I am on leave until Thursday 4th September. Any requests for off-air recordings between Tuesday 26th August and 4th September should be made to Phil Davis on 41667 or email pdavis@glos.ac.uk. If you urgently require anything recording on Monday 25th August please contact Steve Randall, email srandall@glos.ac.uk.
Any programmes / series in progress will be completed and dealt with on my return.
Rich Deakin
Information Adviser
FCH LC
University of Gloucestershire
Friday, 22 August 2008
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
Off-air recordings for week 16th-22nd August 2008
Please email Rich Deakin rdeakin@glos.ac.uk if you would like any of the following programmes / series recording.*
The Archive Hour: Fortress Totobag - The Story of the Notting Hill Riots. "Henry Bonsu recalls the Notting Hill riots of August 1958. At 9 Blenheim Crescent, known as Fortress Totobag, fighting between West Indians and teddy boys reached a peak on Monday September 1. The cafe acted as a community centre and information bureau for newcomers to the area, but also served as a gambling den and Caribbean music venue. As white hostility to the growing black presence grew, tensions erupted into violence."
Team Spirit - "In this five-part radio series, Claudia Hammond looks at the psychology of team dynamics. By visiting groups around the country and talking to leading academics, she'll find out what makes successful teams tick."
Costing the Earth - part 1 Summer of Mud (six-part radio series). "Costing The Earth packs up its tent pegs and heads out for a summer of mud as guest presenter Tom Robinson investigates whether punters and musicians at festivals really do care about the environment. This summer, millions of people will attend one of the hundreds of events that now fill the summer diary, from the established mega-festivals such as Glastonbury, to the small-scale Truck festival in Oxfordshire. Renewable energy-powered stages, biodegradeable tent pegs and car-share schemes are a few of the growing attempts to reduce the impact of summer festivals on their surroundings. Many festivals now promote a "leave no trace" policy; however, Costing The Earth investigates whether the party-goers – and the artists – actually adhere to it."
The Homecoming: Alexander Solzhenitsyn's Return to Russia. "An epic, two month train journey across Russia with one of the world's greatest writers, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who died earlier this month. The programme follows him on his return home to Russia in 1994 with his family after 20 years of enforced exile in America."
Megastructures - Beijing Olympic Stadium. "... one of the world's largest enclosed facilities-the Beijing National Stadium. 42,000 tons of twisted steel, and a stadium to seat 90,000 people-one of the biggest and most ambitious constructions projects ever attempted in modern China. Against the backdrop of China's Olympics, this programme examines the unique features of the "bird's nest" stadium, following its design, engineering and construction up."
* 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.
The Archive Hour: Fortress Totobag - The Story of the Notting Hill Riots. "Henry Bonsu recalls the Notting Hill riots of August 1958. At 9 Blenheim Crescent, known as Fortress Totobag, fighting between West Indians and teddy boys reached a peak on Monday September 1. The cafe acted as a community centre and information bureau for newcomers to the area, but also served as a gambling den and Caribbean music venue. As white hostility to the growing black presence grew, tensions erupted into violence."
Team Spirit - "In this five-part radio series, Claudia Hammond looks at the psychology of team dynamics. By visiting groups around the country and talking to leading academics, she'll find out what makes successful teams tick."
Costing the Earth - part 1 Summer of Mud (six-part radio series). "Costing The Earth packs up its tent pegs and heads out for a summer of mud as guest presenter Tom Robinson investigates whether punters and musicians at festivals really do care about the environment. This summer, millions of people will attend one of the hundreds of events that now fill the summer diary, from the established mega-festivals such as Glastonbury, to the small-scale Truck festival in Oxfordshire. Renewable energy-powered stages, biodegradeable tent pegs and car-share schemes are a few of the growing attempts to reduce the impact of summer festivals on their surroundings. Many festivals now promote a "leave no trace" policy; however, Costing The Earth investigates whether the party-goers – and the artists – actually adhere to it."
The Homecoming: Alexander Solzhenitsyn's Return to Russia. "An epic, two month train journey across Russia with one of the world's greatest writers, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who died earlier this month. The programme follows him on his return home to Russia in 1994 with his family after 20 years of enforced exile in America."
