off-air recordings for week 27 September - 3 October 2008

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

TV Programmes

Timewatch - Stonehenge - "This historic excavation is now complete and researchers are ready to solve one of the greatest of archaeological mysteries – what was Stonehenge for?"

Civilisation: Heroic Materialism - "Sir Kenneth Clark's classic documentary series presenting his personal view of the restoration of Western civilisation."

Simon Schama's Power of Art : Guernica - "Guernica (1937) was created during Picasso's Surrealist period and captures the horror of the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. By the end of World War II, Picasso had become an internationally known artist and celebrity..."

The Genius of Photography – Paper Movies (4/6) - "The American photographer Garry Winogrand said that he took photographs to “see what the world looked like photographed”. Photographers have always had this as their mission statement, but the three decades from the late 1950’s onwards was the real golden age of the photographic journey. The Genius of Photography – Paper Movies relives the journeys that produced some of the most acclaimed paper movies. The programme takes a fascinating look at Robert Frank’s odyssey through 50s America, William Klein’s one-man assault on the sidewalks of New York, Garry Winogrand’s charting of the human comedy in Central Park Zoo, Tony Ray Jones’s dissection eccentricity at the English seaside, and finally, William Eggleston’s guide to Memphis and the American South. Episode four of the series also examines the arrival of colour as a credible medium for serious photographers, as controversial at the time as Dylan going electric.
Contributors include legendary photographers like William Klein, William Eggleston, Robert Adams, Stephen Shore, Joel Sternfeld, Joel Meyerowitz, Martin Parr and artist Ed Ruscha. "

Imagine: The Fantastic Mr Dahl - "Alan Yentob explores the magical and mysterious world of the best-selling children's author Roald Dahl to discover what made him such a great storyteller. This intimate portrait has exclusive access to his personal archive, and features interviews with members of his immediate family, including his widow, Felicity, his first wife, the actress Patricia Neal, his children, Tessa, Theo and Ophelia, and his grand-daughter, the model Sophie Dahl."

A History of British Art - My Wife, My Horse and Myself - "Writer and presenter Andrew Graham-Dixon travels back to the 18th century, the golden age of British art. He looks at the rich visual world of the aristocracy, from art depicting the great English informal landscape garden to studies of the aristocrat's racehorse, wife, dog and mistress and explore the works of artists like Hogarth, Stubbs and Gainsborough."

Arena: The Waugh Trilogy: An Engishman's Home (3/3) - "...examines Waugh's deteriorating health in his latter years. After his mental illness Waugh penned The Ordeal of Gilbert Penfold, which describes horror, hallucinations and voices in the head. So accurate were his descriptions of his experiences that the work was highly regarded by psychoanalysts."

Dana: The Eight Year Old Anorexic - "Dana is eight years old. She is also anorexic. This week's Cutting Edge follows Dana as she embarks on an intensive 12-week programme at a specialist clinic, to examine why younger and younger children are developing eating disorders."

1964 General Election - "The latest broadcast from the BBC's political archive is the closely fought election of 1964. Labour's slim victory put an end to 13 years of Conservative rule and prevented a fourth successive victory for them at the national ballot box. And the BBC broadcast the unfolding results round-the-clock for the first time. All three radio stations were put to work covering the election along with over 50 TV cameras - including 30 outside broadcast units - across the country." More

Radio programmes

America Empire of Liberty - Omnibus editions of this daily broadcast history of America by David Reynolds.

Dreaming of Toad Hall - "To mark the centenary of the publication of The Wind in the Willows, John O'Farrell returns to the Berkshire riverbank of his Kenneth Grahame and his son Alistair. On the way, he unlocks the symbols and mysteries contained in this classic children's book."

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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.