Off-air recordings for week 28th January - 3rd February 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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Saturday 28th January

Factual; History; Documentaries

Atlantis: The Evidence - A Timewatch Special
BBC4, 8:00-9:00pm

In this Timewatch special, historian Bettany Hughes unravels one of the most intriguing mysteries of all time. She presents a series of geological, archaeological and historical clues to show that the legend of Atlantis was inspired by a real historical event, the greatest natural disaster of the ancient world.

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Sunday 29th January

Factual; Science and Nature; Nature and the Enviroment

Penguin Island
BBC1, 3:30-4:00pm, 1/6

Meet Bluey and Sheila, one of the 13,000 little penguin couples who live on Phillip Island, off the coast of Australia. As the devoted penguin couple returns to their cliff-top home to begin the annual breeding cycle, Penguin Island introduces the dedicated team of rangers and scientists who will monitor and protect them through the hottest summer on record.

Among them is Marg Healy. With over 26 years of experience with penguins and other animals, Marg runs Phillip Island's animal hospital, looking after injured wildlife including little penguins, possums, koalas and other birds.

Field researcher Leanne Renwick weighs and examines the penguins to ensure they are up to the task of breeding. Her colleague Elizabeth Lundahl-Hegedus is a parade ranger and has lived within the Summerlands penguin colony for 30 years. It is a short walk from her house to the Penguin Parade, where the nightly parade of little penguins returns from sea.

We meet the feathered residents of the Penguin Cafe, a cluster of 'love nests' behind the busy Phillip Island tourist centre, where perennial bachelor Rocky and the determined yet slightly dim-witted Spike vie for the attention of the passing females as they attempt to attract a mate - including recent divorcee Tash.

Meanwhile, Bluey and Sheila lay their first clutch of eggs. While Sheila is off at sea hunting for food, the eggs hatch and Bluey must guard them until Sheila is home to meet her two young sons for the first time.



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Monday 30th January

Factual; Arts, Culture and the Media; History

The Secret Catacombs of Paris
BBC Radio 4, 11:00-11:30am

Famously known as the City of Light, Paris is a diverse metropolis rich in architecture and steeped in history. But it has a dark alter ego that lies 30 metres under the ground, mirroring centuries of bloody wars, revolutions and riots on the surface. For Paris is porous - built on 177 miles of tunnels that were formed when limestone and gypsum were quarried to build the capital. Most people are only aware of just a tiny fraction of these tunnels - the world famous ossuary known as The Catacombs. The authorities have tried to keep a lid on the full extent of the labyrinthine remainder for hundreds of years. But there are little known entry points everywhere - in basements, in train stations, cellars and sewers. Throughout history, invaders have always found a way in, whether they were fighting Prussian soldiers, fleeing royalty of the French Revolution, the Nazis or The Resistance. Today they're home to the cataphiles - urban explorers who use the tunnels as an art space, a music venue or even a clandestine meeting point for secret societies.

The Guardian's architecture and design correspondent Jonathan Glancey investigates the underground maze of Paris, revealing a mysterious and intriguing history.

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Tuesday 31st January

Factual; Documentaries

Wonderland: My Child The Rioter
BBC2, 9:00-10:00pm

In August 2011, parents all over Britain were waking up to a morning they had never imagined. For some, it was the police knocking on the door, for others, it was the sight of a pile of stolen goods in their child's bedroom. Some simply realised that it was their kid who had been out on the streets, smashing windows, looting shops and attacking the police.


In sitting rooms and kitchens around the country, these families endured some of the most difficult conversations of their lives. Olly Lambert's film takes viewers inside those homes and inside those conversations. Many of these families would find their children facing lengthy prison sentences, and they themselves were singled out by a prime minister who blamed the worst riots in recent British history on 'a lack of proper parenting, a lack of proper upbringing, a lack of proper ethics, a lack of proper morals'.

Eileen and Alan Bretherton's son Liam had recently served in Afghanistan, and was at the beginning of a promising career in the army. He got caught up in the events of last summer while home on leave; consequently, his parents now have to face the fact that the son in whom they took so much pride is now an ex-offender whose military career is in ruins.

