Wednesday 21 March 2012

Oxstalls Off-Air Recordings 24th - 30th March 2012

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Saturday 24th March

Sport Relief 2012:  The Best Bits
BBC 1 15:15pm - 16:30pm

Highlights from the Sport Relief 2012 event, which saw a host of sporting personalities come together to raise money for charity.
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Monday 26th March

A Very British Holiday
BBC 2 19:00pm - 20:00pm

When money is tight and budgets are cut, the public return in droves to the most traditional of all holiday destinations: the British campsite.
Philippa Robinson's film is pitched in the midst of one of Britain's busiest camping destinations- Whitecliff Bay on the Isle of Wight.
It follows family barbecues and campsite entertainment shows, as well as joining a group of junior campers who are being schooled in self-sufficiency and independence by the the 2nd Enfield Boys Brigade. As the summer unfolds with water fights, a fishing expedition and a best hat competition, the tents and caravans reveal a world which offers many a week's refuge from the pressures and stresses of inner city Britain.

England's Greatest Tournament Games
ITV 4 19:00pm - 20:00pm

Matt Smith takes a look back at some of England's greatest ever victories in major tournaments including their finest moment - winning the World Cup in 1966. Also featured are their remarkable Euro 96 encounters with Scotland and Holland, their 1990 World Cup quarter-final win over Cameroon, and their 2002 World Cup grudge match with Argentina. Plus the 1982 and 1986 World Cup campaigns, and a Shearer inspired win over great rivals Germany in Euro 2000.
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Tuesday 27th March

Reggie Yates:  Teen Gangs
BBC 3 21:00pm - 22:00pm

As a kid growing up on a council estate, government benefits and negative distractions were a huge part of his childhood. Today, Reggie Yates is a successful TV and radio presenter. He has always believed that with enough hard work and determination, teenagers can escape a life of crime and gangs.

Setting off with the belief that: 'Everyone has choices in life and no-one is forced to become a criminal just because they are poor,' Reggie meets people who have been inside some of Britain's notorious teen gangs. He learns what drives them to join the gangs at a young age, and the challenges some of them now face trying to stay on the straight and narrow.

It is a journey that forces him to question his assumptions, and he begins to understand the powerful role their environments can play. 'What I've seen on the streets these last few months has changed the way I feel,' he says.

Entertaining the Troops
BBC 4 22:40pm - 23:40pm

During World War Two an army of performers from ballerinas to magicians, contortionists to impressionists, set out to help win the war by entertaining the troops far and wide. Risking their lives they ventured into war zones, dodging explosions and performing close to enemy lines. Featuring the memories of this intrepid band of entertainers and with contributions from Dame Vera Lynn, Eric Sykes and Tony Benn, this documentary tells the remarkable story of the World War Two performers and hears the memories of some of those troops who were entertained during the dark days of war. 
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Wednesday 28th March

I never Said Yes
BBC 3 21:00pm - 22:00pm

A woman is raped every ten minutes in the UK yet thousands of rapes go unreported and conviction rates remain low. Presenter Pips Taylor explores why in powerful interviews with young rape survivors. She confronts those in authority about the failures in the system and speaks to young men about their views of the crime. Ultimately Pips asks - who is really to blame for rape?
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Friday 30th March

When Ali Came to Britain
ITV 1 23:35pm - 00:30pm

Documentary marking the 70th birthday of legendary heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali by looking at his long relationship with Britain. The programme features contributions from some of the people Ali encountered during his many visits to the UK, including a teenager who sparred with him, a fan who became a close friend, and former opponents. The family of Henry Cooper talk about the British boxer's two fights with Ali, and trainer Angelo Dundee talks about the controversy over the famous tampered glove when Cooper floored Ali in their first fight. The film also includes some previously unseen archive and home video footage.
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Friday 16 March 2012

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Adobe Acrobat X Pro is installed onto all computers at Oxstalls Library.

