Saturday 2 October 2010

Oxstalls Off-Air Recordings. Week 3 October 9th - October 15th 2010

Please email oxstallsmediaservices@glos.ac.uk if you would like any of the following series or programmes recording. *

*This applies to staff members and students at the University of Gloucestershire. Any recordings made are to be used only for educational and non-commercial purposes under the terms of the ERA Licence.

Week 3

Saturday 9th October

Documentary
The First Blitz 9:15pm - 10:05pm BBC2 5/6

Timewatch recalls the forgotten story of events in January 1915, when a Zeppelin raid on the Norfolk town of Great Yarmouth killed Sam Smith, the first British civilian to die as a result of aerial bombing. The next three years saw a terror campaign that would claim hundreds of lives and whose psychological effect was every bit as harrowing as the Second World War's

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Sunday 10th October

Drama
Single Father 9:00pm - 10:00pm BBC1 1/4, series 1 New series.

Photographer Dave struggles to raise four children alone following the death of his wife in a traffic collision. Matters become more complicated when he finds himself growing closer to her best friend, and his eldest daughter turns her back on him in a bid to find her real father. Romantic drama, starring David Tennant and Suranne Jones.

Arts and culture
The Genius of British Art 7:00pm - 8:00pm Channel 4 Art for the People 2/6, series 1

Historian Gus Casely-Hayford profiles 18th-century painter and printmaker William Hogarth, and argues he played a key role in shaping the British sense of identity by using his art to depict life among the poor on the streets of London, rather than chronicling the rarefied world of the aristocracy. He also considers the personal reasons Hogarth would have had for choosing to take working-class life as his subject matter, and analyses the role of the city itself in the national consciousness of the period.

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Monday 11th October

Documentary
Panorama 8:30pm - 9:00pm BBC1 Are You Paying Too Much Tax?

Reporter Adam Shaw hears from whistleblowers inside HM Revenue & Customs who allege that mismanagement, waste and staff shortages mean it is failing to provide an adequate service. He also asks whether the department's new computer system is making matters worse, and goes on the road to meet angry taxpayers.

Documentary
The World's Strictest Parents 9:00pm - 10:00pm BBC3 New Jersey 1/11, series 3

New series. Unruly British teenagers are sent to experience the parenting of families around the world, beginning with 18-year-old father-to-be Wesley McGillian and 16-year-old Tamsin Carruthers-Cole. The pair are sent to Cape May, New Jersey, where two fathers who believe that honest communication is the key to successfully raising children enforce a regime involving drug tests, early nights and a ban on drinking alcohol.

Documentary
A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss 9:00pm - 10:00pm BBC4
Frankenstein Goes to Hollywood 1/3 New series.

The League of Gentlemen star celebrates horror films, beginning with those produced during the golden age of Hollywood. He finds out how the succession of classic pictures that were made from the 1920s to 1940s defined the genre, and explores the threat posed by the rise of science fiction movies in the post-war atomic era. Among the films examined are Phantom of the Opera, Dracula and Frankenstein.

Documentary
The Hospital 10:00pm - 11:05pm More4 2/5, series 2.

The number of knife attack victims treated at The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel has doubled over the last five years, at an estimated average cost of £8,000 per injury. At the Royal London some of the more serious cases cost £200,000 for treatment, when intensive care and long hospital stays are taken into account, with around one in four A&E patients victims of knife crime. Should the NHS carry the cost?

Film
Elizabeth 10:45pm - 1:05am Film4

This Elizabethan political thriller charting the turbulent life and times of the self-proclaimed "Virgin Queen" is given a vivid contemporary focus by Indian director Shekhar Kapur's keen visual eye. A far cry from the usual costume drama, this sumptuous biography is a thoughtful and dramatic triumph and Australian actress Cate Blanchett is a revelation as the strong-willed monarch who nimbly transforms from naive girlhood to true majesty, assisted by Sir Francis Walsingham (Shine's Geoffrey Rush). Richard Attenborough, Joseph Fiennes, Angus Deayton and ex-footballer Eric Cantona flesh out an interesting cast as "Bollywood" meets The Godfather
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Tuesday 12th October

Documentary
Tom Daley: The Diver and His Dad 10:35pm - 11:35pm BBC1

Jane Treays provides an intimate portrait of the relationship between world-class diver Tom Daley and his father Rob, who has supported his teenage son's dreams of achieving Olympic glory. The film details Tom's struggle to keep up with his athletic ambitions while sitting 10 GCSEs at Plymouth College, and reveals how Rob is balancing his duties as a father with his continued battle against cancer.

Music
A Time to Remember 8:30pm - 9:00pm BBC4 A Woman's World 4/12

Material from the 1950s, combined with commentary by Joyce Grenfell and Edith Evans offers an insight into how the role of women in society changed throughout the first half of the 20th century. Footage featured includes coverage of a suffragette protest by Emily Davison at the 1913 Derby, female volunteers at work during the First World War, and the changing fashions of the 1920s and 1930s.

Film
Grease 6:50pm - 9:00pm Film4

Fresh from Saturday Night Fever, John Travolta was the biggest movie star in the world when he teamed up with Olivia Newton-John to help turn the Broadway hit into one of Hollywood's most successful musicals. This film sets itself the peculiar task of trying to evoke nostalgia for a time before most of its audience would have been born - 1950s America - where Rydell High School is the setting for a rather slender tale of teenage love and pre-Vietnam War innocence. Stranger still, it succeeds in the task, thanks to some toe-tapping numbers, sprightly hoofing and slick performances, not least by Stockard Channing as the most unruly teenager in town.
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Wednesday 13th October

Documentary
Wonderland: Boy Cheerleaders 9:00pm - 10:00pm BBC2 1/8, series 3

On a south Leeds estate in the heart of rugby league country, a group of nine boys and their coach Ian Rodley are preparing for competition. But rather than facing Bradford Bulls or Hull Kingston Rovers, the DAZL Diamonds - Britain's leading all-male cheerleading team - are fluffing up their pompoms ahead of a journey south to the national championships in Coventry. Can they reap the rewards of their work and become the first boys' team to lift the trophy?

Documentary
Michael Wood's Story of England 9:00pm - 10:00pm BBC4 The Peasants Revolt to the Tudors 4/6, series 1

The broadcaster examines Kibworth's school archive and learns how peasant education was organised in the 14th century, with people establishing their own educational centres. Evidence also reveals that some villagers rebelled against Henry V and others aspired to become merchants in the textile town of Coventry.

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Thursday 14th October

Documentary
Are You Fitter Than a Pensioner? 8:00pm - 9:00pm BBC3 Sun River, Utah 4/5, series 1

Lazy 21-year-old Sophie Malatynski, 22-year-old smoker Waqar Ali, caffeine-loving teenager Jenie Keen and 22-year-old raver Anthony Massey are sent to live with the super-fit over-60s at Sun River in Utah. Forced into a punishing exercise programme, they must prepare to take on four of their hosts in a hike through the mountains. Narrated by Paul Dodds

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Friday 15th October

Documentary
Gareth Malone's Extraordinary School for Boys 1:35am - 2:35am BBC1 1/3, series 1

The choirmaster takes on the challenge of teaching in a primary school for one term, hoping to re-engage boys who are lagging behind their female peers by bringing risk, competition and adventure back into the classroom. Joining the staff at a school in Essex, he sets about trying to make his pupils excited about learning by spending a day outdoors, before tackling their speaking skills by staging a boys-versus-girls debate.

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Please email oxstallsmediaservices@glos.ac.uk if you would like any of the following series or programmes recording. *

*This applies to staff members and students at the University of Gloucestershire. 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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