Off air recordings for week 23 February - 1 March 2013

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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Saturday 23rd February

Documentaries

DNA: The Story of Life
More4, 7:55-9:00pm

Documentary marking the 60th anniversary of one of the most significant scientific moments of the 20th century - Francis Crick and Jim Watson's discovery in 1953 of the double-helix structure of DNA, for which they later received the Nobel Prize for Medicine. Although assured of their place in history, the film explores how the pair also faced unfounded rumours of plagiarism.


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Sunday 24th February

Factual; Arts, Culture and the Media; Documentaries

WHAAM! Roy Lichtenstein at the Tate Modern
BBC4, 8:00-9:00pm


In a special programme broadcast on the opening weekend of the Roy Lichtenstein Retrospective at Tate Modern, Alastair Sooke takes us on an exclusive personal tour of the latest blockbuster art exhibition.

Together with fans, critics, artists and those who knew Lichtenstein, Alastair leads an entertaining and provocative discussion about the work and legacy of one of the most celebrated and instantly recognisable artists of the 20th century.
Renowned for his works based on comic strips and advertising imagery, Lichtenstein's chisel-jawed action men and love-lorn women made him the hero of the Pop Art movement.

When the pictures first appeared in the 1960s they caused a sensation - but also outrage and controversy, with many questioning whether his re-workings of other people's images could really be called art. As the exhibition reveals, however, there was more to Lichtenstein than simply the famous comic book images and also on display are many of his less familiar works - nudes, landscapes, sculpture and his own take on the work of modern art masters such as Picasso and Matisse.

Offering an in-depth look at one of the year's most talked about exhibitions, Alastair and guests explore the enduring appeal of Lichtenstein's imagery, debate the controversies around his work and his influence on today's generation of artists and tackle the big question - was Lichtenstein a Pop Art genius and one of the defining image-makers of the 20th century, or a one-trick wonder whose big idea was so powerful he could never let it go?



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Monday 25th February

Current Affairs; News, Documentaries

Dispatches: Britain on Benefits (postponed from 18th February)
Channel 4, 8:00-8:30pm


The Disability Living Allowance helps more than three million people lead useful lives. It pays for transport and carers, meaning that disabled people can work and lead independent lives. But the benefit bill has to be cut, and the government plans to take more than half a million claimants off DLA. What will that mean for those who depend on it? Talking to fellow Paralympians, disabled army veterans and disabled people in work, wheelchair basketball ace Ade Adepitan goes in search of answers, and asks if this hugely ambitious and expensive plan to reassess disabled people has been properly thought through.



News

Panorama: America's Gun Addiction
BBC1, 8:30-9:00pm


The Newtown massacre, in which 20 primary schoolchildren died, has been hailed as a turning point on gun control in America. President Obama wants to ban assault weapons, but his opponents say more guns are the answer, not fewer. Panorama meets the teachers learning to use guns to protect their schools.  With many of America's mass killers having mental health issues and easy access to guns, Panorama reveals the national crisis in mental healthcare which has left 3.5 million severely mentally ill Americans receiving no treatment at all.  Reporter Hilary Andersson goes undercover to show how easy it is to buy the type of assault weapon used at Newtown, with no checks. Will Newtown finally change things, or will the mass killings continue?



Crime and Punishment; Documentaries

Her Majesty's Prison - Aylesbury
ITV1, 9:00-10:00pm, 2/2


The authorities at Aylesbury prison, have to try to manage some of the most dangerous and disruptive young offenders in the country. In this second episode Prison governor Kevin Leggett reveals how his staff are attacked frequently as they try to ensure they keep control and help to rebuild the fractured lives of these young men.  He says: “A lot of them are violent and just bringing them into prison doesn’t switch that off. It’s just the way they’ve been brought up or the way they would choose to adopt when they interact with people. So it can be a very intimidating environment at times. We’ve had a number of staff assaulted in the last couple of weeks.”

The film captures an incident in the prison when  female prison officer is head butted by a prisoner.