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Thursday 15 March 2012

Oxstalls Off-Air Recordings 17th - 23rd March 2012

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Saturday 17th

Six Nations Rugby 2012 Italy v Scotland
BBC 1 12:10pm - 14:30pm

Coverage from Rome as Italy host Scotland in the last round of matches in the 2012 Six Nations. These two teams have finished in the bottom two for the past four championships, and are both up against it once again after disappointing starts to the 2012 tournament.
This is Scotland's first match in Stadio Olimpico, which is Italy's temporary home while Stadio Flaminio is being renovated, and the Azzurri will be hoping that plays in their favour as they aim to end Jacques Brunel's first Six Nations campaign as head coach with a win.

Six Nations Rugby Wales v France
BBC 1 14:30pm - 16:45pm

Live coverage from the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, where Wales host France. Wales have produced an entertaining brand of rugby in this year's championship, but this match is all about getting a result as the Six Nations reaches its conclusion.
An added incentive for the Welsh team is to avenge their defeat in last autumn's World Cup semi-final in New Zealand, when they came agonisingly close to victory, despite playing much of the match with 14 men after captain Sam Warburton was sent off for a tip tackle on French wing Vincent Clerc.
John Inverdale is joined by Shane Williams, Thomas Castaignede and Jeremy Guscott, with commentary coming from Eddie Butler and Jonathan Davies.

Six Nations Rugby England v Ireland
BBC 1 16:45pm - 18:55pm

Coverage of the final match of the 2012 Six Nations, with England hosting Ireland at Twickenham. Ireland won last year's clash 24-8, destroying England's Grand Slam hopes in the process, and they have a great record at Twickenham in recent years, winning on three of their last four visits. Gabby Logan is joined by Keith Wood and Lawrence Dallaglio, with commentary coming from Andrew Cotter and Brian Moore.

How God Made The English 1/3 A Chosen People?
BBC 2 20:00pm - 21:00pm

The first in a three-part series in which Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of Church History at Oxford University and presenter of the award-winning BBC series A History of Christianity, explores both what it means to be English and what has shaped English identity, from the Dark Ages, through the Reformation to modern times. Professor MacCulloch identifies three broad traits commonly associated with the English: the idea that the English think they're better than others; the idea that they are a specially tolerant people; and the idea that to be English, quintessentially is to be white, Anglo-Saxon and Church of England Christian. He investigates whether these stereotypes are accurate and looks at what forces have shaped English identity - secular or religious?
In this first episode, Professor MacCulloch chronicles the roots of the idea that the English think themselves better than others and duty-bound to play a leading role in world affairs. He argues that the roots of this attitude lie in a tangle of religious motives. He traces its origins to the notion of a 'chosen people' - a Biblical idea which the monk and historian, the Venerable Bede, took lock, stock and barrel from the Jewish scriptures and applied to the early English.
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Sunday 18th

David Walliams's Big Swim: a Sport Relief Special
BBC 1 16:00pm - 17:00pm

Documentary looking back on the eight day swim that comedian David Walliams undertook for Sport Relief 2012.
Providing the inside story and exclusive behind the scenes access, the documentary takes in all the highs and lows of the outstanding challenge that saw David pass through seven counties, make 111,352 strokes, burn 68,000 calories, battle a serious bacterial infection and even save a dog from drowning as well as enjoy visits from fellow comedians Miranda Hart, Rob Brydon and Jimmy Carr.
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Monday 19th

Rita Simons: My Daughter, Deafness and Me
BBC 1 00:35am - 01:25am

Documentary. EastEnders actress Rita Simons has five-year old twin daughters, Maiya and Jaimee. Maiya was diagnosed with hearing loss at six-months old. Rita and husband Theo have just had the shocking news that, one day, she will probably lose her hearing completely.
Rita and her family need to make life-changing decisions for Maiya's future - should they embrace the deaf world, learn to sign and send her to a specialist school or try and give her hearing with technology, implants and artificial sound or a mixture of the two?
Every parent agonises over the choices they make for their children but it is even more difficult when you have to decide on the fate of one of your child's senses, when they are too young to make a decision for themselves.

