn's Return to Russia. "An epic, two month train journey across Russia with one of the world's greatest writers, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who died earlier this month. The programme follows him on his return home to Russia in 1994 with his family after 20 years of enforced exile in America."
Megastructures - Beijing Olympic Stadium. "... one of the world's largest enclosed facilities-the Beijing National Stadium. 42,000 tons of twisted steel, and a stadium to seat 90,000 people-one of the biggest and most ambitious constructions projects ever attempted in modern China. Against the backdrop of China's Olympics, this programme examines the unique features of the "bird's nest" stadium, following its design, engineering and construction up."
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If there are any other programmes that you would like recording please let me know and will see if I can accomodate your request.* This applies to staff members 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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