In Manchester, childhood sweethearts Kerry and Liam Parkes looked on as their 19-year-old son defended the riots and took pride in what he did on the streets of Manchester. And in Willesden, David Clark watched his son break down in tears in fear of what his future may now hold.

This simple film cuts to the heart of families at the frontline of rioting Britain.


Factual; Politics

What Are The Police For?
BBC Radio 4, 8:00-8:30pm, 1/3

With policing top of the political agenda, and major change on the way, Mark Easton asks what we want from our police.

Mark spends time with police officers doing jobs as diverse as roads policing, neighbourhood policing and monitoring sex offenders to paint a picture of how we are policed in 2012 and examine whether the daily reality matches the political rhetoric. And he speaks to politicians, academics and the public to assess whether what we are getting is what we want.

In this first programme, he digs into the origins of the current political debate over policing, and asks what the huge political changes lined up for policing in 2012 - including budget cuts, elected Police and Crime Commissioners and major changes to working practices - will mean for the service.


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Wednesday 1st February

Factual; Crime and Justice

Burglar in the House
BBC1, 10:45-11:30pm

Every two minutes a house in Britain is burgled, and for years Nottingham has suffered the highest burglary rates in the UK. But the city's police are fighting back, and are now capturing the burglars on camera. They are installing hidden minicams inside ordinary homes, which record the thieves in action. They call them 'capture houses', Nottingham's new weapon in the fight against crime. But is this new technology as reliable as the police think? And should the police be allowed to set traps for burglars?

Part of the Modern Crime season, this gripping documentary takes viewers to the frontline of a surburban crime-wave, witnessing first-hand the cat-and-mouse battle currently being played out across Nottingham. The film shows heart-stopping footage of burglars breaking into homes, and follows the intelligence and burglary teams as they hunt the burglars down. And cameras are there in the interview room as the burglar is shown the damning footage. Many burglars protest their innocence at first, but once they see the capture house footage, the game is up.

 
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Thursday 2nd February

Factual; History

Lost Kingdoms of Africa
BBC4, 11:10pm-12:10am, 1/4, The Kingdom of Asante

We know less about Africa's distant past than almost anywhere else on Earth. But the scarcity of written records doesn't mean that Africa lacks history - it is found instead in the culture, artefacts and traditions of the people. In this series, art historian Dr Gus Casely-Hayford explores some of the richest and most vibrant histories in the world, revealing fascinating stories of four complex and sophisticated civilisations: the Kingdom of Asante, the Zulu Kingdom, the Berber Kingdom of Morocco and the Kingdoms of Bunyoro & Buganda.


In this episode, Dr Casely-Hayford travels to Ghana in West Africa, where a powerful kingdom once dominated the region. Asante was built on gold and slaves, which ensured its important place in an economy that linked three continents. He reveals how this sophisticated kingdom emerged from the unlikely environment of dense tropical forest and how it was held together by a shared sense of tradition and history - one deliberately moulded by the kingdom's rulers.


Factual; History; Youth Culture

Teen Spirit
Yesterday, 9:00-10:00pm, 1/3

In this first episode, Suggs takes a look at post-war Britain in the 50s where the word teenager didn't even exist.  Instead children simply left school and entered straight into adult life by getting a job, getting married and having children themselves.  In an era where homes finally got the washing machine, electric fire and the telephone, young adults were also starting their own rebellious uprising.  Bored of following the establishment, they decided to cry out to society by donning drainpipe trousers, drape jackets and crepe shoes to form the well known culture of the Teddy Boys.  Suggs takes viewers back in time to explore the music, fashions and rebellious attitudes of the 50s teens. Don't forget your hair grease and comb.


