TASI - Internet for Image Searching

"Would you like to learn how to use the Internet to find copyright cleared images for your work, quickly and efficiently?"

Welcome to Internet for Image Searching

TASI (the JISC Advisory service for Digital Media) and Intute as part of the Intute: Virtual Training Suite have created this tutorial to help you make the most of the internet to find and use copyright cleared images for your work.

"Use this free, interactive tutorial to improve your image searching skills."

Off-air recordings for week 11-17 October 2008

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

Building of the Year: RIBA Stirling Prize 2008 Live - "Which building will win this year's most prestigious award in UK architecture? Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud hosts live coverage from the RIBA Stirling Prize announcement, which this year is held at the BT Convention Centre, part of ACC Liverpool. The award goes to the architects of the building that has made the greatest contribution to British architecture in the past year."

Timewatch - The Boxer Rebellion - "Timewatch exclusively reveals the dramatic true story behind the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, when Imperial troops and Chinese rebels laid siege to the diplomatic quarter in Beijing. Told through Chinese sources and the diaries and memoirs of the outnumbered European defenders, the siege helped to bring down the imperial monarchy, precipitating a century of destruction, revolution and ultimate renewal."

High Anxieties: The Mathematics of Chaos - "Documentary which looks at how developments in mathematics over the past 40 years has completely changed our understanding of the fundamental nature of the world we live in. As we approach tipping points in both the economy and the climate, the film examines the mathematics we have been reluctant to face up to and asks if, even now, we would rather bury our heads in the sand rather than face harsh truths."

True Stories: Garbage Warrior - "A documentary telling the epic story of maverick US architect Michael Reynolds. - Hippie architect Michael Reynolds has spent the past 35 years creating eco-friendly homes known as “Earthships”. Using beer cans and tyres to hold the structures together, he came up with a way of life that requires none of the traditional household fuels. Running foul of American planning mandates, he found his buildings threatened, but in the wake of the Boxing Day Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, he has found recognition at last. Brit filmmaker Oliver Hodge’s documentary initially depicts its subject as a bit of an ass, but it gradually becomes obvious that Reynolds is a true humanitarian, offering a real alternative to modern living"

Between The Lines: Railways in Fiction and Film - "Novelist Andrew Martin presents a documentary examining how the train and the railways came to shape the work of writers and film-makers... " (click the link for more info.)

The Last Days of Steam - "The Last Days Of Steam asks why, when the rest of the world was committing to diesel trains, Britain was building hundreds of steam-powered locomotives."

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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.

Off-air recordings for week 4-10 October 2008

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

Timewatch: Britain's Forgotten Floods
"Tsunamis are among the most destructive forces known to Man - but in Britain, most of us think they are one thing we don't need to worry about. Professors Simon Haslett and Ted Bryant have already challenged this view. They believe that the Bristol Channel flood of 1607 - one of Britain's greatest natural disasters - was in fact a tsunami. But the story doesn't stop there - in Britain's Forgotten Floods, Simon and Ted investigate evidence for what they believe are at least four more British tsunamis.
Joining them on their journey around the British coastline is historian and scientist Vanessa Collingridge (presenter of Radio 4's Making History). Vanessa will be weighing up the evidence, and also looking back to the Lisbon tsunami of 1755 - an almost forgotten disaster that had a profound effect on Britain, and changed the course of European history.theory of the healing stones bear up to modern day forensic science?"

Spy Stories: British Espionage in Fact and Fiction
"The story of the long and often extraordinary relationship between fact and fiction in the mysterious world of British espionage. The programme charts the evolution of spying through the twentieth century and looks at the parallel development of spy fiction during the same period. Contributors include Stella Rimington, Daphne Park, David Shayler, John Le Carre, Charlie Higson, Bernard Porter, Nick Hiley and Stephen Dorril."

Dirty Tricks: Storyville The Man Who Got the Bushes Elected
"Stefan Forbes's gripping documentary tells the story of Lee Atwater, the blues-playing rogue whose rambunctious rise to become chairman of the GOP positioned him as kingmaker and political rock star. Atwater mentored George W Bush and Karl Rove while leading the Republicans to victory, helped make liberal a dirty word and transformed the way America elects its presidents. Featuring interviews with colleagues and adversaries, the film sheds new light on his role in America's shift to the right."