Megastructures - Beijing Olympic Stadium. "... one of the world's largest enclosed facilities-the Beijing National Stadium. 42,000 tons of twisted steel, and a stadium to seat 90,000 people-one of the biggest and most ambitious constructions projects ever attempted in modern China. Against the backdrop of China's Olympics, this programme examines the unique features of the "bird's nest" stadium, following its design, engineering and construction up."
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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.
Wednesday, 6 August 2008
Off-air recordings for week 9th-15th August 2008
Please email Rich Deakin rdeakin@glos.ac.uk if you would like any of the following programmes / series recording.*
Comics Britannia - Anarchy in the UK 3/3
"In the 1970s and 1980s comic books became darker, more graphic and more adult. This programme features interviews with ground-breaking writers such as Alan Moore, who spearheaded this new wave of comics." Part of the Comics Britannia season.
Make Me A Christian - "The Reverend George Hargreaves thinks Britain is in a state of moral decline and that a return to a more 'Christian' way of life would stop the rot. He and his team of mentors aim to show how by convincing a group of non-Christian volunteers to live by the teachings of the Bible for three weeks."
Britain From Above - new three part BBC1 series with 3 part accompanying BBC2 series.
"Britain looks very different from the skies. From a bird's eye view of the nation, its workings, cities, landscapes and peoples are revealed and rediscovered in new and extraordinary ways. Like a constantly moving machine, with its cogs and wheels permanently in motion, or like a living animal with blood coursing through its veins and arteries, the way the country works is revealed from above in a uniquely compelling way.
The Real Life On Mars - "Part of BBC FOUR's Brit Cop season. Documentary about policing in Britain in the 1970s. Former police and criminals talk about the truth behind 1970s policing."
Hadrian - "Dan Snow takes a look around the Roman emperor's vast former empire."
Timewatch: Hadrian's Wall - "It is unique in the Roman World. A spectacular and complex stone barrier measuring 74 miles long, and up to 15 feet high and 10 feet thick. For 300 years Hadrian's Wall stood as the Roman Empire's most imposing frontier and one of the unsung wonders of the ancient world."
High Culture For All In Postwar Britain: The Third Programme - "The BBC's Third Programme launched in 1946, promising high-culture that was available to all. Yet within years it was in crisis. This documentary explores how The Third Programme's successes and failures reflected profound changes in British culture."
Word of Mouth (seven part radio series on BBC Radio 4) - "BBC Radio's Word of Mouth is a programme about English and the way it is spoken. It is broadcast regularly on BBC Radio 4 and is presented by Michael Rosen. The programme looks at all aspects of the spoken word from slang, acronyms, strange vocabulary, jargon and has a very lively message board to which the presenter regularly contributes. The programme is part of a stable of network radio programmes produced in Bristol for Radio 4."
Comics Britannia - Anarchy in the UK 3/3
"In the 1970s and 1980s comic books became darker, more graphic and more adult. This programme features interviews with ground-breaking writers such as Alan Moore, who spearheaded this new wave of comics." Part of the Comics Britannia season.
Make Me A Christian - "The Reverend George Hargreaves thinks Britain is in a state of moral decline and that a return to a more 'Christian' way of life would stop the rot. He and his team of mentors aim to show how by convincing a group of non-Christian volunteers to live by the teachings of the Bible for three weeks."
"Britain looks very different from the skies. From a bird's eye view of the nation, its workings, cities, landscapes and peoples are revealed and rediscovered in new and extraordinary ways. Like a constantly moving machine, with its cogs and wheels permanently in motion, or like a living animal with blood coursing through its veins and arteries, the way the country works is revealed from above in a uniquely compelling way.
The Real Life On Mars - "Part of BBC FOUR's Brit Cop season. Documentary about policing in Britain in the 1970s. Former police and criminals talk about the truth behind 1970s policing."
Hadrian - "Dan Snow takes a look around the Roman emperor's vast former empire."
Timewatch: Hadrian's Wall - "It is unique in the Roman World. A spectacular and complex stone barrier measuring 74 miles long, and up to 15 feet high and 10 feet thick. For 300 years Hadrian's Wall stood as the Roman Empire's most imposing frontier and one of the unsung wonders of the ancient world."
High Culture For All In Postwar Britain: The Third Programme - "The BBC's Third Programme launched in 1946, promising high-culture that was available to all. Yet within years it was in crisis. This documentary explores how The Third Programme's successes and failures reflected profound changes in British culture."
