Oxstalls Off-Air Recordings. Week 9 November 20th - November 26th 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.

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Monday 22nd November

Documentary British Schools, Islamic Rules: Panorama 8:30pm - 9:00pm BBC1

An investigation into Britain's Muslim schools, suggesting some pupils are being exposed to the teachings of extremist preachers and fundamentalist groups. Reporter John Ware assesses what impact this might have on their ability to integrate into mainstream British life, and asks why warning signs have seemingly been missed.

Documentary Don't Hit My Mum 10:35pm - 11:40pm BBC1

Singer and Strictly Come Dancing judge Alesha Dixon explores the issue of domestic violence. She talks to victims and experts, reveals her own childhood experience of witnessing abuse and sets out to show how the support system for children could be improved. Joining a patrol team from the Avon and Somerset Constabulary who deal with the problem on a daily basis, Alesha explores the emotional and physical impact on youngsters, and also discusses the subject with sixth-form college students.

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Thursday 25th November

Documentary Can't Bully Me BBC3 21.00pm - 22.00pm

Can't Bully Me follows four young people aged 12-14 as they endeavour to overcome the traumatic effects of bullying. They attend a network of specialised centres for kids who've been so badly affected by their experiences that they can no longer attend mainstream school.
Filmed over eight months, the programme has unique access to centres in Cambridge and North West London where Billy, Adam, Phoenix and Toby are helped to come to terms with the past, overcome their fears and rebuild their confidence so that they can return to school or mainstream life as soon as possible

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Friday 26th November

Film Gigi 4:10pm - 6:25pm Film4

Rightful winner of nine Academy Awards (including best picture), this is the last great musical from genius producer Arthur Freed (Singin' in the Rain, Show Boat, An American in Paris). Freed coerced composers Lerner and Loewe into creating this screen original from Colette's tale following their sensational stage success with My Fair Lady. Superbly cast (Leslie Caron in the title role, Maurice Chevalier winning a special Oscar, Louis Jourdan), immaculately designed (for CinemaScope in Art Nouveau by Cecil Beaton) and impeccably directed (by Vincente Minnelli), this is a sophisticated and entertaining musical treat. The story about the training of a young girl to become a courtesan is hardly the usual basis for a screen song-fest, but it's intelligently handled. The best sequences (the duet I Remember It Well and Gaston's soliloquy) were actually directed by the uncredited Charles Walters, who had previously guided Caron in Lili. There's a fine bittersweet air to this tale that leaves you longing to see it again - to paraphrase Chevalier, thank heaven for not-so-little girls like Gigi!

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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.