Off-air recordings for week 12-18 May 2012

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


*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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Sunday 13th May 2012

Factual; Documentaries

The Lost World of the Seventies
BBC2, 10:00-11:00pm
Michael Cockerell sheds new light on the tragi-comedy of the 1970s by focusing on some of its most controversial characters. With fresh filming and new interviews, along with a treasure trove of rare archive, the film presents the inside story of giant personalities who make today's public figures look sadly dull in comparison.


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Monday 14th May 2012

Factual; History; Documentaries

The 70s
BBC2, 9:00-10:00pm, 4/4, The Winner Takes It All: 77-79

Factual

56 Up
ITV1, 9:00-10:00pm, 1/3

56 Up, the latest instalment of ITV’s landmark documentary series returns to visit the people whose lives have been followed since they were seven and sees more of the original line-up taking part than ever before. The original 7 Up was broadcast in 1964 as a one-off World in Action Special featuring children who were selected from different backgrounds and social spheres to talk about their hopes and dreams for the future.

As members of the generation who would be running the country by the year 2000, what did they think they would become? Inspired by World in Action founder editor Tim Hewat’s passionate interest in both the Jesuit saying: “Give me the child until he is seven and I will show you the man,” and the rigid class system of 1960s Britain, 7 Up set out to discover whether or not the children’s lives were pre-determined by their background. The result was ground-breaking television and the follow-up films have won an array of awards. Director Michael Apted, who has since moved to Hollywood to direct films including Gorky Park, The Coal Miner’s Daughter, The World Is Not Enough, The Chronicles of Narnia and Gorillas in the Mist, has returned every seven years to chart the children’s progress through life.

Over the past six decades, the series has documented the group as they have become adults and entered middle-age, dealing with everything life has thrown at them in between. Now the series is back to discover what has happened to the group over the last seven years. And one of the original characters has decided to re-join the series after leaving almost 30 years ago. So where are they now?...

Documentaries

Dispatches: Watching The Detectives
Channel 4, 8:00-9:00pm

How safe are your secrets? Channel 4 Dispatches reveals how easy it is to buy our most personal and confidential information.

In a year-long undercover investigation, private detectives sell us access to health and criminal records, mobile phone bills and bank accounts. The programme discovers the extent of the black market in personal data and reveals how supposedly secure databases are open to exploitation.



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Tuesday 15th May 2012

Factual; Health and Wellbeing

Great Ormond Street
BBC2, 9:00-10:00pm, 2/6, A Chance At Life

An intimate portrait of two surgeons in Great Ormond Street's General Surgery unit. Navigating between ground-breaking success and devastating failure, they must balance the risk of surgery against the chance of success. Treating children with extraordinarily complex conditions, some of whom are old enough to be involved in the decision making, this film follows the surgeons, patients and their families as they embark on a journey of preparation towards their operation and into the unknown.



Factual; Life Stories; Reality

The Estate
BBC1, 11:40pm-12:10am, 8/8

Martin receives some shattering news from Emma, and Kelly Ann must make a big decision. Plus single mum Emma comes out fighting after her housing benefit is cut off.


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Wednesday 16th  May 2012

Factual; Arts, Culture and Media; History; Documentaries

Roundhead or Cavalier: Which One Are You?
BBC4, 1:00-2:00am

In the middle of the 17th century, Britain was devastated by a civil war that divided the nation into two tribes - the Roundheads and the Cavaliers. In this programme, celebrities and historians reveal that modern Britain is still defined by the battle between the two tribes. The Cavaliers represent a Britain of panache, pleasure and individuality. They are confronted by the Roundheads, who stand for modesty, discipline, equality and state intervention. The ideas which emerged 350 years ago shaped our democracy, civil liberties and constitution. They also create a cultural divide that influences how we live, what we wear and even what we eat and drink. Individuals usually identify with one tribe or the other, but sometimes they need some elements of the enemy's identity - David Cameron seeks a dash of the down-to-earth Roundhead, while Ed Miliband looks for some Cavalier charisma.


Factual

Felicity Kendal's Indian Shakespeare Quest
BBC2, 9:00-10:00pm

In Felicity Kendal's Indian Shakespeare Quest, Felicity Kendal discovers the story of India’s long love affair with Shakespeare – from the first days of Empire to Bollywood and beyond. The film follows Felicity as she travels across India, the land of her childhood and the place where she took her first steps on stage as a young actress in her parents’ theatre company, Shakespeareana.

She explores the story of India’s enduring love for Shakespeare – a story in which her own family have played an important part. As her investigation takes her from bustling cities to rural villages, from palaces to playgrounds, Felicity discovers the surprising scale of Shakespeare’s influence on Indian culture.

She learns how his works have made the transition from symbols of Empire to become an inspiration for a new generation of artists, making Shakespeare an iconic figure in a country miles from the land of his birth.

Factual; Arts, Culture and Media; History; Documentaries

Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer?
BBC4, 8:00-9:00pm, 1/2

King Henry VIII had a fascinating and enlightening relationship with art. He came to the throne as the Renaissance swept across Europe, yet England's new king never lost sight of the medieval chivalry of his forefathers.

In the first of a two-part documentary, architectural historian Jonathan Foyle looks at the palaces, tapestries, music and paintings created in Henry's name and questions whether the art he commissioned compensates for the religious treasures he would come to destroy.


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Friday 18th May 2012

News

Unreported World - Ukraine: The Teenagers Who Live Underground
Channel 4, 7:30-7.55pm

UNICEF estimates that there may be as many as 100,000 street children in Ukraine. Marcel Theroux and Suemay Oram go underground in Kiev to meet some and find out what their life is like. Ukraine has invested billions in infrastructure projects for the 2012 European football championships. While the fans will enjoy the facilities, most of them won't know that living around them - and beneath their feet under the country's cities - are thousands of young people left on their own to survive dangerous, subterranean lives. 

Since the break-up of the Soviet Union, years of economic hardship have hurt Ukraine. The result has been a lost generation of teenagers who have run away from broken families, alcoholism and abuse. They suffer awful living conditions and embarrass the Ukrainian government, which in June will host the European Championships as part of its efforts to project a modern, European image with luxury shops and a thriving culture. Many of the teenagers inject drugs or sell sex, and face serious health risks including syphilis, hepatitis, and HIV/AIDS. In some cities, close to 20 per cent of youngsters living on the streets who were tested were HIV positive.

Theroux and Oram journey underground through pitch-black basements and passageways under the streets of Kiev. Their guides are a group young people who have made their home at the end of a warren of dark corridors. Outside, the temperature is below minus 20 degrees. Underneath the city's Soviet apartment buildings, hot water pipes are helping keep the street children alive. The team finds 13 who have set up home together, surrounded by mounds of rubbish, which indicate they've been living rough for some time. They've been sniffing glue to take away the feelings of cold and hunger, and the effects are starting to become obvious. Longer-term use causes brain damage.

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