Oxstalls Off-Air Recordings. Week 5 October 23rd - October 29th 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.

Saturday 23rd October

Documentary
My Child Won't Eat 7:45pm - 8:45pm ITV2

Horror stories about over-eating children are rarely out of the headlines, but what about kids who live on chocolate or milk, or have problems eating at all? Child psychologist Dr Gillian Harris believes that such extreme food refusers aren't just being fussy, but may have a food phobia that needs to be treated. As Dr Harris helps children who are frightened of putting food in their mouths, her pioneering techniques help them face up to what they fear the most.

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Sunday 24th October

Documentary
Joan Sutherland: The Reluctant Prima Donna 8:00pm - 9:00pm BBC4

The life and career of the Australian soprano, who died earlier this month aged 83. The film focuses on the two roles - Lucia di Lammermoor and Alcina - that launched her on the international stage. With contributions from Richard Bonynge, Franco Zeffirelli, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Marilyn Horne and Sherrill Milnes.

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Monday 25th October

Documentary
Panorama 8:30pm - 9:00pm BBC1 The Great Housing Swindle?

A report on landlords accused of receiving large amounts of housing benefit while using the small print in their tenancy agreements to exploit the poor and vulnerable. Councils say they do not have the right laws to address the situation, and with new housing minister Grant Shapps ruling out any imminent changes, John Sweeney investigates a problem that seems set to continue.

Documentary
Horizon: Miracle Cure? A Decade of the Human Genome 9:00pm - 10:00pm BBC2

Exploring the progress that has been made since scientists announced a decade ago they had completed the first working draft of the human genome DNA sequence. The programme finds out how close the development of life-changing treatments is, and follows three people with genetic conditions as they go behind the scenes at some of Britain's leading research labs to investigate what the sequencing of the genome means.

Documentary
A Life without Work 11:20pm - 12:20am BBC2 1/2

First of a two-part documentary charting changes in living conditions for the unemployed. Richard Bilton uncovers the story of the Nevinsons, who struggled on the brink of destitution in York and featured in philanthropist Seebohm Rowntree's book on Britain's jobless in 1910. He looks at the details of their plight and traces their descendants, discovering actor Mark Addy (The Full Monty) is their great grandson.

Documentary
The World's Strictest Parents 9:00pm - 10:00pm BBC3
Sri Lanka 3/11, series 3

Seventeen-year-old Nicky Stygall and 18-year-old Jerri MacVeigh are sent to live with practising Buddhists the De Zylvas in Sri Lanka. They are banned from drinking, smoking and using bad language, and are set a strict regime that involves working on a cinnamon plantation and volunteering at a care home for the mentally disturbed.

Documentary
The Hospital 10:05pm - 11:05pm More4 4/5, series 2

The difficulties in treating young diabetics at the Mayday University Hospital in Croydon, where staff struggle to make them reconcile the seriousness of their condition with their lifestyle choices. The programme finds out how diabetes is rapidly becoming the single biggest drain on NHS resources as more teenagers develop it owing to poor diet and a lack of exercise.

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Thursday 28th October

Documentary
Wait Till Your Teacher Gets Home! 9:00pm - 10:00pm BBC3 Loretta Cook - Plantsbrook School

Documentary in which a teacher is given permission to go to extraordinary lengths to turn around a teenager's unruly behaviour, spending a week with her family in an attempt to turn the pupil's life around. Miss Dudley struggles to take command when schoolgirl Loretta Cook and her parents fight against the rules and structure she imposes. Narrated by Lee Williams.

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Friday 29th October

Documentary
A Life without Work 9:00pm - 10:00pm BBC2 2/2

In the conclusion of the two-part documentary, Richard Bilton discovers startling similarities between the jobless now and in 1910, as he meets a man who lives in a tent and relies on casual labour. He also explores the advances that 100 years of reform have achieved, but learns that for some people the solutions to ending a life without work still remain out of reach.

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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.