Oxstalls Learning Centre Off-Air Recordings 26th March - 1st April 2011

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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Saturday 26th March

Game show
So You Think You Can Dance 7:10pm - 8:10pm BBC1. 1/12, series 2

Dancers from all over the UK bring their best moves to London, hoping to impress judges Nigel Lythgoe, Arlene Phillips, Louise Redknapp and Sisco Gomez in the first round of auditions. Featuring a talented tap performer, a mother and daughter with the carnival vibe, and a girl with impaired hearing who dances by feeling the bass vibrate through her body. Cat Deeley hosts.

Documentary
The Story of Variety with Michael Grade 8:00pm - 9:00pm BBC2 Onto the Box 2/2

Part two of two. The former BBC chairman investigates what happened to variety stars when the theatres closed down and they were forced to pursue careers in TV, examining the high and lows of appearing before the cameras. Previously seen on BBC4.

Music
Agony & Ecstasy: A Year with English National Ballet 9:00pm - 10:00pm BBC4 3/3, series 1

Every ballet company's year culminates with The Nutcracker and the ENB is no different, though having staged the same production for eight years the artistic director, Wayne Eagling, is charged with creating a brand-new £600,000 extravaganza to celebrate the company's 60th anniversary. The Christmas classic makes up 30 per cent of the ENB's annual box office sales, but with the choreography unfinished two days before opening night, a Clara just back from maternity leave with her baby in the wings and a stage-shy hot air balloon, can everything be finished by the time the curtain goes up?

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Monday 28th March

Documentary
Neil Morrissey: Care Home Kid 9:00pm - 10:00pm BBC2 1/2. Part one of two.

The actor explores his childhood in care, hoping to understand how the experience has affected him as an adult. He tries to find out the reason for being separated from his parents and brothers, and is reunited with two of his fellow residents from Penkhull Children's Homes in Stoke-on-Trent. He also visits youngsters and workers at Lothian Villa in east Scotland to discover the realities of life in care today, and explores allegations of abuse at the home where his brother was taken. The concluding part can be seen on Thursday.

Documentary
The Brain: A Secret History 11:20pm - 12:20am BBC2 Mind Control 1/3

New series. Michael Mosley tries to further his understanding of the human mind by tracing the history of mankind's efforts to examine and manipulate the brain. He learns about the high-risk psychological experiments that would not be approved by a modern ethics committee, and explores the world of neuroscience, acting as a guinea pig to see what he can learn about himself and the freedom behind the decisions people make. Previously shown on BBC4.

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Tuesday 29th March

Documentary
See You in Court 10:35pm - 11:25pm BBC1 Gascoigne & Opik 1/6, series 1

New series. Documentary charting the emotional and financial toll of libel action, providing an insight into 12 cases as they unfold over the course of two years. The programme highlights high-profile disputes involving celebrities and media personalities, beginning with legal battles waged by former Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik and Paul Gascoigne's ex-wife Sheryl.

Reality
Supersize vs Superskinny 8:00pm - 9:00pm Channel 4 1/8, series 4

New series. Louise Hayes, who usually eats meals consisting of five or six courses, trades daily diets with Josh Evans, whose own menu is severely lacking. She also receives a message from a 41-stone Texan who is so obese she has had to move into a care home, and visits America to discover the consequences of maintaining her unhealthy relationship with food. Christian Jessen, Ursula Philpot and Helena Fox also hear from people with anorexia and bulimia.

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Thursday 31st March

Documentary
Neil Morrissey: Care Home Kid 9:00pm - 10:00pm BBC2 2/2

Conclusion. The actor explores what happens to young people when they leave care and investigates how it compares with his own experiences. He meets a foster carer in Bristol who has looked after some 80 children, and returns to the Isle of Dogs, where he discovers how he transferred many of the habits learned from the children's home to his student life.

News and current affairs
Charities in Crisis: Tonight 7:30pm - 8:00pm ITV1 London

Fiona Foster examines the potential impact of cuts in state funding for charities looking after the elderly, children, families and the homeless. Many hard-pressed organisations are under threat of closure in the next few months and Fiona investigates what effect this could have on some of the UK's poorest communities. Postponed from March 17

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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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