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 16th March
Documentaries
Matters of Fact: Sex in a Cold Climate
More 4, 11:05pm-12:15am
In February 2013, Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny formally apologised on behalf of the Irish state for its role in the Magdalene laundries. This documentary, first broadcast in 1998 on Channel 4, tells the story of women who were sent to the asylums in the 1940s to be reformed through harsh and punitive regimes, as told by rare archive film and photographs.
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Sunday 17th March
Drama > Animation
Miniscule: The Private Lives of Insects
BBC4, 8:45-9:00pm
Using a seamless combination of animation and real life, the insect world comes to life in this award-winning series of French animated shorts exploring all things insects and bugs. Based on years of study of insect movement, our computer-modelled characterful heroes show off their skills in a charming and comic way. Inside a cosy countryside cottage in midwinter, two rival gangs of ants fight for a bunch of pistachio nuts. From their respective flower pots, they get ready for the final attack.
Factual > Science & Nature > Nature & Environment > Documentaries
The Incredible Story of the Monarch Butterfly: Four Wings and a Prayer
BBC4, 9:00-10:00pm
Every autumn a miracle happens. A Monarch butterfly born in Canada will fly 5,000 km to the rainforests of Mexico, across land it has never seen. It is a journey filled with peril. Many never make it, and those that do will never return. It takes three more generations to make the journey back to Canada the following spring. No butterfly has ever made the journey before and none of them will ever make it again.
Based on the critically-acclaimed book by Sue Halpern and narrated by Kristin Scott Thomas, the migration of the Monarch butterfly from its birthplace in Canada to its wintering site in the rainforests of Mexico is an epic struggle for survival: an astonishing story of scientific marvel and awesome beauty.
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Monday 18th March
Factual > Food & Drink
Can Eating Insects Save the World?
BBC4, 9:00-10:00pm
How would you feel about eating deep fried locusts, ant egg salad or barbequed tarantulas? This documentary sees presenter and food writer Stefan Gates immerse himself in the extraordinary world of hardcore insect-eating in a bid to conquer his lingering revulsion of bugs and discover if they really could save the planet.
With 40 tonnes of insects to every human, perhaps insects could offer a real solution to the global food crisis - where billions go hungry every day whilst the meat consumption of the rich draws vast amounts of grain out of the global food chain.
Stefan's on a mission to meet the people in Thailand and Cambodia that hunt, eat and sell edible insects for a living. But nothing quite prepares him for bug farming on this terrifying scale, from stalking grasshoppers at night to catching fiercely-biting ants. And it's not just insects on the menu. Stefan also goes hunting for the hairiest, scariest spider on the planet - the tarantula. Stefan asks if the solution is for everyone - the British included - to start eating insects too.
Factual > Science, Nature & Environment > Documentaries
Storyville: Surviving the Tsunami - My Atomic Aunt
BBC4, 10:00-11:15pm
Marking the second anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe, this documentary tells an insightful and surprisingly funny story of a family adjusting to life after the tsunami.
Director Kyoko Miyake revisits her Aunt Kuniko, who was forced to abandon her businesses and home following the disaster. Now living aimlessly in temporary accommodation on the edge of the contaminated zone, Aunt Kuniko is determined to return home as soon as possible. Miyake is puzzled as to why she and the family are not angry. As the first year after the disaster unfolds, she unearths the uncomfortable past that prevents things being so clear cut.
Through the attempts of the warm and indefatigable Aunt Kuniko to adapt at her ripe age, this deeply personal film explores notions of homeland, nuclear power and family love
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Tuesday 19th March
Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media > Documentaries
What Do Artists Do All Day? - Norman Ackroyd
BBC4, 8:00-8:30pm
What Do Artists Do All Day? is a short series of intimate observational portraits that explore the working lives of leading artists in studios, bedrooms, and the outdoors to uncover the daily routines and moments of inspiration that bring art to life.
Norman Ackroyd is one of the country’s most celebrated landscape artists. Born in Leeds in 1938, he attended the Royal College of Art in the 1960s. After experimenting with pop art, he gradually turned to his first love, the landscape, and over the last thirty years he has documented some of the most remote corners of Britain.