Word of Mouth (seven part radio series on BBC Radio 4) - "BBC Radio's Word of Mouth is a programme about English and the way it is spoken. It is broadcast regularly on BBC Radio 4 and is presented by Michael Rosen. The programme looks at all aspects of the spoken word from slang, acronyms, strange vocabulary, jargon and has a very lively message board to which the presenter regularly contributes. The programme is part of a stable of network radio programmes produced in Bristol for Radio 4."
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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.
* 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.
Tuesday, 29 July 2008
Off-air recordings for week 2nd - 8th August 2008
Please email Rich Deakin < rdeakin@glos.ac.uk > if you would like any of the following programmes / series recording.*
BBC4's London Tube night
including METROLAND, Poet Sir John Betjeman's celebrated 1973 documentary in which he extols the glories of the Metropolitan Line; ARENA: THE UNDERGROUND - Stories from the Underground, including that of Margaret Barnett, who sheltered in the Tube during WWII; 40 MINUTES: HEART OF THE ANGEL, Molly Dineen's RTS award-winning 1989 documentary about the men and women who work in Islington's Angel Tube station; DESIGN CLASSICS: LONDON UNDERGROUND MAP, Harry Beck's Tube map has transfixed travellers for nearly eighty years - find out the story of its making and of its enduring influence, and UNDER NIGHT STREETS - Classic atmospheric London Transport account of what happened at night on London's Underground, produced by Edgar Anstey.
The Genius of Charles Darwin 3-part series. Richard Dawkins presents the ultimate guide to Darwin and his revolutionary theory of evolution by natural selection.
Voyages of Discovery 4/5 - The Figure of the Earth - Paul Rose tells the story of three 18th century Frenchmen who set off on a perilous mission to measure the shape of the planet.
The Man Who Walked Across the World 3 part series.
1. Tim Mackintosh-Smith follows in the footsteps of 14th Century Moroccan scholar Ibn Battutah, who covered 75,000 miles, 40 countries and three continents in a 30-year odyssey.Beginning in north Africa, Tim visits Tangier in Morocco where Battutah was born and sees a performance of medieval trance music. In Egypt, he goes to a remote village where Battutah had a prophetic dream and visits the world's oldest university in Cairo.
2. In an effort to change the West's monolithic view of Islam, Tim Mackintosh-Smith follows in the footsteps of 14th Century Moroccan scholar Ibn Battutah, who covered 75,000 miles, 40 countries and three continents in a 30-year odyssey. He explores the place of Islam in Hindu-dominated India and communist China, and tells the story of the Islamic trade empire of the 14th century. In China, he meets a clan who trace their ancestry back to Arabs, and witnesses an illegal Arabic lesson.
3. In an effort to smash the West's monolithic view of Islam, Tim Mackintosh-Smith follows in the footsteps of 14th century Moroccan scholar Ibn Battutah, who covered 75,000 miles, 40 countries and three continents in a 30-year odyssey. In Turkey, Tim watches an illegal whirling dervish ceremony, and in the Taurus mountains he meets the last of the Turkoman nomads. He chats to Tatars in Crimea, while in Delhi he watches a Muslim magician performing the Indian rope trick.
The Burning Season - Storyville documentaryt about a scheme to allow businesses to offset their emissions and protect vast swathes of Indonesia.
If there are any other programmes that you would like recording please let me know and will see if I can accomodate your request.
Please check the lists of programmes for previous weeks if you haven't already done so, as I am about to delete many of them from the DVD Hard Drive
* 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.
BBC4's London Tube night
including METROLAND, Poet Sir John Betjeman's celebrated 1973 documentary in which he extols the glories of the Metropolitan Line; ARENA: THE UNDERGROUND - Stories from the Underground, including that of Margaret Barnett, who sheltered in the Tube during WWII; 40 MINUTES: HEART OF THE ANGEL, Molly Dineen's RTS award-winning 1989 documentary about the men and women who work in Islington's Angel Tube station; DESIGN CLASSICS: LONDON UNDERGROUND MAP, Harry Beck's Tube map has transfixed travellers for nearly eighty years - find out the story of its making and of its enduring influence, and UNDER NIGHT STREETS - Classic atmospheric London Transport account of what happened at night on London's Underground, produced by Edgar Anstey.