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Friday 3rd February

News; Factual; Current Affairs

Egypt: Children of the Revolution
BBC2, 7:00-8:00pm

Documentary following three revolutionaries after the downfall of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak during the Arab Spring, exploring their different visions for the country's future. Western-educated Gigi Ibrahim discusses his desire for a more liberal Egypt, Ahmed Hassan hopes the changes will lead to greater employment opportunities, and Tahir Yasin, who was tortured while in prison, dreams of the nation becoming an Islamic state.

Microsoft Photostory 3 for Windows

We now have Microsoft Photostory 3 for Windows software installed on the PC in the bookable study room (FCQU003) as well as the FCH LC Edit Suite PC (FCQU015).

The software can also be downloaded onto your own PC / laptop using the Microsoft Photostory 3 for Windows link .

Please contact Rich Deakin if you need any help or advice about creating a photostory using this software.

The bookable study room can be booked via the OPAC and the issue desk (02142 714600) and enquiry desk (01242 714666), email lcinfofch@glos.ac.uk, whilst the edit suite must be booked via issue and enquiry desks, or directly through Rich Deakin on 01242 714665, email rdeakin@glos.ac.uk

Off-air recordings for week 23-29 May 2009

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

Monday 25th

BBC2 - Who's Watching You? - new 3 part series - "A new three part series looks at why the UK has become one of the most watched places in the world - with millions of CCTV cameras, a growing network of number plate recognition cameras, one of the largest DNA databases in the world and government plans for the basic details of all our phone calls e-mails, and every internet site we visit to be logged and kept.
We all benefit from better crime detection and from easier and cheaper services. The government argues that: "If you've got nothing to hide, then you've got nothing to fear." Richard Bilton explores the hidden world of surveillance.
He goes inside the CCTV nerve centre, sees how all of our journeys can be monitored, and meets undercover agents, those who are watched and those who have fallen foul of modern surveillance.
Who's Watching You? explores why increasingly we are all being watched and why some think we have already become a surveillance society."

BBC2 - Going Postal - "Documentary telling the story of the school and workplace shootings which have cast a shadow over American society since the 1980s, including interviews with survivors, the families of those who died, and the friends and families of the murderers.
How and why does this violence occur? The tenth anniversary of the Columbine massacre is in 2009, but the phenomenon is twice as old and hundreds have been killed. Michael Carneal, serving a life sentence for a notorious school shooting in Kentucky when he was 14, is interviewed. His raw and troubling story, and those of other shootings, are placed in context by interviews with people who have researched the subject in depth, from the first cluster of shootings in the 1980s in the US Postal Service - hence the phrase 'going postal' - to more recent occurrences.
Author Mark Ames argues that although mental instability plays a role, American rampage shooters are rarely insane and impossible to profile: they could be the person sitting next to you in class or in the office."

Tuesday 26th

BBC4 - How The Celts Saved Britain - "Provocative two-part documentary in which Dan Snow blows the lid on the traditional Anglo-centric view of history and reveals how the Irish saved Britain from cultural oblivion during the Dark Ages.
He examines the demise of civilisation in Britain after the collapse of the Roman Empire and looks at how Ireland became the cradle of a new European civilisation."

BBC1 - Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link - "On Tuesday 26 May, BBC One shows the exclusive story behind a scientific discovery that could revolutionise our understanding of human evolution.
Narrated by David Attenborough, the one-off 60-minute documentary, Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link, tells the story of an important scientific development that could tell us more about where we come from.
The fossil, known as Ida, could be an indication of one of the roots of anthropoid evolution – the point at which our primate ancestors began first developing the features that would evolve into our own.
Co-funded by the BBC and produced by award-winning filmmaker Anthony Geffen of Atlantic Productions, the documentary will offer unique access to a scientific discovery announced today at the American Museum of Natural History. "

BBC2 - Simon Schama's John Donne - "Simon Schama celebrates the life and work of Britain's greatest love poet, John Donne.
For Schama, Donne is the poet who transformed English poetry through his emotional honesty and skilled use of language. With the help of academic John Carey and actor Fiona Shaw, he undertakes a passionate appraisal and forensic examination of Donne's work."

