Thursday, 23 May 2013

Oxstalls Off-Air Recordings 25th - 31st May 2013

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Saturday 25th May 2013

Champions League Final Live
Borussia Dortmund v  Bayern Munich
ITV 1.  19:00 - 22:15

Adrian Chiles introduces live coverage of the all-German final from Wembley. Bayern Munich thrashed Barcelona 7-0 over two legs in the semi-final and start as favourites tonight. It is Bayern's third final in four years and the likes of Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery will be desperate to be crowned European champions. Borussia Dortmund have proven to be one of the most exciting teams in the Champions League this season and in Jurgen Klopp, they boast one of the most charismatic coaches in football. Studio guests are Roy Keane, Lee Dixon and Gareth Southgate and commentary comes from Clive Tyldesley and Andy Townsend.

Test Cricket
England V New Zealand
Channel 5.  19:00 - 20:00

Highlights of the second day as England take on New Zealand in the Second Test at Headingley. Commentary and analysis comes from Michael Vaughan, Geoffrey Boycott and Simon Hughes.
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Sunday 26th May 2013

Women's FA Cup Final
Arsenal v Bristol Academy
BBC 2.  14:25 - 17:15

Jacqui Oatley presents coverage of the 2013 women's FA Cup final as eleven-time winners Arsenal LFC take on Bristol Academy LFC at Doncaster's Keepmoat Stadium.
Perennial finalists Arsenal saw off Liverpool LFC 2-1 in the semi-finals, while Bristol Academy beat Lincoln 2-0. It is the second time in three seasons that the two clubs have contested the cup final. Arsenal emerged as 2-0 winners in 2011, in Bristol Academy's cup final debut, thanks to goals from Kim Little and Julie Fleeting.
Commentary comes from Jonathan Pearce and Lucy Ward. Sue Smith, Casey Stoney and Faye White provide match analysis.

Test Cricket
England V New Zealand
Channel 5.  19:00 - 20:00

Highlights of the third day as England take on New Zealand in the Second Test at Headingley. Commentary and analysis comes from Michael Vaughan, Geoffrey Boycott and Simon Hughes.


Clare Balding's Secrets of a Suffragette
Channel 4.  20:00 - 21:00

Clare Balding examines the story of Emily Davison, her death at the Derby, and the Suffragette movement.

Rugby Union
The Premiership Final Northhampton Saints v Leicester Tigers
ITV 1.  23:45 - 00:45

Craig Doyle and Martin Bayfield introduce all the action from the climax of the Aviva Premiership season as Leicester Tigers take on Northampton for the ultimate prize in English Rugby - the Aviva Premiership trophy.

Timeshift:  Wrestling's Golden Age, Grapples, Grunts and Grannies.
BBC 4.  22:05 - 23:05

Timeshift turns back the clock to a time when villains wore silver capes, grannies swooned at the sight of bulky men in latex and the most masculine man in the country was called Shirley. In its heyday, British professional wrestling attracted huge TV audiences and made household names of generations of wrestlers from Mick McManus and Jackie 'Mr TV' Pallo to Giant Haystacks and Big Daddy. With contributions from inside the world of wrestling and surprising fans such as artist Peter Blake, this is an affectionate and lively portrait of a lost era of simpler pleasures, both in and out of the ring.
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Monday 27th May 2013

The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance.
BBC 2.  19:00 - 20:00

The story of how marketing and branding created and sustained The Flying Scotsman's iconic status.
As it celebrates its 90th birthday, Barbara Flynn narrates the story of the nation's love affair with the steam locomotive that symbolises all that was great about British engineering, the Flying Scotsman.

Test Cricket
England V New Zealand
Channel 5.  19:00 - 20:00

Highlights of the fourth day as England take on New Zealand in the Second Test at Headingley. Commentary and analysis comes from Michael Vaughan, Geoffrey Boycott and Simon Hughes.

Tennis:  French Open Highlights.
ITV 1.  23:15 - 00:30

John Inverdale presents highlights of the best of the day's action from Roland Garros. Expert analysis and commentary comes from Jim Courier, Amelie Mauresmo, Fabrice Santoro, Mark Petchey, Sam Smith and Nick Mullins. Lynsey Hipgrave is the roving reporter around the courts.