Great British Journeys - 1. Gerald of Wales, 2. William Cobbett, and 3. John Leland

Wilderness Explored (3-part series)
"Documentary series telling the stories of early European explorers who reached the wildernesses of Canada, the Congo and Australia. 200 years ago, the Arctic was a blank on the map for explorers, a place which captured their imagination as a place of sublime beauty but one where expeditions disappeared without trace. In the last century, the polar sea has become a region of vital strategic significance and, as the Arctic ice melts, the polar bear has become an emblem for the earth's fragility."

The American Future: a History by Simon Schama (4-part series)
"Shot against the backdrop of the US presidential campaign, a new documentary series on BBC Two, The American Future: A History, sees Simon Schama travel through America to dig deep into the conflicts of its history to understand what is at stake right now..."

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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.

off-air recordings for week 27 September - 3 October 2008

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

TV Programmes

Timewatch - Stonehenge - "This historic excavation is now complete and researchers are ready to solve one of the greatest of archaeological mysteries – what was Stonehenge for?"

Civilisation: Heroic Materialism - "Sir Kenneth Clark's classic documentary series presenting his personal view of the restoration of Western civilisation."

Simon Schama's Power of Art : Guernica - "Guernica (1937) was created during Picasso's Surrealist period and captures the horror of the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. By the end of World War II, Picasso had become an internationally known artist and celebrity..."

The Genius of Photography – Paper Movies (4/6) - "The American photographer Garry Winogrand said that he took photographs to “see what the world looked like photographed”. Photographers have always had this as their mission statement, but the three decades from the late 1950’s onwards was the real golden age of the photographic journey. The Genius of Photography – Paper Movies relives the journeys that produced some of the most acclaimed paper movies. The programme takes a fascinating look at Robert Frank’s odyssey through 50s America, William Klein’s one-man assault on the sidewalks of New York, Garry Winogrand’s charting of the human comedy in Central Park Zoo, Tony Ray Jones’s dissection eccentricity at the English seaside, and finally, William Eggleston’s guide to Memphis and the American South. Episode four of the series also examines the arrival of colour as a credible medium for serious photographers, as controversial at the time as Dylan going electric.
Contributors include legendary photographers like William Klein, William Eggleston, Robert Adams, Stephen Shore, Joel Sternfeld, Joel Meyerowitz, Martin Parr and artist Ed Ruscha. "

Imagine: The Fantastic Mr Dahl - "Alan Yentob explores the magical and mysterious world of the best-selling children's author Roald Dahl to discover what made him such a great storyteller. This intimate portrait has exclusive access to his personal archive, and features interviews with members of his immediate family, including his widow, Felicity, his first wife, the actress Patricia Neal, his children, Tessa, Theo and Ophelia, and his grand-daughter, the model Sophie Dahl."

A History of British Art - My Wife, My Horse and Myself - "Writer and presenter Andrew Graham-Dixon travels back to the 18th century, the golden age of British art. He looks at the rich visual world of the aristocracy, from art depicting the great English informal landscape garden to studies of the aristocrat's racehorse, wife, dog and mistress and explore the works of artists like Hogarth, Stubbs and Gainsborough."

Arena: The Waugh Trilogy: An Engishman's Home (3/3) - "...examines Waugh's deteriorating health in his latter years. After his mental illness Waugh penned The Ordeal of Gilbert Penfold, which describes horror, hallucinations and voices in the head. So accurate were his descriptions of his experiences that the work was highly regarded by psychoanalysts."

Dana: The Eight Year Old Anorexic - "Dana is eight years old. She is also anorexic. This week's Cutting Edge follows Dana as she embarks on an intensive 12-week programme at a specialist clinic, to examine why younger and younger children are developing eating disorders."

1964 General Election - "The latest broadcast from the BBC's political archive is the closely fought election of 1964. Labour's slim victory put an end to 13 years of Conservative rule and prevented a fourth successive victory for them at the national ballot box. And the BBC broadcast the unfolding results round-the-clock for the first time. All three radio stations were put to work covering the election along with over 50 TV cameras - including 30 outside broadcast units - across the country." More

Radio programmes

America Empire of Liberty - Omnibus editions of this daily broadcast history of America by David Reynolds.