In a new BBC Four programme, What Do Artists Do All Day, Norman tells the story of his artistic journey and gives us a unique glimpse into his working life.
Filmed in the converted London warehouse where he lives and works, we follow Norman as he embarks on the final stages of one of his monochrome prints. From delicate work on the copper plate, through preparation of the aquatint resin that brings shade and texture to the image and the application of the acid which etches the final picture from the copper, What Do Artists Do All Day captures each stage of the process behind his craft. At the end of the day, without knowing how the piece will turn out, Norman passes it through the printing press, revealing for the first time his latest work, capturing the atmospheric craggy cliff of Muckle Flugga in the Shetland Islands.
Factual > Health & Wellbeing > Factual > Life Stories
Stacey Solomon: Depression, Teen Mums and Me
BBC3, 9:00-10:00pm
On the surface it would seem that Stacey Solomon, X Factor finalist and Queen of the Jungle, has it all – two beautiful children, a loving partner, a singing career and celebrity status. But behind the glamour of her new life, Stacey has been keeping a secret.
Her first son was born when Stacey was only 18 years old and she developed an illness that most mums are scared to acknowledge – postnatal depression (PND). One in 10 mothers gets postnatal depression, but for teenagers the rate is three times more than older mothers.
For the first time, Stacey sets out to meet other teenage mothers suffering from this debilitating mental health condition, talks to her own mother who helped her through, discusses PND with professionals in the field and has an emotionally charged session with a psychotherapist to understand why she felt the way that she did. Stacey bravely embarks on a journey to highlight an illness that can have potentially fatal consequences. She sets out to overcome the social stigma that surrounds a condition that she believes should never be dismissed as 'the baby blues'.
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Wednesday 20th March
Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media > Arts > Life Stories > Science & Nature > Nature & Environment
Edwardian Insects on Film
BBC4, 2:40-3:40am
In 1908 amateur naturalist Percy Smith stunned cinema goers with his surreal film The Acrobatic Fly. Featuring a bluebottle juggling a series of objects, the film became front page news. Now wildlife cameraman Charlie Hamilton-James attempts to recreate this fascinating film.
Along the way, Hamilton-James (helped by Sir David Attenborough who saw Smith's films as a boy) tells the story of Percy's remarkable career and reveals the genius behind this forgotten pioneer of British film.
Factual > Science & Nature > Nature & Environment > Documentaries
Insect Worlds
BBC4, 8:30-9:00pm, 2/3 - Making Worlds
The series explores the intricate and at times bizarre relationships these animals have with humans, with our planet and with each other; Steve reveals how they play key roles in almost every intricate ecosystem that humans rely upon. Using stunning behavioural sequences, these three programmes will reveal the relationships, dependencies, challenges and dramas that arthropods have developed throughout the world.
Factual > Science & Nature > Nature & Environment > Documentaries
Insect Dissection: How Insects Work
BBC4, 9:00-10:00pm
Insects outnumber us 200 million to one. They thrive in environments where humans wouldn’t last minutes. We mostly perceive them as pests - yet without bugs, entire ecosystems would collapse, crops would disappear and waste would pile high. The secret of their success? Their incredible alien anatomy.
To reveal this extraordinary hidden world, entomologists Dr James Logan and Brendan Dunphy carry out a complete insect dissection. Cutting edge imaging technology shows us the beauty and precision of the natural engineering inside even the simplest insects. Stripping back the layers, they uncover ingenious body systems and finely tuned senses – a bug body plan that is the hidden blueprint behind insects’ global domination. And they discover how science is now using the secrets of insect anatomy to inspire technology that could save human lives.
Factual > Families & Relationships > Life Stories > Documentaries
A Very British Wedding
BBC2, 8:00-9:00pm, 2/4
Gary and Cat arrange to tie the knot on a beach in Cyprus, while the groom-to-be's mother Jo plans a Chinese wedding party complete with a tea ceremony. Bibiana and Sam's families are officially united at a traditional Nigerian Yoruban engagement and the couple also bring some of their Pentecostal-style worship to an Anglican church, where more than 400 guests attend their big day.