Series 2.  1/10.  Times of Change
BBC 4.  20:00 - 20:30
In 1959 Britain's biggest cinema company, the Rank Organisation, decided to replace its newsreels with a series of short, quirky, topical documentaries that examined all aspects of life in Britain. During the 1960s - a decade that witnessed profound shifts across Britain's political, economic and cultural landscapes - many felt anxiety about the dizzying pace of change.
Look at Life reflected the increasing social and moral unease in films that tackled subjects ranging from contraception to immigration; from increasing stress at work to the preservation of the Sabbath; and from the environmental implications of waste management to the threat of nuclear weapons. Through these films, we can glimpse many of the seismic societal transformations of the Sixties developments that polarised the nation and changed life in Britain forever.
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Tuesday 28th May 2013

Test Cricket
England V New Zealand
Channel 5.  19:00 - 20:00

Highlights of the fifth day as England take on New Zealand in the Second Test at Headingley. Commentary and analysis comes from Michael Vaughan, Geoffrey Boycott and Simon Hughes.

Town with Nicholas Crane
Series 2.  2/4 Saffon Walden.
BBC 2.  21:00 - 22:00

More intimate than a city, towns are where we first learned to be urban. Harbour towns, market towns, island towns, industrial towns: collectively they bind our land together.
An attractive market town within easy commuting distance of London, Saffron Walden has some of the best preserved medieval architecture in the country. However its heritage is now under threat. Nicholas Crane discovers what gave this town its unique name and how the UK's housing crisis is affecting its future.

Words of Everest.
ITV 1.  22:35 - 23:35

Dramatised documentary marking the the 60th anniversary of the first successful ascent of Everest. After the United Kingdom lost the race to both the North and South Poles, Mount Everest was seen as the Earth's greatest remaining geographical challenge. In 1924, two intrepid British climbers, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine, disappeared shortly after being spotted when they were only 800 feet from the mountain's summit. Twenty-nine years later, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay followed in the footsteps of these two lost heroes. This programme traces both expeditions from their initial organisation to the mountain itself, comparing the experiences and fortitude of two generations of adventurers through their letters and diaries. Starring Stephen Campbell-Moore, Freddie Fox, Jason Flemyng, Benedict Wong, Toby Jones and John Hannah. With Stephen Campbell-Moore, Freddie Fox, Jason Flemyng, Benedict Wong, and Zoe Boyle.

Tennis:  French Open Highlights.
ITV 1.  23:15 - 00:30

John Inverdale presents highlights of the best of the day's action from Roland Garros. Expert analysis and commentary comes from Jim Courier, Amelie Mauresmo, Fabrice Santoro, Mark Petchey, Sam Smith and Nick Mullins. Lynsey Hipgrave is the roving reporter around the courts.

The Truth About Magaluf.  Stacey Dooley Investigates.
BBC 3.  21:00 - 22:00

Stacey Dooley travels to Magaluf, on the Spanish island of Mallorca, to get under the skin of this popular resort. The resort is famous for the drunken antics of the British tourists who go there, but Stacey wants to find out what it's like for the thousands of Spanish workers who serve, police and clear up.
What starts out as a regular shift at a bar or cleaning hotel rooms often ends up with Stacey uncovering a darker side that only the workers and residents get to see. Working in a bar Stacey is not only surprised to learn how much free alcohol is on offer to young British tourists, but she's horrified when she witnesses the sexually explicit drinking games the drunk tourists are encouraged to play. When she spends a morning cleaning hotel rooms, not only does she learn about the vandalism and mess tourists leave behind, but she meets one member of staff who's been left traumatised after he saw a young girl fall to her death at the hotel earlier this year, leaving him constantly worried about the safety of inebriated guests. Stacey discovers that the high numbers of tourists who die or are badly injured every year is linked to heavy drinking.
But it's when Stacey rides along with an ambulance crew and a police patrol car over a busy weekend that she discovers things are really getting out of control in Magaluf. She hears how the emergency services have seen their worst year ever, cases of violent fights and rape are on the rise, women posing as prostitutes are ganging up on young, and often British, tourists and robbing them. Sadly this year, they've seen more deaths in the resort than ever before, mainly due to a craze called balconing.
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Wednesday 29th May 2013

International Football Live
England v Republic of Ireland.
iTV 1.  19:30 - 22:10

Adrian Chiles is joined by Lee Dixon, Roy Keane and Gareth Southgate as England face the Republic of Ireland in this friendly international at Wembley. It is the first time the two countries have met at Wembley since 1991 when they fought out a 1-1 draw. As well as playing for pride, both countries know the importance of finding good form ahead of critical World Cup qualifiers to be played later this year. Commentary by Clive Tyldesley and Andy Townsend.

