Oxstalls Learning Centre has 4 new Flip Digital Video camera's now available for 24 hour loan from the OXLC Service Desk.Entertainment: Can England Win the Next World Cup? 9:30pm - 10:10pm BBC2
England has the strongest and most successful top-flight league in football, watched by millions of fans worldwide. Yet it's been 44 years since the national team won a major trophy. Can England win the next World Cup? Former goal-scoring legend and Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker goes in search of some answers, hearing views from some of the game's biggest names including Jose Mourinho, Jürgen Klinsmann, Carlo Ancelotti, Harry Redknapp and Johan Cruyff. Can lessons be learned from the Spanish, who've transformed the fortunes of their national team? How have the Germans reinvented themselves? And does English football need to change now in order to possess the best league and team in the world?
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Monday 4th October
Sport: Games Today 7:00pm - 8:00pm BBC2 Day One
Sue Barker and Jake Humphrey introduce a round-up of action from the opening day in Delhi, India, as the first eight gold medals of the Games were decided, including five in the pool at the Dr SP Mukherjee Swimming Stadium. Weightlifting and artistic gymnastics also crowned their first champions of the Games, and the tennis, netball and badminton tournaments were among those to get under way.
Documentary: Panorama 8:30pm - 9:00pm BBC1
In-depth current affairs reports covering the stories behind the headlines. Postponed from September 27.
Documentary: Horizon: The Death of the Oceans? 9:00pm - 10:00pm BBC2 2/15
David Attenborough reveals the findings of a hugely ambitious study into what is happening to our oceans and how we are adversely affecting marine life. On a journey from the cold North Atlantic to the tropical waters of the Great Barrier Reef, the programme meets scientists who are transforming our understanding of this unique habitat. But is it too late to save its remarkable biodiversity from the effects of over-fishing, acidification and even noise pollution?
Documentary: Rosslyn Chapel: A Treasure in Stone. 9:00pm - 10:00pm BBC4
Art historian Helen Rosslyn examines the art and architecture of one of the most famous medieval chapels in the world, exploring why the building has enchanted visitors as diverse as JMW Turner, Robert Burns and Tom Hanks.
Documentary: The Da Vinci Code - The Greatest Story Ever Sold. 10:00pm - 11:00pm BBC4
Timeshift explores the contemporary quest for ancient truths that has arisen out of Dan Brown's best-selling novel challenging the credibility of Christian doctrine. The programme assesses the explosive response to the book from believers and atheists. With contributions by author Richard Leigh and art critic Brian Sewell.
Documentary: The Hospital, 10:00pm - 11:05pm More4. 1/5, series 2.
How is Britain's health service affected by the lifestyle choices made by the nation's youngsters? This series takes a look at the daily challenges faced by staff at four hospitals across London and the south as they deal with the UK's youth. Tonight, Rachael Jones and her team at the West London Centre for Sexual Health tackle issues surrounding sexually transmitted infections. Chlamydia is the clinic's number one diagnosis, but, worryingly, in the last three years there has been a sudden spread of HIV amongst teenagers.
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Tuesday 5th October
Documentary: Panorama: Kids in Care. 9:00pm - 10:00pm BBC1
Since the case of Baby P, there has been a 40 per cent increase in the number of children taken into care by the state, which is now, in effect, the parent of some 70,000 children. Given that such children are more at risk of failing at school and committing crime than any other group, can the state really claim to offer them a better life? This Panorama special spent six months following children in the care of Coventry Social Services in a bid to find out.
Documentary: Timeshift: When Britain Went Wild. 9:00pm - 10:30pm BBC4
Documentary exploring how the 1960s heralded a new age of environmental awareness in Britain, in which conservation pioneers such as Gerald Durrell, Gavin Maxwell and Peter Scott enlightened the public to the plight of endangered species and the natural world. The programme also reveals how the Torrey Canyon disaster in 1967, which saw a stricken oil tanker leak its cargo into the sea around Land's End, prompted many people to become more tolerant toward taking care of the planet.
