Oxstalls Off-Air Recordings. December 4th - December 10th 2010

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Saturday 4th December

Documentary
American Dream 8:25pm - 9:25pm BBC2 One Nation Under God 3/3, series 1
Exploring the role of faith in the definition of the American Dream, charting its influence from the Pilgrim Fathers who envisaged a new world based on Christian principles, to the 1960s Beat Generation who rejected mainstream ideals hoping to reinvent the ethos. The programme looks at the traditional values of singer Pat Boone and former beauty queen Anita Bryant in contrast to those of the Merry Pranksters - conflicting visions that produced a divided America. Last in the series.

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Monday 6th December

Documentary
Addicted to Games?: Panorama 8:30pm - 9:00pm BBC1

As the computer games industry launches its latest products on the Christmas market, reporter Raphael Rowe hears from youngsters who claim to play for up to 21 hours a day, and describe their enthusiasm as an addiction. He also finds out why some people are calling for more research into the subject, and learns how manufacturers ensure gamers keep coming back for more.

Sport
Inside Sport: The Marion Jones Story 11:05pm - 11:35pm BBC1

Gabby Logan travels to Houston to interview the former sprinter, who fell from grace when sentenced to six months in prison in 2008 for perjury relating to a drugs investigation. Jones, who was stripped of her Olympic and world championship medals, discusses her rehabilitation since serving her sentence and the effect on her relationship with her children.

Documentary
Ian Hislop's Age of the Do-Gooders 9:00pm - 10:00pm BBC2 Suffer the Little Children 2/3, series 1

The broadcaster continues his celebration of Victorian reformers by focusing on their efforts to stamp out the widespread exploitation of youngsters. He explores developments prompted by Thomas Barnardo in the field of child protection, WT Stead's contribution to the raising of the age of consent, and the Earl of Shaftesbury's campaign to stop young workers from being sent down mines.
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Tuesday 7th December

Documentary
The Foods That Make Billions 9:00pm - 10:00pm BBC2 Pots of Gold 3/3, series 1

The story of how yoghurt has been transformed from a niche foodstuff into a valuable commodity over the past 40 years. The Money Programme team travels to Japan, Finland and France to provide an insight into the dairy product's evolution, and discover why it has enabled many big businesses previously regarded as processed food companies to re-imagine themselves as leading figures in the health revolution. Last in the series.

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Oxstalls Off-Air Recordings. November 27th - December 3rd 2010

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Saturday 20th November
Documentary
American Dream 8:30pm - 9:30pm BBC2 A Dream Denied 2/3, series 1

Documentary exploring the realities behind the national ethos of the United States, which promises that anyone can find happiness and prosperity whatever their social status. Archive footage and eyewitness accounts chart people's experiences of the American Dream, from the eve of the Second World War to the end of US involvement in Vietnam. Some could not square the reality of their lives with the rhetoric of the philosophy, while others wanted a different dream and national identity altogether.

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Sunday 28th November
Documentary
Alan Cumming's The Real Cabaret 9:00pm - 10:00pm BBC4

The actor, who made his name in Sam Mendes' Broadway production Cabaret, sets out to discover the story behind the book that the award-winning musical was based on. He discovers how author Christopher Isherwood left behind his comfortable upper-class life in Britain to sample the delights of Thirties Berlin's hedonistic nightlife, and used his experience of Weimar culture to inform his collection of short stories Goodbye to Berlin. Includes contributions by Liza Minnelli, German singer Ute Lemper and musician Coco Schumann.

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Monday 29th November
Documentary
Fifa's Dirty Secrets: Panorama 8:30pm - 9:00pm BBC1

Andrew Jennings investigates corruption allegations levelled against some of the Fifa officials who are set to vote on England's World Cup bid, claiming to have found new evidence which supports accusations that several executives have taken bribes. He also probes the existence of secret agreements that could benefit Fifa financially should England succeed.

Documentary
Dispatches: The Kids Britain Doesn't Want 8:00pm - 9:00pm Channel 4

The treatment of young people by the British asylum system is explored through the stories of a 10-year-old Iranian boy, a 16-year-old Afghan and a 22-year-old Ugandan woman. Each year, thousands of children from all over the world arrive in the UK seeking refuge from persecution, terrorism and war, but this documentary asks whether they find the place of safety for which they were hoping.

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Tuesday 30th November

Documentary
The Foods That Make Billions 9:00pm - 10:00pm BBC2 The Age of Plenty 2/3, series 1

The Money Programme team reveals how grain has become one of the most lucrative commodities of the food industry. Unprecedented access to some of the world's largest companies provides an insight into how breakfast cereals have radically influenced the modern consumer's diet, and highlights why cheap production costs and effective advertising and marketing have helped to develop the popular brands found in many of the nation's kitchens.