Tennis:  French Open Highlights.
ITV 1.  23:15 - 00:30

John Inverdale presents highlights of the best of the day's action from Roland Garros. Expert analysis and commentary comes from Jim Courier, Amelie Mauresmo, Fabrice Santoro, Mark Petchey, Sam Smith and Nick Mullins. Lynsey Hipgrave is the roving reporter around the courts.


Confessions of a Male Stripper.
Channel 4.  23:00 - 00:05

This First Cut film goes behind the scenes at Britain's biggest male stripper agency as they audition new recruits.
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Thursday 30th May 2013
Tennis:  French Open Highlights.
ITV 1.  23:15 - 00:30

John Inverdale presents highlights of the best of the day's action from Roland Garros. Expert analysis and commentary comes from Jim Courier, Amelie Mauresmo, Fabrice Santoro, Mark Petchey, Sam Smith and Nick Mullins. Lynsey Hipgrave is the roving reporter around the courts.
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Friday 31st May 2013
England v New Zealand.
Channel 5.  19:00 - 20:00
From Lords England v New Zealand in a three match one day series.
Tennis:  French Open Highlights.
ITV 1.  23:15 - 00:30

John Inverdale presents highlights of the best of the day's action from Roland Garros. Expert analysis and commentary comes from Jim Courier, Amelie Mauresmo, Fabrice Santoro, Mark Petchey, Sam Smith and Nick Mullins. Lynsey Hipgrave is the roving reporter around the courts.

New Series 1/3 The Common People.
BBC 2.  21:00 - 22:00

Ian Mortimer transports viewers back to Elizabethan England and reveals, in vivid detail, a living, breathing Tudor world. Viewers learn how ordinary Tudor housewives turned plants into medicine, how the middle classes kept themselves clean using linen cloths, how the poor made pottage, how cooks of the rich devised recipes for new ingredients, and how Tudors learned to read and write.
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Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Oxstalls Library Off-Air Recordings 27th April - 3rd May 2013

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Sunday 28th April

The Truth About Travellers.  Part 1/3
Channel 5.  21:00 - 22:00

Henry McKean explores the culture of travellers in modern Ireland, looking at their communities and customs to reach a more accurate view of their lifestyle. He begins by exploring their attitudes toward relationships and marriage, attending 18-year-old Stacy Ward's wedding for an insight into how such an occasion is celebrated.

The Olivier Awards.
ITV1 22:15 - 23:15

This glamorous and star-studded event honouring the best in British theatre comes from the Royal Opera House and is presented by Sheridan Smith and Hugh Bonneville. Nominees include Dame Helen Mirren, James McAvoy and Will Young - who performs an extract from Cabaret. There are also performances by the nominated casts of Top Hat, A Chorus Line and The Bodyguard, and exclusive appearances by Idina Menzel, Matthew Morrison and Petula Clark. On stage to present this year's awards are Damian Lewis, Lee Evans, Daniel Radcliffe, Tim Minchin and Kim Cattrall.. Category: Documentary Theatre.

BBC 4.  22:00 - 23:00
Len Goodman takes to the dance floor to discover the golden age of ballroom, as the head judge of Strictly Come Dancing recalls the time when Britain went ballroom barmy.
In the early 20th century millions enjoyed dancing. Graceful movement was everything as we grappled with the waltz, the tango and each other. Len also reveals a surprising world of scandal and outrage - a time when ballroom was considered radical and trendy. What was it about ballroom that people enjoyed so much and why did we eventually turn our backs on what Len considers the greatest dance form of all?

Len visits Blackpool, the spiritual home of ballroom, and demonstrates some popular steps with professional dancer Erin Boag. He discovers how the smart set danced the night away at the Café de Paris and returns to a favourite dance hall from his youth, the Rivoli in south London.