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Wednesday 6th October
Documentary: Michael Wood's Story of England. The Great Famine and the Black Death 9:00pm - 10:00pm BBC4, 3/6, series 1.
The broadcaster explores how the great famine and the Black Death affected Kibworth during the 14th century. Delving into the local archives and aided by on-site archaeological excavations, he learns that two-thirds of the village's population were lost but also how these tragic events helped create community spirit.
Networked PCs* and Macs** in all Learning Centres are linked to MFD (multi-functional devices) printers/photocopiers, that can print in either colour or black and white. Print and photocopy charges are 7p per side black and white sheet (A4) and 20p per side colour (A4 and A3), and the payment is automatically deducted from the credit held on your student card.Anything from AV Equipment to Off-Air-Recordings and lots more.
Eduroam: network access for visitors
The fantastic Flip video camcorder.Oxstalls Learning Centre has 4 new Flip video camcorders for you to loan from the Oxstalls Learning Centre Service Desk, (soon).
These camcorders will be available for loan as soon as we have installed the software onto the Learning Centre computers.
If you require a demonstration on how to use our new Flip video camcorders please email: oxstallsmediaservices@glos.ac.uk
* This applies to staff members and students 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.
Monday 27th September
Documentary
The Classroom Experiment
7:00pm - 8:00pm BBC2 1/2
If you're at all interested in how children learn and how teachers can help them, watch this. It's the sharp end of the BBC's ongoing Schools season, a series where inspired educationalist Dylan Wiliam introduces deceptively simple techniques over one term to one school in Hertfordshire. So, for instance, the students - 12- to 13-year-olds - are picked at random to answer in class rather than putting their hands up, so the bright ones can't dominate and the bored ones can't stay below the radar. Their day starts with an exercise session in the gym - it helps concentration later. And there's a brilliant trick where each student gets a set of red, yellow and green paper cups to show how much they understand what's going on at any stage of a lesson. The results are fascinating.
Documentary
Horizon: Back from the Dead
9:00pm - 10:00pm BBC2 1/15
A new presenter to Horizon, Dr Kevin Fong, launches a new series with a look at an exciting leap in medicine: hypothermia. Using extreme cooling of the body, doctors are redrawing the line between life and death. In fact, the technique upsets most ideas of what "alive" means. We see a patient undergoing surgery with his body chilled to 20 C. He has no pulse, no blood pressure and no electrical activity in his brain. He is, as Fong says, 'indistinguishable from someone who is dead'. Yet once warmed up, he recovers completely. It's a fascinating story that leads us to mitochondria, xenon and cute babies saved from death.
Documentary
Unequal Opportunities with John Humphrys
11:50pm - 12:50am BBC2
In July, Education Secretary Michael Gove noted in a parliamentary committee that "Rich, thick kids do better than poor, clever children" in our school system. It wasn't the sort of language educationalists like, but it made the point. John Humphrys examines here how the yawning attainment gap between advantaged and disadvantaged pupils has stubbornly refused to narrow. In a typically thought-provoking film, Humphrys meets teachers who are trying to tackle the disparities and uncovers the battles that persist for the best available education.
Documentary
Dispatches: What's the Point of the Unions?
8:00pm - 9:00pm Channel 4
As Britain braces itself for the severest cuts in public spending in more than 60 years, reporter Deborah Davies examines the response of the trade unions and what their threats of industrial action mean for the country. By looking at the inner workings of three of Britain's most important unions, she investigates what tactics they could employ and asks if they really represent their members, as well as considering whether they could combine forces to bring about the kind of mass protests staged in Greece and Portugal this summer.
Tuesday 28th September
Sport
Inside Sport: Is Professionalism Killing Sport?
11:05pm - 11:35pm BBC1
Former England cricketer Ed Smith examines whether modern day professionalism has made sport less enjoyable, and increased the pressures faced by athletes. Featuring interviews with rugby union World Cup-winning coach Sir Clive Woodward, sprint sensation Usain Bolt and Colin Montgomerie, who discusses the enjoyment of competing in the Ryder Cup for pride, rather than money.