The Antisocial Network
BBC 3 21:00pm - 22:00pm

Broadcaster Richard Bacon has been targeted by an obsessive tirade of anonymous online abuse over the last two years, aimed not just at him but at his wife, mother and baby son. Motivated by his own experience, in this documentary Richard attempts to hunt down and confront three online bullies, including his own, only to learn that unmasking these so-called trolls can be a dangerous pursuit.
Richard is one of an increasing number of victims of cyberbullies and internet trolls who use fake identities on social networking sites to torment, harass and abuse. They even target the tribute sites of young people who have committed suicide, posting vile comments and images with devastating consequences for the victims' families.
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Tuesday 20th

Horizon:  The Truth About Fat
BBC 2  21:00pm  -22:00pm

Surgeon Gabriel Weston discovers the surprising truth about why so many people are piling on the pounds, and how to fight the fat epidemic.
She discovers the hidden battles of hormones that control people's appetites, and sees the latest surgery that fundamentally changes what a patient wants to eat by altering how their brains work.

Are You Having A Laugh?  TV and Disability
BBC 2 23:20pm - 00:20am

A humorous and irreverent look at the way disability has been portrayed on TV over the last 50 years, narrated by David Walliams. From Sandy in Crossroads to Brenda in The Office, we'll see how the subject has been done well, how it's been done badly and how box ticking and the odd token wheelchair has helped this process. We look at the astonishing journey from Ironside to Cast Offs, Monty Python to The Office and Little Britain.
With contributions from comics, actors and pundits including Stephen Merchant, Ben Miller, Mat Fraser, Kiruna Stamell, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Ash Attala, Dom Joly, Jimmy Tarbuck, Julie Fernandez and Frencesca Martinez, the programme looks back at the way we used to see disability on our screens and how that compares with what is on there today.
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Wednesday 21st

Storyville:  Cage Fighting Women
BBC 2 23:20pm - 00:20am

From the acclaimed BBC Storyville strand, an eye-opening look at the brutal world of women's cage fighting.
Cage Fighting Women follows the fortunes of two British female cage fighters - Rosi Sexton and Lisa Higo, a mother of two married to her trainer John - as they travel to America for the biggest bouts of their lives. Inside the cage, punching, kneeing, kicking, elbowing and choking are all allowed - in fact, very little isn't.
Both women have their own reasons for stepping into the cage and both are prepared to lay their safety on the line in search of success. Fight nights and family life are explored in this in-depth portrait of the women who have decided to enter the ring of this extreme sport.

Gambling Addiction and Me:  The Real Hustler
BBC 3 21:00pm - 22:00pm

Star of BBC Three's hugely popular The Real Hustle, Alexis Conran is definitely someone you don't want to be playing cards with. An expert poker player and a man thoroughly at home in a casino, Alexis enjoys the thrill that comes with gambling. But what for Alexis is a pleasurable pastime and part of a lucrative career, ruined his father. Alexis's Greek father was a gambling addict who committed fraud to get money for betting and went to prison for his crimes.
Alexis has become increasingly interested in exploring the tipping point that turns the odd flutter into something darker and more dangerous. Why can most people place one bet and then walk away when some men and women are compelled to lose their shirt, their house and their families on a losing streak?
In this documentary, Alexis travels around Britain, to Las Vegas and to Athens, meeting gambling addicts, experts and members of his own family to try and understand what makes gambling, for some, a compulsion that can end in ruin.