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Thursday 21st March
News > Religion
Live Enthronement of the Archbishop of Canterbury
BBC2, 2:30-4:30pm
Huw Edwards sets the scene in Canterbury Cathedral as Archbishop Justin Welby is enthroned as 105th Archbishop of Canterbury and President of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
In the presence of a 2,000-strong congregation, including clergy from the UK, and around the world, political leaders, heads of faith communities, family and friends, the new Archbishop will swear an oath of obedience and deliver his first sermon, as Archbishop, from the Chair of St Augustine.
Huw will be joined by a panel of guests, including The Rt Rev. Nigel McCulloch and The Rev. Dr Giles Fraser, who will discuss the significance of the occasion and the challenges facing the new Archbishop. Music will include anthems sung by Canterbury Cathedral Choir, including a new commission from Michael Berkeley, plus hymns and music reflecting the diverse traditions of the Church of England.
Factual > History > Religion & Ethics > Documentaries
Pagans and Pilgrims: Britain's Holiest Places
BBC4, 8:30-9:00pm, 2/3 - Trees and Mountains
Presenter and Welsh poet Ifor ap Glyn visits trees and mountains that were holy to Britain's old pagan followers to understand the journey Britain took from paganism to Christianity. He begins by exploring the famous Glastonbury Tor in Somerset, before heading to Knowlton in Dorset where a Norman church was built in the centre of an earthern henge. He also travels to Snowdonia, and ends his journey at Pendle Hill, Lancashire, said to be the inspiration for an anti-pagan denomination.
Documentaries > Science & Technology > Factual
Horizon: How to Avoid Mistakes in Surgery
BBC2, 9:00-10:00pm
Dr Kevin Fong examines what can be done to reduce the number of mistakes being made by surgeons in the operating theatre. Speaking to professionals in high-pressure careers - including airline pilots, firemen and Formula One pit workers - he explores the coping mechanisms they each employ when faced with emergency situations, and looks at how these tactics could be transferred to the world of surgery.
Documentaries > Crime
Killers Behind Bars: The Untold Story
Channel 5, 2/4, series 2, Stephen Griffiths: The Crossbow Killer
Professor David Wilson investigates the crimes of former criminology student Stephen Griffiths, the self-dubbed Crossbow Cannibal, who killed and dismembered three women between 2009 and 2010 - and ate parts of their bodies. Meeting some of the country's leading crime experts and putting his own cutting-edge theories to the test, Wilson asks when Griffiths' killing cycle began and whether he is responsible for more deaths than those already known about.
Documentaries > Crime
Britain's Worst Serial Killers: Dennis Nilsen
Channel 5, 10:00-11:00pm
Documentary profiling the infamous murderer, who killed 15 men between 1978 and 1983. Nilsen's crimes went unnoticed for years, until he was caught when a company called in to unblock his drains found them to be congested with human flesh and entrails. Featuring interviews with an ex-boyfriend of Nilsen, a victim who survived, and the arresting officers. This programme attempts to tell the full story of the horrific killings.
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Friday 22nd March
Factual > Arts, Culture & the Media > Arts > Factual > History > Documentaries
Heritage! The Battle for Britain's Past
BBC4, 2:50-3:50am, 3/3 - Broken Propylaeums
The final part of the documentary investigates how the heritage movement suffered setbacks due to the after-effects of the Second World War, but also how people including John Betjeman and Dan Cruickshank gave families access to the historical buildings on TV. The preservation of unpleasant properties such as workhouses is also explored, along with a discussion on what the future may hold for heritage in Britain. Last in the series.
Factual > History > Life Stories
Ancient Egypt: Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings
BBC2, 9:00-10:00pm, 1/2 - Life
Egyptologist Dr Joann Fletcher goes on a fascinating journey in search of people like us – not the great Pharaohs, but the ordinary people who built and populated this incredible ancient civilization.
In this first episode we explore life in Ancient Egypt; the village that was their home, how they dressed and what they ate. We discover their love poetry, their enthusiasm for interior design, use of colour, and what it was like to work in the most famous cemetery on earth, the Valley of the Kings.
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