Dreaming of Toad Hall - "To mark the centenary of the publication of The Wind in the Willows, John O'Farrell returns to the Berkshire riverbank of his Kenneth Grahame and his son Alistair. On the way, he unlocks the symbols and mysteries contained in this classic children's book."

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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.

Off-air recordings 20th-26th September

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

Christina: A Medieval Life - "Historian Michael Wood delves through medieval court records to follow the fortunes of a village in Hertfordshire and, more particularly, the family of peasant Christina Cok."
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Arena: The Hunt for Moby Dick - "Arena – the BBC's flagship arts documentary strand – confronts our fascination with one of the most mysterious creatures of the ocean, the whale, in a new feature-length adventure documentary... Filmed in England, America and the Azores over four years, the documentary follows acclaimed author Philip Hoare as he writes his new book and tackles man's complex relationship with the whale, bringing it into startling new focus through one book: Moby Dick.

also 3 accompanying Arena programmes;

Arena: Philip Hoare's Guide to Whales - "Acclaimed author and whale-watcher Philip Hoare takes us into the world of baleen whales, the largest animals ever to have lived.
With plates of bristly baleen instead of teeth with which they filter their food, blue whales, fin whales and humpback whales swim the Atlantic. Hoare shows us how to identify whales from their tails or flukes, and explores the strange shared history between humans and whales."

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BBC4 1968 Night programmes below

Storyville: 1968 - "Documentary exploring what really happened throughout the world in the seminal year of 1968, a time of music and of revolution, asking why so many hopes were disappointed and what is the period's true legacy.
Drawing on archive from the US, Vietnam, Britain, France, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Italy and Mexico, the film dynamically reconstructs the hopes, the fears and the ultimate sense of despair that pervaded the events of 1968."

Storyville: RFK - "Probing biography that examines the remarkable and tragic life of Robert Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1968 as he campaigned for the presidency."

Storyville: Citizen King 1963-68 - "The story begins on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963 when a 34 year old preacher galvanized millions with his dream for an America free of racism. It comes to a bloody end almost five years later on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. In the years since those events unfolded, the man at their centre, Dr Martin Luther King Jr, has become a mythic figure, a minister whose oratory is etched into the minds of millions, a civil rights activist whose works and image are more hotly contested, negotiated and sold than almost anyone else's in American history. Citizen King tells the story of those 5 years that changed history."

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Trial of the Knights Templar - Five 23rd September 8.00-9.00PM. No other info as of yet.

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Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore - "Rob Brydon plays the critic and impresario Kenneth Tynan in this funny and touching drama set in 1960s London. As well as being one of the most influential theatre critics of the time, Tynan worked with Laurence Olivier at the newly founded National Theatre and waged a battle against censorship that famously led to him being the first person to say f*** on television. We spoke to the writer and director Chris Durlacher about the drama."

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The NHS: A Difficult Beginning -"Britain's National Health Service celebrates its sixtieth birthday on 5 July this year. Serving over one and a half million patients and their families every day, the NHS is the biggest service of its kind in the world. It is universally regarded as a national treasure - the most remarkable achievement of post war Britain..."

Greg Dyke on Nye Bevan - "Greg Dyke takes a bus tour through the Welsh Valleys and the life of Labour politician Aneurin Bevan, pronouncing him 'one of the outstanding men of the 20th Century'.
In 1945, Bevan simultaneously launched the National Health Service and set about rebuilding a bomb-damaged Britain, in one of the most remarkable double acts a politician has ever been asked to achieve.
Dyke visits the coalmines where Bevan began to hew coal at the age of 13 and explores the Tredegar Medical Aid Society, which was the blueprint for the NHS.
He also reveals the close friendship between Bevan and the black American civil rights campaigner and world-renowned opera singer Paul Robeson.

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Series / programmes already in progress (Originally added on 15th September)

Amazon with Bruce Parry - "Amazon will follow explorer Bruce Parry's epic journey down the world's greatest river, travelling over 6,000 kms by foot, light aircraft and boat to meet and live with tribes, coca growers, loggers and illegal miners."