Kevin Leggett says”
“That’s been the real change for me. The propensity for prisoners to assault female staff, because it used to be the taboo and you’d expect a prisoner backlash from their peers, if they assaulted a female member of staff - which is something that we’ve not really had to deal with for a long time.”  Officers are permitted to use reasonable force to defend themselves when attacked. Thirty five members of staff were assaulted at Aylesbury in 2012. Sixteen needed hospital treatment.

Prison officer Kevin Smith says: “Some of the staff assaults we’ve had in this establishment are horrendous and you watch them back and you got to say some of them are really lucky to keep their lives.”  One prisoner Emirali Ockay has a reputation for attacking prison officers. He has been so violent and difficult towards staff he has already been moved several times. Now Aylesbury is looking to transfer him.

Prison Service Manager Darren Voss says:
“Young Okcay wants out of the establishment. Problem is he has a little bit of stability and then he has moments where he then gets disruptive and he’s assaulted individuals whether that’s staff or prisoners. He’s assaulted a member of the work’s team so again now, while we’re communicating with other jails, we got to add that onto his record that he’s gone and assaulted another member of staff so it’s going to be difficult to move him.”

Nine prisons were contacted and they all refused to take Okcay.

The film shows how officers also have to deal with prisoners intent on killing themselves. They have to release the noose around the neck of one prisoner after a failed suicide attempt, and restrain him to prevent him from continuing to self-harm...




Documentaries

Storyville: I Will Be Murdered
BBC4, 10:00-11:25pm


This week’s Storyville chronicles an extraordinary story of murder, love and political conspiracy triggered when a video of a murdered Guatemalan lawyer surfaced on Youtube in which he foretold his own death and named the culprits.

In May 2009, Rodrigo Rosenberg, a wealthy, charismatic lawyer, went cycling near his home in Guatemala City and was murdered. In a country with one of the highest murder rates in the world, such killings were not uncommon. But what was extraordinary is that Rodrigo Rosenberg knew, for certain, he was about to be killed.

Rosenberg’s lover had been murdered a few weeks before, driving Rosenberg to investigate a case which, he told friends, he feared would lead to his death. In a video he recorded days before he died, he accused the President of his murder. It became a Youtube sensation, prompting crowds to take to the street demanding the President’s resignation. But the subsequent investigation into Rosenberg’s death would take multiple twists and turns, before reaching a stunning revelation.



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Tuesday 26th February

Factual; History; Documentaries

Chivalry and Betrayal: The One Hundred Years' War
BBC4, 3/3, 3:00-3.55am

Henry V has claimed the crown of France for his heirs, but to secure it the English must conquer all of France. Potent French resistance comes in the most unlikely form - an illiterate, young peasant girl, Joan of Arc. Dr Janina Ramirez explores the longest and bloodiest divorce in history.


Documentaries

Secrets of the Pickpockets
Channel 4, 9:00-10:00pm, series 2, 1/1


A new crime wave hits London above and below ground. This is the story of the pickpockets and the police squads sent in to track them down.

This time Secrets is at street level in London's West End - to witness how gangs target pub crowds as they spill out onto the streets. The documentary reveals some new tricks of the criminal trade, from the 'Lebanese loop' to 'Scattering', in which a pickpocket disorientates their drunk victim by weaving and bobbing around while talking to them.

As the public changes its spending habits, the programme reveals how the criminals are changing their techniques too - looking at a recent rise in cash point scams. The Secrets team sits on a stake-out with a specialist police unit targeted on catching one organised ATM gang in the act.

Plus, experts on both sides of this extraordinary game of cat and mouse - from the no-nonsense Sergeant of one of the British Transport Police's 'dip squad' with dozens of arrests to his name, to the Chilean pickpockets, who always seem to get away...