The Genius of Charles Darwin 3-part series. Richard Dawkins presents the ultimate guide to Darwin and his revolutionary theory of evolution by natural selection.
Voyages of Discovery 4/5 - The Figure of the Earth - Paul Rose tells the story of three 18th century Frenchmen who set off on a perilous mission to measure the shape of the planet.
The Man Who Walked Across the World 3 part series.
1. Tim Mackintosh-Smith follows in the footsteps of 14th Century Moroccan scholar Ibn Battutah, who covered 75,000 miles, 40 countries and three continents in a 30-year odyssey.Beginning in north Africa, Tim visits Tangier in Morocco where Battutah was born and sees a performance of medieval trance music. In Egypt, he goes to a remote village where Battutah had a prophetic dream and visits the world's oldest university in Cairo.
2. In an effort to change the West's monolithic view of Islam, Tim Mackintosh-Smith follows in the footsteps of 14th Century Moroccan scholar Ibn Battutah, who covered 75,000 miles, 40 countries and three continents in a 30-year odyssey. He explores the place of Islam in Hindu-dominated India and communist China, and tells the story of the Islamic trade empire of the 14th century. In China, he meets a clan who trace their ancestry back to Arabs, and witnesses an illegal Arabic lesson.
3. In an effort to smash the West's monolithic view of Islam, Tim Mackintosh-Smith follows in the footsteps of 14th century Moroccan scholar Ibn Battutah, who covered 75,000 miles, 40 countries and three continents in a 30-year odyssey. In Turkey, Tim watches an illegal whirling dervish ceremony, and in the Taurus mountains he meets the last of the Turkoman nomads. He chats to Tatars in Crimea, while in Delhi he watches a Muslim magician performing the Indian rope trick.
The Burning Season - Storyville documentaryt about a scheme to allow businesses to offset their emissions and protect vast swathes of Indonesia.
If there are any other programmes that you would like recording please let me know and will see if I can accomodate your request.
Please check the lists of programmes for previous weeks if you haven't already done so, as I am about to delete many of them from the DVD Hard Drive
* 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.
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
Off-air recordings for week 26th July - 1st August 2008
Please email Rich Deakin < rdeakin@glos.ac.uk > if you would like any of the following programmes / series recording.*
BBC4's Cab Night . Some of the programmes, such as Arena: Cab Driver, The Knowledge and Modern Times: Streetwise may be of more use/interest than the others.
Riddle of the Romanovs: Revealed - Historical documentary probing one of the 20th century's most enduring mysteries. In 1918, Nicholas II of Russia and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks. Rumours that some of his children may have survived gained ground when investigators discovered that two bodies were missing from the family's grave.
Voyages of Discovery part 3 - THE ICE KING. In 1892 Fridtjof Nansen announced a seemingly suicidal plan to be first to the North Pole. He's now considered a forefather of polar exploration.
Travellers' Century - part 2 Laurie Lee. "Benedict Allen recreates Laurie Lee's 1935 journey across Spain as a 20-year-old penniless poet, a trip that was captured in his book As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning."
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.
BBC4's Cab Night . Some of the programmes, such as Arena: Cab Driver, The Knowledge and Modern Times: Streetwise may be of more use/interest than the others.
Riddle of the Romanovs: Revealed - Historical documentary probing one of the 20th century's most enduring mysteries. In 1918, Nicholas II of Russia and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks. Rumours that some of his children may have survived gained ground when investigators discovered that two bodies were missing from the family's grave.
Voyages of Discovery part 3 - THE ICE KING. In 1892 Fridtjof Nansen announced a seemingly suicidal plan to be first to the North Pole. He's now considered a forefather of polar exploration.
Travellers' Century - part 2 Laurie Lee. "Benedict Allen recreates Laurie Lee's 1935 journey across Spain as a 20-year-old penniless poet, a trip that was captured in his book As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning."
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.
Thursday, 17 July 2008
Off-air recordings for week 19-25 July 2008
Please email Rich Deakin < rdeakin@glos.ac.uk > if you would like any of the following programmes / series recording.*
To The World's End: Scenes and Characters on a London Bus Route - this is part of BBC4's Bus Night
Seven Wonders of the Muslim World - feature length documentary about Mecca, that builds on the people and themes introduced in the series of short films shown over the preceding week (I still have these too if required).