Len talks to dancers, singers and musicians who remember the golden age and discovers the people who introduced 'rules' to ballroom - the dance leaders and teachers who were concerned that ballroom was out of control and needed new regulations to govern steps, movement and music.
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Tuesday 30th April

Extraordinary People:  the World's Strongest Toddler.
Channel 5.  19:00 - 20:00.

Documentary following three-year-old Liam Hoekstra, who has 40 per cent more muscle than the average toddler.
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Friday, 15 March 2013

Oxstalls Library Off-Air Recordings 16th - 22nd March 2013

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Saturday 16th March

Six Nations Rugby Italy v Ireland
BBC 1.  14:05 - 16:30

Jason Mohammed presents live coverage of Italy v Ireland on the last day of the 2013 Six Nations.
The Italians will be hoping to finish the tournament in the manner they started, following an incredible win over France on the opening weekend. However, they will have to defy history if they are to beat Ireland - they have not beaten them in 13 previous Six Nations encounters, including a 42-10 loss last year.
For Ireland's players it will be a last chance to impress on the international stage before the British and Irish Lions squad is picked for the tour of Australia this summer. Commentary by Conor McNamara and Phillip Matthews, with expert analysis from Italian legend Marco Bortolami.

Six Nations Rugby Wales v England
BBC 1.  16:30 - 18:00

John Inverdale introduces live coverage from Cardiff as Wales take on old foes England on the final weekend of the 2013 Six Nations.
England ended a three-game losing streak in Cardiff when they won on their last Six Nations visit to the Millennium Stadium two years ago, but Wales were the victors in last year's clash when they triumphed 19-12 at Twickenham on their way to sealing the Grand Slam. Things did not go quite so well for the Welsh in the rest of 2012, but nothing stokes their fire quite like a visit from England, and a full-blooded encounter can always be expected.
Expert analysis comes from Sir Clive Woodward, Jeremy Guscott and Jonathan Davies, with commentary by Eddie Butler and Brian Moore.

Six Nations RugbyFrance v Scotland
BBC 2. 19:30 - 22:00

Gabby Logan introduces live coverage of the final match of the 2013 Six Nations as France take on Scotland at the Stade de France.
The French have endured their worst ever start to a Six Nations campaign to put the pressure firmly on coach Philippe Saint-Andre. However, they have only lost to the Scots once in the Six Nations era and never on home soil. In fact, Scotland have only managed two victories in France since 1969.
Commentary by Andrew Cotter and Lawrence Dallaglio, with expert analysis from Andy Nicol.

Nureyev - From Rusia with Love
BBC 4.  19:30 - 21:00

Documentary telling the story of dancer Rudolf Nureyev's rise to fame in the years before he defected from communist Russia and began his long stage partnership with the British ballerina, Margot Fonteyn.
Through the vivid memories of those who knew him best, this psychological portrait tracks the origins of his rebellious character, his complex personal relationships and his artistic genius. It features previously unseen footage of his early triumphs in Leningrad, filmed by a German teenager with whom he fell in love, and who encouraged him to leave his homeland.
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Sunday 17th March

Pops Greatest Dance Crazes
BBC 3.  19:00 - 19:10

Robert Webb tucks into a delicious taster of Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes, celebrating the hippest, sexiest, quirkiest and campest dance crazes of the last 40 years.
Re-live your guiltiest pleasures, pay homage to your fast-footed heroes and scorn those annoying ones you thought you'd forgotten, in a fun filled romp through the archives.
Dance Master Webb takes us by the hand and leads us to the dance floor to find out what turns a simple bit of choreography into a worldwide phenomenon.
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Wednesday 20th March

A Very British Wedding part 2/4
BBC 2.  20:00 - 21:00

This film explores how families underpin a traditional wedding, following Jo Sung who is planning a Chinese Wedding Party for her son, Gary and his bride Cat. Also featured are Bibiana and Sam, marrying in the Nigerian Christian tradition, with their mums guiding them to a Nigerian Yoruban Traditional Engagement.
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Thursday 21st March

Abigail's Party.
BBC 4.  22:00 - 23:45

Acerbic comic drama about a neighbours' get-together in suburbia. While teenager Abigail throws her first party at home, two doors away her parents and some neighbours get together for what should be a civilised drinks party. But as more and more alcohol is imbibed, and tongues are loosened, snobberies and prejudices are aired and disaster is sure to ensue.
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Thursday, 7 March 2013