I was A Jet Set Stewardess
Yesterday 22:00pm - 23:00pm

We take it for granted now, but in the post-austerity 1960s a golden age of air travel dawned. Relive this glamorous era through the stories of the cabin crew who experienced it.
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Friday 23rd

The Sixties:  the Year That Shaped a Generation
23:00pm - 00:00am

Historians and archival footage help to piece together the key social movements of the 1960s, as black people, women and homosexuals fought for their rights.
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Thursday 8 March 2012

Oxstalls Off-Air Recordings 10th - 16th Mar 2012

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Saturday 10th

Six Nations Rugby - Wales v Italy
BBC 1 14:00pm - 16:30pm

John Inverdale presents live coverage from the Millennium Stadium as Wales and Italy kick off the penultimate weekend of this year's Six Nations.
Warren Gatland's side cruised to a comfortable victory against the Italians when the two sides met in Cardiff two years ago, thanks to tries from James Hook and Shane Williams. The visitors will start as underdogs again as they look to avoid finishing the competition with the wooden spoon.
Jeremy Guscott and Shane Williams are in the studio to offer their views on the game. Jonathan Davies joins Alastair Eykyn in the commentary box.

Six Nations Rugby - Ireland v Scotland
BBC 1 14:30pm - 18:55pm

Gabby Logan introduces live coverage from the Aviva Stadium as Ireland host Scotland.
The Scots will be looking for a repeat of two years ago when a last-gasp penalty gave them a dramatic victory in Dublin. But Ireland bounced back at Murrayfield last year, as 11 points from Ronan O'Gara helped them to a narrow win.
Keith Wood and Andy Nicol are in the studio to offer their opinions on the match. Commentary comes from Andrew Cotter, who is joined by Phillip Matthews.

The Story of Musical 3/3
BBC 2 20:00pm - 21:00pm

The final episode brings the story up to the 90s and beyond.
We see the rise of the jukebox musical as Bjorn Ulvaeus and Judy Craymer tell the story of the creation of Mamma Mia! Ben Elton and Brian May reveal how We Will Rock You defied the critics to become a smash hit. And as pop culture invaded musical theatre with celebrities like Jason Donovan taking leading roles, the Jerry Springer Opera proved a step too far for the moral majority.
Billy Elliot took inspiration from the doyenne of British musical theatre, Joan Littlewood, as the hit movie was recreated for the stage, while Andrew Lloyd Webber embraced the medium of television to find new stars.
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Sunday 11th

Six Nations Rugby - France v England
BBC 1 14:30pm - 17:30pm

John Inverdale presents live coverage from the Stade de France as France take on England.
New look England, skippered by Chris Robshaw, are looking for revenge following last year's World Cup quarter-final defeat at the hands of Les Bleus. But when these two last met in Paris two years ago, France secured a narrow 12-10 win to claim the Grand Slam.
Jeremy Guscott, Thomas Castaignede and Jonathan Davies are on hand to offer their views on the action. Commentary comes from Eddie Butler and Brian Moore.
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Monday 12th

Storyville:  Blindsight
BBC 4 23:00pm - 00:40am

Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Himalayas, this documentary follows the gripping adventure of six Tibetan teenagers on a climbing expedition up the 23,000 foot Lhakpa Ri, on the north side of Everest. A dangerous journey soon becomes a seemingly impossible challenge made all the more remarkable by the fact that the teenagers are blind.
Believed by many Tibetans to be possessed by demons, the children are shunned by their parents, scorned by their villages and rejected by society. Rescued by Sabriye Tenberken, a blind educator and adventurer who established the first school for the blind in Lhasa, the students invite the famous blind mountain climber Erik Weihenmayer to visit their school after learning about his conquest of Everest.
Erik arrives in Lhasa and inspires Sabriye and her students Kyila, Sonam Bhumtso, Tashi, Gyenshen, Dachung and Tenzin to let him lead them higher than they have ever been before. The resulting three-week journey is beyond anything any of them could have predicted.

Glory Glory Man United
ITV 4  19:00pm - 20:00pm

Matt Smith presents a look back at some of Manchester United's finest nights in European competitions including their first trophy win against Benfica in 1968. Also included is their thrilling comeback against Bayern Munich in 1999, the penalty drama of 2008 in Moscow, and winning the European Cup Winners Cup against Barcelona in 1991. Plus all the glory of their 7-0 drubbing of Roma, and the epic Champions League semi-final defeat of Juventus in Turin in 1999.
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Tuesday 13th

Horizon:  Out of Control
BBC 2 21:00pm - 22:00pm

We all like to think we are in control of our lives - of what we feel and what we think. But scientists are now discovering this is often simply an illusion.
Surprising experiments are revealing that what you think you do and what you actually do can be very different. Your unconscious mind is often calling the shots, influencing the decisions you make, from what you eat to who you fall in love with. If you think you are really in control of your life, you may have to think again.