Arena: A Tall Story - How Salman Rushdie Pickled All of India - Salman Rushdie talks about India and Midnight's Children's autobiographical elements.
Battle of the Bishops - This World
Voyages of Discovery - Part 2 The Making of Captain Cook
Charles Wheeler - JFK: Legend and Leader / Charles Wheeler - Shadow Over Europe
Truth, Lies, Oil and Scotland - see also http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/4103 for more info.
Travellers' Century - Benedict Allen follows the stories of three of the greatest travel writers: Eric Newby, Laurie Lee and Patrick Fermor.
Please let me know if any of the other programmes in this Travel season are of use too.
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.
To The World's End: Scenes and Characters on a London Bus Route - this is part of BBC4's Bus Night
Seven Wonders of the Muslim World - feature length documentary about Mecca, that builds on the people and themes introduced in the series of short films shown over the preceding week (I still have these too if required).
Arena: A Tall Story - How Salman Rushdie Pickled All of India - Salman Rushdie talks about India and Midnight's Children's autobiographical elements.
Battle of the Bishops - This World
Voyages of Discovery - Part 2 The Making of Captain Cook
Charles Wheeler - JFK: Legend and Leader / Charles Wheeler - Shadow Over Europe
Truth, Lies, Oil and Scotland - see also http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/4103 for more info.
Travellers' Century - Benedict Allen follows the stories of three of the greatest travel writers: Eric Newby, Laurie Lee and Patrick Fermor.
Please let me know if any of the other programmes in this Travel season are of use too.
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.
Friday, 11 July 2008
Off-air recordings for week 12-18 July 2008
Please email me rdeakin@glos.ac.uk if you would like me to record any of the following programmes / series that are on, or begin next week.
Time Team Special: Swords, Skulls and Strongholds
The Real Knights of the Round Table: A Time Team Special
The following programmes are all part of Channel 4's forthcoming Islam Season
Seven Wonders of the Muslim World 6 part series
The Qur'an
Sharia TV - 4 part series. This year’s series of Sharia TV comes from New York, giving young Muslims the chance to discuss issues that affect them with experts drawn from a spectrum of Islamic opinion.
The following are fom BBC4's Journeys of Discovery season
Voyages of Discovery 5 part series
Sahara with Michael Palin 4 part series
The Thirties in Colour 4 part series - 1/4. A World Away. Part of the Journeys of Discovery season. In the 1930s, a series of new film processes, such as Technicolor, Dufaycolour and Kodachrome came onto the market enabling wealthy enthusiasts to film the world in colour. One of the first women to embrace the new technology was the wealthy heiress Rosie Newman, who used colour film to record her travels in India, Egypt, Europe and here in Britain - where she filmed an encounter with children who would figure prominently in the life of the nation in the years to come.
Alistair Cooke's Postcards from America
Unseen Alistair Cooke
Journeys into the Ring of Fire
If there are any other programmes that you would like recording please let me know and will see if I can accomodate your request.
Time Team Special: Swords, Skulls and Strongholds
The Real Knights of the Round Table: A Time Team Special
The following programmes are all part of Channel 4's forthcoming Islam Season
Seven Wonders of the Muslim World 6 part series
The Qur'an
Sharia TV - 4 part series. This year’s series of Sharia TV comes from New York, giving young Muslims the chance to discuss issues that affect them with experts drawn from a spectrum of Islamic opinion.
The following are fom BBC4's Journeys of Discovery season
Voyages of Discovery 5 part series
Sahara with Michael Palin 4 part series
The Thirties in Colour 4 part series - 1/4. A World Away. Part of the Journeys of Discovery season. In the 1930s, a series of new film processes, such as Technicolor, Dufaycolour and Kodachrome came onto the market enabling wealthy enthusiasts to film the world in colour. One of the first women to embrace the new technology was the wealthy heiress Rosie Newman, who used colour film to record her travels in India, Egypt, Europe and here in Britain - where she filmed an encounter with children who would figure prominently in the life of the nation in the years to come.
Alistair Cooke's Postcards from America
Unseen Alistair Cooke
Journeys into the Ring of Fire
If there are any other programmes that you would like recording please let me know and will see if I can accomodate your request.
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