More4 - True Stories: Painting the Mind - "Sarah Feltes's film [...] looks at the untapped artistic resources of the human brain. When builder Tommy McHugh and chiropractor Jon Sarkin suffered massive brain traumas, as well as undergoing personality changes, they suddenly revealed a previously hidden talent: to create art that amazed critics and collectors. So can damage to one part of the brain unleash potential that is idle in other parts? Scientist Professor Allan Snyder of Sydney's Centre of the Mind believes everyone possesses these powers and by using a technique he calls transcranial magnetic stimulation, he attempts to unlock the hidden potential that is dormant in all our brains."

Wednesday 27th

BBC4 - Armando Iannucci in Milton's Heaven and Hell - "Writer and performer Armando Iannucci explores his passion for John Milton's epic poem, Paradise Lost.
As a poet, Milton is often considered too difficult, obscure or miserable for today's reader, but to Iannucci, Paradise Lost is a thrilling work of creative genius that should be embraced by modern society.
Milton tackles everything from good and evil to human freedom and the existence of God, in language unparalleled in both scope and variety. In the film, Iannucci explores Paradise Lost in detail and looks at the way Milton's extraordinary life – encompassing work as spin doctor to Oliver Cromwell, being imprisoned in the tower of London and losing his sight – fed into his masterpiece."

Thursday 28th

BBC4 - Michael Wood on Beowulf - "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."

BBC4 - Feasts - Japan - "Food writer Stefan Gates immerses himself in extraordinary feasts and festivals. In Japan, helps a Shinto priestess carry a wooden penis around a suburb of Tokyo and joins the Baby Sumo festival where parents compete to get their children to cry first, to give them good luck for the rest of their lives. Finally, he embarks on the most amazing event of his life - the Naked Man festival, which involves much drinking, eating and nudity, as traditional Japanese reserve is literally stripped away."

Friday 29th

BBC4 - Storyville: The Jew who Dealt with the Nazis - "After 50 years, will the Jew accused of collaborating with the Nazis during the Holocaust be exonerated?
How much should you negotiate with the enemy? In Israel, the debate over that question evoked fury to the point of assassination. Such was the case of Kasztner.
Dr Israel (Rezso) Kasztner, a Hungarian Jew who tried to rescue the last million Jews of Europe by negotiating face to face with Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann, was gunned down by another Jew who never set foot in Nazi Europe.
After 50 years, his assassin Ze'ev Eckstein breaks his silence on the fateful night he shot and killed Kasztner.
Some people considered Kasztner a hero for his eventual rescue of almost 1,700 Jews on a train to safety in Switzerland. Yet this extraordinary act was later cast as an one of betrayal. After Kasztner moved to Israel, he fought a vicious libel battle in a trial that portrayed him as 'the man who sold his soul to the devil', leading to his assassination in Tel Aviv in 1957.
This documentary re-opens the history books on Kasztner's life and the events surrounding this controversial figure. It follows Kasztner's family and survivors, plagued by a legacy they are determined to change. Ze'ev Eckstein reveals, step-by-step, his transformation into an assassin - the events and passions that turned a young man into an agent of politics and revenge.
Intensely emotional for those still living it, part real-time investigation and part historical journey, filmmaker Gaylen Ross unearths the Kasztner story and its ramifications for his family and his country, exploring the very nature of history itself - who writes it, how it is remembered and what is at stake for the present and the future."

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* 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.

Departmental Media Payment Cards

Like the old Departmental Photocopy Cards, the Departmental Media Payment Cards used to pay for off-air recordings, DVDs, CDs etc. are now going to be phased out too. As it stands, there is probably only a few quid left on each of the Departmental Media Cards anyway. The cards can be used until there is no money left on them, but will not be re-credited in future.

Until the Departmental Cards run out, staff can use either means to pay, or by cash if they wish. In future though all staff paying for media related items and off-air recordings in relation to their teaching / lecturing purposes should use their own University Staff Cards, or cash. Any amounts taken off their cards though will be charged to the department.

Hope this makes sense.

Rich