Oxstalls Library Off-Air Recordings 9th - 15th March 2013

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Saturday 9th March

Six Nations Rugby Scotland v Wales
BBC1.  14:00 - 16:25

Gabby Logan presents live coverage of the opening round four fixture of the 2013 Six Nations tournament. Scotland and Wales suffered demoralising defeats at the start of their respective campaigns, but both teams then hit back with impressive wins a week later. The visitors - the reigning Grand Slam champions - are slowly adjusting to being led by Rob Howley, while normal head coach Warren Gatland is busy putting his full focus on assembling a British and Irish Lions squad.
When the two nations met in Cardiff last year, Wales kept their nerve to carve out a ruthless 27-13 victory, as three tries in a devastating 14-minute spell early in the second half broke the resistance of Scotland, who had impressively gone in level at the break with three points apiece.
Commentary by Andrew Cotter and Jonathan Davies.

Six Nations Rugby Ireland v France
BBC1.  16:35 - 19:00

John Inverdale introduces live coverage from Dublin as Declan Kidney's Ireland host Philippe Saint-Andre's France.
Last year's Six Nations clash between the two nations was a hard-fought 17-17 draw in Paris, a rare stalemate after the initial match had to be postponed because of freezing sub-zero temperatures in the French capital. Ireland have not beaten France since February 2009, and that 31-20 victory is their only triumph against Les Bleus in 13 attempts.
Expert analysis comes from Jeremy Guscott and Keith Wood; commentary by Eddie Butler and Brian Moore.
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Sunday 10th March

Six Nations Rugby England v Italy
BBC1. 14:20 - 17:00

Stuart Lancaster's England host Italy as they continue their bid to become Six Nations champions. The Azzurri are traditionally seen as the weakest team in the competition, but proved with their opening-day defeat of France that they are no pushovers. Equally, the men in white will be determined not to rest on their laurels - especially given their superb recent displays against nations such as New Zealand and Ireland. When England went to Rome last year, they managed to eke out a narrow 19-15 win.
John Inverdale presents, with former England coach Sir Clive Woodward and former captain Lawrence Dallaglio on hand with expert analysis.
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Monday 11th March

Oscar Pistorius: What Really Happened?
BBC3.  21:00 - 22:00

Police say the death of Reeva Steenkamp was premeditated murder. The accused, her boyfriend Oscar Pistorius, says it was an innocent accident. A documentary team has been in Pretoria, South Africa, digging deeper into a death that shocked the world.
Presented by Rick Edwards, who covered Pistorius's gold-medal winning, world record-breaking achievements at the London 2012 Paralympics, the programme features interviews with friends of both the victim and the accused. Aged 26, Oscar Pistorius is the poster boy of the Paralympics movement - his prosthetic lower legs have given him the nickname Blade Runner. So fast and powerful, he became the first the first double leg amputee to participate in the Olympics, competing in the 400m and 4x400m relay.
But since that glorious summer, reports have emerged of a different side of Oscar Pistorius - involved in brawls and late night fracas. Observers note that when setting bail, the judge made it conditional that until he returns to court in June, Pistorius must not consume alcohol and will be randomly tested to ensure he complies.
Featuring special 3-D graphics, sworn testimony and exclusive interviews, the film attempts to give the most complete picture yet of what may have happened in Oscar Pistorius's apartment in the early hours of February 14th
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Britain on Film. Getting Down to Business.
BBC4.  20:00 - 20:30

This episode examines Look at Life's surprisingly entertaining films on the British economy, at a time when industry faced ever-increasing competition from abroad.
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Wednesday 13th March

A Very British Wedding. Part 1/4
BBC2. 20:30 - 21:30

Following the weddings of two multicultural couples to explore how traditions are maintained by couples in Britain today.
Sikh couple Kami and Dav they tread the same steps their ancestors did in the northern Indian state of Punjab hundreds of years ago as the programme follows them to their wedding day. Also following Sasha and Vlod, a couple who are among the newest of Britain's immigrants and who are looking to stick to the oldest of traditions originating in Eastern Europe.