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Wednesday 27th February

Factual > Science & Nature > Nature & Environment

Nature's Microworlds
BBC4, 8:30-9:00pm, 6/7 - Australia's Red Centre

In Australia's red centre, Steve Backshall reveals two-metre-tall kangaroos, the world's most venomous snake and a burrowing toad living among the throng of animals. Parched by the sun, scorched by fire and prone to unpredictable floods, the heart of this island continent is as inhospitable as it gets. Poor soils make vegetation tough and indigestible even to Australia's largest herbivore, the red kangaroo. However, it teems with animals found nowhere else on Earth. The key to the success of this extraordinary place is as surprising as the creatures that make it home.


Factual; Life Stories; Documentaries

Child of Our Time
BBC1, 9:00-10:00pm, 1/2 - Growing Up


In this programme we follow several of our children preparing to become teenagers and see how their parents and grandparents will cope!

Having followed our children from tiny babies through to pre-teen tearaways, viewers will now get to hear them articulate their feelings about life more eloquently. We discover how they have coped with bullying, with having a famous mum or with learning to live with money worries.

The children's bodies and brains are changing, and their interviews are illustrated with not only their lives today but our rich archive, giving us a unique view into the past.

All our families take part in both programmes but this one predominantly features Helena, the only survivor of triplets born extremely prematurely; Parys, whose mum Alison Lapper is a famous artist; forthright Yorkshire girl Rhianna; technology-loving Taliesin; Het, from Wembley in London, who has big ambitions; farm girl Megan; Matthew from Surrey, whose family are preparing for a great change in their lives; Scottish twins Alex and Ivo; and sports-mad William from Settle.

The programme looks at how these children are growing up and brings the stories right up to date, as the children reach their thirteenth birthday. Exploring the last 12-18 months, we re-enter our families' lives at a time of significant change, having recently left the familiarity and safety of junior school and into the new environment of secondary school. How has each child adapted and coped with this enormous transition? We'll also witness some challenging physiological and biological changes, as they become teenagers. From mood swings and bullying, to body image issues, and fitting in.


Factual; History; Documentaries

Richard III: The Unseen Story

More 4, 9:00-10:00pm


Channel 4 Commissioning Editor John Hay has ordered a special follow-up programme for More4, to build on the success of the world exclusive Richard III: The King in the Car Park. The first programme told the story of how Richard III's body came to be found by an alliance of amateur enthusiasts intent upon rehabilitating Richard's reputation and leading archaeologists from the University of Leicester. Richard III: The Unseen Story – made by the same team from Darlow Smithson Productions who won exclusive access to film the investigation – zeros in on the five months of archaeological and scientific detective work that led to this extraordinary result. The programme uses unseen footage and new interviews with the lead scientists to tell the story of the investigation in unprecedented detail, revealing multiple new dimensions to the hunt for England's long-lost king.

John Hay says: “The more detail you get on this story, the more extraordinary it gets, so we wanted to give viewers the chance to appreciate and enjoy the University of Leicester’s amazing scientific detective work in full.”

Airing the same day as the global story broke that the remains of our most infamous King, lost for 500 years, had been discovered, Richard III: The King in the Car Park provided the full inside story of the hunt for Richard III. It proved a hit with 4.9 million viewers (consolidated) and the film was referenced in 60,000 tweets. The discovery of the body and the battery of scientific tests to establish its identity had been carried out in complete secrecy and no footage of them had been seen by anyone but the investigating team until the programme aired...




Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media > Arts Factual > History


Michael Wood on Beowulf
BBC4, 11:00pm-12:00am


Historian Michael Wood returns to his first great love, the Anglo-Saxon world, to reveal the origins of our literary heritage. Focusing on Beowulf and drawing on other Anglo-Saxon classics, he traces the birth of English poetry back to the Dark Ages.

Travelling across the British Isles from East Anglia to Scotland and with the help of Nobel prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney, actor Julian Glover, local historians and enthusiasts, he brings the story and language of this iconic poem to life.



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Thursday 28th February

Documentaries

Nursing the Nation
ITV1, 8:30-9:00pm, 7/7


There are more than 10,000 district nurses across the country, visiting more than 2 million people every year. For many these are the unsung heroes of the NHS. They develop relationships with patients that can last for years on end and as they see them in their own homes, they often become a huge part of their lives and cornerstones of the local community.