Horizon: The President's Guide to Science - "Horizon asks some of the biggest names in science to have a quiet word with the new President, be it Obama or McCain. The United States President is quite simply the most powerful man on earth, but past Presidents have often known little about science. That is a problem when the decisions they make will affect every one of us, from nuclear proliferation to climate change. To help the new President get to grips with this intimidating responsibility, some of the world's leading scientists, from Dawkins to Watson, share some crucial words of advice."

Panorama: Can Money Grow On Trees? - "With soaring prices accelerating the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, Panorama asks whether the money markets can achieve what campaigners and law enforcement have so far failed to do and make trees more valuable alive than dead. That would mean putting a value on their services to mankind; storing carbon and generating rainfall. Ben Anderson reports from Brazil and Guyana."

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.

Off-air recordings 13th-19th September

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

Earth The Climate Wars - 3-part series

Tess of the D'Urbervilles - "David Nicholls (Starter For Ten, Much Ado About Nothing) has penned a new four-part adaptation of Thomas Hardy's tragic and well-loved novel, Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, for transmission in autumn 2008 on BBC One. Produced in-house by BBC Drama Productions, David Snodin (Great Expectations, Crime And Punishment) will produce the serialisation with Kate Harwood as Executive Producer. "

Timeshift: How to be a Good President - "Jonathan Freeland looks the qualities that make a great American President; what can be learnt from Theodore Roosevelt and JFK, Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter about what it takes to make your mark in the White House? Freedland is helped by some well-known and distinguished contributors including James Naughtie, Shirley Williams, Harold Evans, Douglas Hurd, Simon Hoggart and Bonnie Greer, who give frank assessments of some of America's greatest presidents."

Man In The Mansion: California Governors - "Being governor of the most populous US state is never going to be an easy job, but for a large part of the last 50 years, Californians have made some distinctively LA-style choices about the person best qualified to undertake it. "

President Hollywood - "Part of US Presidents season. A look at how this year's race for the White House has been run before on TV series The West Wing, when a non-white Democrat stood against an experienced Republican."

Dinner with Portillo: American Election Special - "In New York, Michael Portillo and seven guests explore the enduring conflict between America's liberal Hollywood dream factory and its conservative heartland values.
In the absence of a successful Democrat for the last decade, Hollywood invented virtual liberal Presidents, as in The West Wing and Air Force One. Over dinner, the guests discuss the impact on the voting public and politicians, why Hollywood is such a haven for liberal values and how the relationship between Hollywood glamour and gritty politics is playing out in the current presidential race."

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Amazon with Bruce Parry - "Amazon will follow explorer Bruce Parry's epic journey down the world's greatest river, travelling over 6,000 kms by foot, light aircraft and boat to meet and live with tribes, coca growers, loggers and illegal miners."

Horizon: The President's Guide to Science - "Horizon asks some of the biggest names in science to have a quiet word with the new President, be it Obama or McCain. The United States President is quite simply the most powerful man on earth, but past Presidents have often known little about science. That is a problem when the decisions they make will affect every one of us, from nuclear proliferation to climate change. To help the new President get to grips with this intimidating responsibility, some of the world's leading scientists, from Dawkins to Watson, share some crucial words of advice."

Panorama: Can Money Grow On Trees? - "With soaring prices accelerating the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, Panorama asks whether the money markets can achieve what campaigners and law enforcement have so far failed to do and make trees more valuable alive than dead. That would mean putting a value on their services to mankind; storing carbon and generating rainfall. Ben Anderson reports from Brazil and Guyana."


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.

Last chance to request backdated off-air recordings

I am clearing the DVD- Recorder's Hard Drive. Please email me if you require any of these recent programmes before I delete them. Email rdeakin@glos.ac.uk or telephone 714665. *

BBC1 - The Last Word Monologues - Prog. 1 - Before I Call You In; Prog. 2 - Six Days One June; Prog. 3 - A Bit Of Private Business

BBC 2 - Simon Gray's Smoking Diaries

BBC4 - Lost Horizons: The Big Bang, & also The Big Bang Machine

Five - Megastructures: Beijing Olympic Stadium

BBC1 - Panorama: True Brits

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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.