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Oxstalls Off-Air Recordings. Week 9 November 20th - November 26th 2010

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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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Oxstalls Off-Air Recordings. Week 8 November 13th - November 19th 2010

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Saturday 13th November

Film
A Clockwork Orange 10:30pm - 1:20am ITV4

Withdrawn from release by director Stanley Kubrick in 1974 and officially unseen until 1999 (after his death), A Clockwork Orange suffers from an artificially inflated degree of mythology. Adapted from the 1962 Anthony Burgess novel about anarchic, slang-spouting yobs ("droogs") in a grey, divided, dystopian future, it was shocking then and still is today, particularly the rape and sadistic "ultraviolence" in the first half. But such unpleasant excesses make important points about the dangers of a two-tier totalitarian society, and the scenes in which ringleader Alex (Malcolm McDowell) is relentlessly brainwashed into submission by the state send an ambiguous message. Kubrick's vision is a thing to behold; whether or not it's an actual masterpiece is still up for debate. What it is, however, is prescient, visceral, compelling and hard to forget.

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Monday 15th November

Documentary
Tax the Fat: Panorama 8:30pm - 9:00pm BBC1

Shelley Jofre investigates whether putting up the price of sugar and junk food would cut obesity rates in the same way that a tax on cigarettes has helped reduce smoking. In addition to visiting Denmark, the first country in the world to introduce such a move, she talks to Health Secretary Andrew Lansley - and meets families who would end up paying more.

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Wireless, Software and Basic IT Skills

Wireless, Software and Basic IT Skills

Oxstalls Off-Air Recordings. Week 7 November 6th - November 12th 2010

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Sunday 7th November

Documentary A time to remember: Nations at play BBC4 7.00pm - 7.30pm

Lesley Sharp narrates as original newsreel and 1950s voiceover are used to illustrate how Britons spent their leisure time during the first half of the 20th century. Includes footage of Henley regattas, frolics at the seaside, the Victorian fairground, horse riding in Hyde Park, Royal Ascot in 1919, Deauville in the 20s and the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley.

Talk show Mark Lawson Talks to Alison Steadman 9:30pm - 10:30pm BBC4

The Liverpool-born character actress discusses her life and work with the arts journalist. In a television career spanning nearly four decades, she has starred in a string of acclaimed comedies and dramas, including Pride and Prejudice, Abigail's Party, Nuts in May, Gavin & Stacey, The Singing Detective and Fat Friends.

Comedy Abigail's Party 10:30pm - 12:15am BBC4
Comedy, written and directed by Mike Leigh, following the events of a party held in a suburban house. As the night wears on, the middle-class guests become increasingly inebriated and indiscreet, paving the way for shocking revelations and home truths. Alison Steadman, Tim Stern, John Salthouse and Janine Duvitski star.

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Monday 8th november

Documentary Eric Cantona: Looking for Manchester 10:35pm - 11:20pm ITV1 London
The ex-Manchester United forward returns to the city to examine its love of football and the rivalry between its two clubs, United and City. Filmed in the run-up to the crucial derby game at the City of Manchester Stadium in April 2010, the programme includes interviews with fans of both teams, as well as United stalwarts Alex Ferguson, Ryan Giggs and Bobby Charlton, former City players Mike Summerbee and Andy Hinchcliffe, and luminaries of the Manchester music scene, including New Order's Peter Hook and former Stone Roses bassist Gary `Mani' Mounfield, both supporters of United.

Documentary On the Streets 10:00pm - 11:30pm BBC4
Over the course of eight months, director Penny Woolcock explores the world of homeless people. She discovers the problems they face sometimes have little to do with a lack of shelter, but stem more from their past lives, and finds out that despite the best efforts of different charities to move individuals into accommodation, the streets are often where they feel safe.

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Thursday 11th November

Documentary Kara Tointon: Don't Call Me Stupid 9:00pm - 10:00pm BBC3
The actress and Strictly Come Dancing contestant discusses her personal battle with dyslexia, assessing how the condition defines her and shapes her day-to-day life. As she sets out to undergo tests and receive specialist help, Kara asks whether she can ever stop it from holding her back, and meets other dyslexics, who reveal the impact of the much-misunderstood condition.

Documentary Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale 10:00pm - 11:00pm BBC4
Jeremy Paxman presents a docu-drama about the life of the First World War poet whose work highlighted the brutality of the conflict. Dramatic reconstructions show his childhood in Shropshire, travels in pre-war France and experiences in the trenches and in military hospital. The programme also visits the sites of the battlefields where he fought and died.

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