Nursing the Nation follows district nurses on their rounds visiting different homes across the country, creating intimate, affectionate portraits of their diverse patients and their inspiring ability to grasp life in the face of adversity.

The final episode in the series sees us in Devon, with District Matron Shiobhan who is determined to help dementia sufferers live happy, fulfilled lives at home. Shiobhan has been nursing for 25 years, specialising in cognitive impairment her job entails looking after 25 patients. She says, “People with dementia are written off, they’re written off so quickly that ‘no, they can’t cope at home, they surely can’t cope at home’.”

We join Shiobhan as she assesses 88 year-old retired nurse Louise who has been in hospital after having a fall at home. Shiobhan must determine if she is able to return home and then put a care plan in place to ensure she can cope independently. Louise has no immediate family to give her the support that she needs so Shiobhan has arranged a team of carers who will help keep her in her own home.

When Shiobhan’s working day is over she returns home to her husband and two sons. “I spend all day caring for people and then I come home and care for some more people! I think my nursing life and home life run hand in hand at this moment in time.”

Meanwhile, in Bath, District Nurse Ren is doing an annual health check on David, a patient she has been visiting for seven years. 20 years ago, whilst on holiday, David was paralysed from the neck down when he broke his neck diving into a swimming pool. Since the accident he needs round the clock assistance from a team of carers but still happily enjoys a drink at the local pub and holds down a day job.

He says, “Before my accident I always enjoyed partying, I was always a very up person, always the pint glass half full as opposed to half empty. Not a lot got me down anyway. What’s the Italian saying? La Dolce Vita, you know, life’s sweet. That’s how I feel.”

Ren leads a team of district nurses who look after 50 patients. She has been nursing for 22 years and says, “I think Dave deals with his disability absolutely fantastically, remarkably well. He’s so adjusted to dealing with it and it’s really inspiring and amazing, the things he is able to do, despite being paralysed from the neck down, the life that he is able to lead.”



Factual; Life Stories; Documentaries

Child of Our Time
BBC1, 9:00-10:00pm, 2/2


Half the couples in this ongoing series have divorced or separated since it began in 2000. Some of the children have lost a parent. So there are desperately sad stories in this edition, which documents how the families have changed over the past 13 years. Many of the youngsters have coped well with upheaval and trauma, but others haven’t.

Watching a tearful youngster trying to find the words to describe the hurt they feel is always painful. But mostly it’s the parents who do the talking and, though they’re generally proud of their kids, many have a twinge of sadness at how quickly they’ve grown up.

Professor Robert Winston looks at how the youngsters have coped with changes in their families, as well as finding out about the hopes and expectations their parents hold for them. The presenter asks whether the 12-year study of the children's lives has been able to identify key moments that have shaped their personalities, as well as pondering how insightful the archive will be in terms of where they want to go next.



Factual; Science and Nature; Nature and Environment

Winterwatch: 1963 - The Big Freeze
BBC2, 11:20pm-12:20am

Chris Packham introduces a classic documentary from the BBC's archive, which takes a look at the worst winter of the 20th century in 1963. He also explores what we now know about how this big freeze affected Britain's wildlife, and how it would cope if we experienced another equally bad winter.


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Friday 1st March

Factual > Science & Nature > Nature & Environment > Factual > Travel

Wild Arabia
BBC2, 9:00-10:00pm, 2/3 - The Jewel of Arabia

In a remote corner of southern Arabia one mountain range holds a remarkable secret. Swept by the annual Indian Ocean monsoon, the Dhofar mountains become a magical lost world of waterfalls and cloud forests filled with chameleons and honey-badgers. Off-shore rare whales have not bred with any others for over 60 thousand years and green sea turtles come ashore in their thousands, shadowed by egg-stealing foxes. Heat-seeking cameras reveal, for the first time ever, striped hyenas doing battle with Arabian wolves. While local researchers come face to face with the incredibly rare Arabian leopard.


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