Letting Go
BBC 1 22:35pm - 23:20pm

Having a child leave home is difficult enough for any parent, but when your teenage daughter has Down's syndrome it is even harder. Domenica Lawson, nearly sixteen, is unsettled at the prospect of growing up and of having to leave a warm and supportive home. But it is her mother, Rosa Monkton, who is faced with the challenge of planning for the future, knowing that her daughter must eventually leave home and start an independent life without her.
Letting Go follows Rosa and her daughter as she leaves school and takes her first steps into a more adult world. And as Domenica prepares for the challenges of independent life, Rosa meets three other young people with learning disabilities, and discovers how they are managing their transition to greater independence.
Jess Hiles has a rare genetic disorder. With the encouragement of her parents, she has moved in to her own flat. But as she and her parents have discovered, living alone does not mean living independently.
Richard Sherratt's learning disabilities meant that despite having significant support from carers he was unable to cope with neighbourhood hostility and has had to return home to be looked after once again by his mother, Dawn.
Jack Hale, from Devon, is a year older than Rosa's daughter and also has Down's syndrome. There is a happy and well-run care home very nearby, but his mother Ronni has never really considered it. Her sparky son has ambitions to be a DJ and to be famous, and she is reluctant to limit his horizons.
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Friday 16th

Helen's Polar Challenge for Sport Relief
BBC 1 20:30pm - 21:00pm

Helen's fitness is put to the test - is she strong enough to take on her Antarctic adventure? Helen also meets the world's greatest living explorer to get some top tips on how to survive in the extreme cold.
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Friday 2 March 2012

Oxstalls Off-Air Recordings 3rd Mar - 9th Mar 2012

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Saturday 3 March

British Olympic Dreams
BBC 1 13:00pm - 13:39pm

This episode focuses on the British triathlon team. Great Britain boasts the two reigning world champions going into the Olympic year - Alistair Brownlee and Helen Jenkins. And if Brownlee puts a foot wrong, his nearest rival is younger brother Jonny, who will also be hoping to land gold this summer. British Olympic Dreams has followed Team GB to Lanzarote for an exclusive look at their training camp.

The Story of Light Entertainment 2/8 All Round Entertainers
BBC 2 19:20pm - 20:20pm

Straight from the Victorian music halls with their traditional mix of song, dance and comic skit came the tradition of the all round entertainer - an artiste who could 'do it all'. But despite this incredible mix of skills and after ruling the world of light entertainment for years, their chief mode of employment was to become hosts of variety shows, game shows, quizzes and competitions. And whilst an obvious waste of their talents, it did provide huge fame and money, as game shows quickly became the biggest hits on TV.

But the all round entertainers are the masters of reinvention - from Bruce Forsyth to Michael Barrymore and Bob Monkhouse to Cilla Black, they adapted their skills to keep their place at the top of the slippery showbiz ladder, even as reality TV took hold of the schedules and fame rather than talent became a passport to TV stardom.

Becoming a jack of all trades brings its own problems however and unappreciated talents, fragile egos and a craving for attention have forever blighted the world of the all rounder.

Stars featured include Bruce Forsyth, Jimmy Tarbuck, Cilla Black, Brian Conley, Joe Pasquale, Lionel Blair, Una Stubbs, Michael Grade and many more
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The Story of the Musicals.  2/3
20:20pm - 21:20pm

This episode charts how British musical talent in the 1980s stormed the West End with hits like Cats, Les Miserables, Blood Brothers and Phantom of the Opera. There are first-hand accounts from the extraordinary individuals whose tenacity and creativity ensured these shows became mega-hits despite often precarious beginnings. And it reveals how the titantic shows of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh became global phenomena, securing Britain's reputation as the powerhouse of musical theatre.