Documentary
The Classroom Experiment
7:00pm - 8:00pm BBC2 2/2
In the conclusion of the two-part documentary, Professor Dylan Wiliam continues to test innovative ideas he believes could improve the quality of children's education. Using a technique called Secret Student, he tries to get the pupils to act more responsibly by monitoring their behaviour, but as the end of term approaches he is conscious that some of the students are not responding well to his methods.
Music
A Time to Remember: Stage and Screen
8:30pm - 9:00pm BBC4 2/12, series 1
Archive footage of theatres, music halls and cinemas from the 1920s and 1930s is combined with narrated reminiscences to shed light on the entertainment industry of the early 20th century. Includes reels of Charles Laughton applying his own stage make-up, chorus line auditions, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks' trip to Europe, and Alfred Hitchcock's 1929 release Blackmail. Narrated by Lesley Sharp.
Film
Carousel
2:40pm - 5:10pm Film4
Immaculately cast and filmed in part on glorious Maine locations, this is a marvellous screen version of what is arguably Rodgers and Hammerstein's finest Broadway show. Some may find this tale of a reprobate's return to Earth to look out for his daughter arch in the extreme, but it is a tribute to the superb score and sensitive handling of the material that the film is moving. Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones, reunited after Oklahoma!, have the roles of their lives as Billy Bigelow and Julie Jordan, with their performance of If I Loved You a highlight, though they're done no favours by Henry King's static direction. However, the spirited June Is Bustin' Out All Over more than compensates.
Wednesday 29th September
Factual
Start Your Own School
7:00pm - 8:00pm BBC2
Forthright journalist and author Toby Young leads a group of parents as they attempt to institute Britain's first so-called "free school" in west London. Filmed over nine months, the documentary reveals the group's trials and tribulations as they struggle to meet their ambitious self-imposed deadline in the face of some fierce opposition - not least from those who fear the project will do little more than reinforce old class divisions.
Film
Calamity Jane
2:35am - 4:20am ITV1
The opening sequence of this wonderful musical is pure pleasure, as Doris Day rides the Deadwood stage across the screen and into our hearts. This isn't the real Wild West, of course, but Warner Bros's Technicolored riposte to MGM's Annie Get Your Gun - the studio even poached the same leading man, handsome Howard Keel, who's excellent here as Wild Bill Hickok. The specially commissioned score is a treat, but the strength of the movie is Day, who gives a marvellous musical comedy performance in her finest role, creating a warm, robust yet tender character; just marvel at her timing in Just Blew In from the Windy City, while Secret Love, recorded by Day in just one take, won the best song Oscar and is beautifully staged by choreographer Jack Donohue. This is a true delight that repays many viewings.
Documentary
Michael Wood's Story of England: Domesday to Magna Carta
9:00pm - 10:00pm BBC4 2/6, series 1
The broadcaster explores how the villagers reacted to occupation by the Normans in 1066 when a castle was constructed in Kibworth. Interweaving local and national narratives, he charts events in the village that led to the people's involvement in the civil war of Simon de Montfort.
Thursday 30th September
Documentary
Are You Fitter Than a Pensioner? Sun City Arizona
8:00pm - 9:00pm BBC3 2/5, series 1
Lager-swilling 19-year-old Frazer Danbury, 21-year-old student Judy Lockhart, overweight 18-year-old Louise Crossland and 22-year-old computer gamer Ali Yildirim are sent to live with the super-fit over-60s at Sun City Arizona. Over the course of a week they will be forced to adopt an extreme fitness regimen before competing against the retirement community's champion swimming team.
Friday 1st October
Sport
Golf: The Ryder Cup Day One
8:30pm - 10:00pm BBC2
Hazel Irvine introduces highlights from day one of the 38th staging of the biennial competition between Europe and the USA, held at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, South Wales, and featuring the opening fourballs and foursomes matches. Europe's run of three successive victories was brought to a halt by the American team in Kentucky two years ago and, with respective captains Colin Montgomerie and Corey Pavin now at the helm, both teams were aiming to gain an advantage heading into the second day. With commentary by Peter Alliss, Ken Brown and Sam Torrance.
* This applies to staff members and students 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.