With contributions from Lord Lloyd Webber, Sir Cameron Mackintosh, Sir Tim Rice, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Stephen Fry, Trevor Nunn, Sir Cliff Richard, Elaine Paige, Gillian Lyne, Paul Nicholas, Bonnie Langford, Richard Stilgoe, John Caird, John Napier, Bill Kenwright, Willy Russell, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg, Anthony Pye-Jeary, Arlene Phillips, Charles Hart, Don Black, Harold Prince and Michael Ball.
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Sunday 4th March

Six Nations Rugby - France v Ireland
BBC 1 14:25pm - 18:00pm

John Inverdale hosts live coverage from Paris as France take on Ireland. The original fixture was called off because of a frozen pitch at the Stade de France, so both sides will be looking to make up lost ground in the Six Nations table. Declan Kidney's side scored three tries to France's one when the sides met at the Aviva Stadium last year, but still ended up losing the match. And Ireland do not have a good record in Paris, beating the French there just once in the past 40 years. That famous victory came in 2000, when Brian O'Driscoll scored a hat-trick of tries - the Irish captain has been ruled out of this year's Six Nations after having shoulder surgery, but the visitors will still be hopeful of landing a rare victory in the French capital. Commentary comes from Eddie Butler and Brian Moore.

QPR:  The Four Year Plan.
BBC 2 23:15pm - 00:45am

In 2007 Queens Park Rangers Football Club, facing relegation and bankruptcy, was rescued by four high-profile billionaires. Their vision: to take a community of reluctant fans, semi-talented players and a roster of ever-changing managers to Premiership glory. The new owners, risking ridicule and commercial failure, allowed cameras unprecedented access to record the roller-coaster ride. Though they paid for much of the filming they did not control where the cameras pointed or what ended up in the film.

One of modern football's most extraordinary stories, told from inside the boardroom, changing rooms and sidelines, the programme features the boardroom battles, telephone conversations, matches and private chats that reveal the inside story of the turbulent and dramatic developments that led to QPR's heroic promotion to the Premier League four tumultuous years later.

Doris Day:  A Sentimental Journey
BBC 4 19:00pm - 20:00pm

Ohio-born actress, singer and TV star Doris Day is now 87 and about to release her first album in nearly two decades, My Heart. Day was one of the biggest box-office stars in American movie history, a huge TV star who began her careeer as a big band singer and is now best-known as an animal rights activist. In this 1992 documentary originally aired on PBS in the US and unavailable since, Doris appears in original interview footage to discuss her life and career. Hosted by actress and friend Betty White, the retrospective also includes footage from Doris's films along with comments from James Garner, Kirstie Alley, Doris's late son Terry Melcher, writer John Updike, singer Rosemary Clooney and others.
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Tuesday 6 March

Murderball
BBC 4 22:00pm - 23:30pm

Documentary exploring the sport of wheelchair rugby, unofficially known as murderball. Created by quadriplegic athletes and played with bone-breaking intensity, the game is as aggressive as the name suggests. It is an official event at the Paralympics and the film documents the fierce rivalry between the American and Canadian teams before and during the Athens games of 2004.

Filmmakers Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro document this fierce competition as well as the personal stories of the athletes who are passionate, driven and determined to win.
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Thursday 8 March

David Walliams's Big Swim:  A Sport Refief Special
BBC 1 21:00m - 22:00pm

Documentary looking back on the eight day swim that comedian David Walliams undertook for Sport Relief 2012.

Providing the inside story and exclusive behind the scenes access, the documentary takes in all the highs and lows of the outstanding challenge that saw David pass through seven counties, make 111,352 strokes, burn 68,000 calories, battle a serious bacterial infection and even save a dog from drowning as well as enjoy visits from fellow comedians Miranda Hart, Rob Brydon and Jimmy Carr.
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Please email oxstallsmediaservices@glos.ac.uk if you would like any of the following series or programmes recording. *

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