Fabrice Muamba: Sports Life Stories
ITV1.  22:35 - 23:35

In this edition, Bolton footballer Fabrice Muamba talks about how he was at the centre of one of the most extraordinary sports stories of the year. He describes how he felt that day last March when he suffered a heart attack on the pitch during a live televised FA Cup match. He also talks about his early life as a young Congolese boy coming to England at the age of 11 speaking no English, and about his subsequent successful professional career. With contributions from Jermaine Defoe, Owen Coyle and Patrick Vieira.
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Thursday 14th March

Horizon:  The Creative Brain - How Insight Works.
BBC2.  21:00 - 22:00

It is a feeling we all know - the moment when a light goes on in your head. In a sudden flash of inspiration, a new idea is born.

Today, scientists are using some unusual techniques to try to work out how these moments of creativity - whether big, small or life-changing - come about. They have devised a series of puzzles and brainteasers to draw out our creative behaviour, while the very latest neuroimaging technology means researchers can actually peer inside our brains and witness the creative spark as it happens. What they are discovering could have the power to make every one of us more creative.
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Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Oxstalls Library Off-Air Recordings 2nd - 8th February 2013

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Saturday 2nd February

Six Nations Rugby Wales v Ireland.
BBC 1.  13:00 - 15:30

Jason Mohammad introduces live coverage from Cardiff's Millennium Stadium as Wales begin the defence of their Six Nations crown.

The Welsh opened the 2012 campaign with victory over Declan Kidney's side in Dublin, before going on to complete their third Grand Slam in seven years. But since then they have endured a torrid time, losing their Test series in Australia 3-0, before suffering four defeats in the Autumn Internationals series, including a surprise loss to Samoa.

Ireland will be looking to build on the promise they showed last time out, with a 46-24 victory over Argentina in November.

Jonathan Davies and Keith Wood are in the studio to analyse the action.


Six Nations Rugby England v Scotland.
BBC 1.  15:30 - 18:00

John Inverdale presents live action as England and Scotland begin their Six Nations campaigns by contesting the Calcutta Cup at Twickenham.

England are looking for a fourth consecutive Test victory over the Auld Enemy, having won last season's Murrayfield encounter 13-6, courtesy of a Charlie Hodgson try. And they begin the Six Nations among the favourites to take this year's title following their memorable win against world champions New Zealand in November.

For Scotland, the game marks the beginning of a new era after the departure of former head coach Andy Robinson, as his interim replacement Scott Johnson takes charge for the first time.

Studio analysis comes from Sir Clive Woodward, Jeremy Guscott and Andy Nicol. Andrew Cotter and Brian Moore are in the commentary box.
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Sunday 3rd February

Six Nations Rugby Italy v France.
BBC 1.  14:25 - 17:00

John Inverdale presents live coverage from Rome as Italy meet France on the opening weekend of the 2013 Six Nations.

The French began the 2012 campaign with a 30-12 victory over their continental neighbours, but went on to finish a disappointing fourth in the championship.

Italy will be hoping for a repeat of the last time the two sides met in Rome in 2011, which ended in a memorable 22-21 victory for the Azzurri.

Studio guests are Jeremy Guscott, Thomas Castaignede and Keith Wood. Commentary by Alastair Eykyn and Jonathan Davies.
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Monday 4th February

Panorama - The Great Abortion Divide.
BBc 1. 20:30 - 21:00

Abortion is more controversial than ever, with pro-life activists challenging pregnant women as they try to enter clinics. Doctors in most of the UK are signing off terminations on questionable mental health grounds, while in Northern Ireland women and doctors risk life in prison over abortion. So is our legislation hopelessly outdated? Victoria Derbyshire investigates the great abortion divide and asks if it is time to change the law.
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Wednesday 6th February

Holiday Hit Squad part 1/4.
BBC 1.  20:00 - 21:00

This series secures unique access to the toughest hotel inspectors in the business and explores how best to make sure holidays across the globe live up to their promise.

Angela Rippon spends the night on patrol with the Spanish police in the holiday resort of Magaluf, where she investigates the effects of holiday boozing and hears the real story from the professionals who have to deal with the consequences when things go too far.

Helen Skelton heads to Egypt to meet Linda, who had a hot air balloon accident on her trip of a lifetime. Left with 62 broken bones, can a tailor-made dream break breathe the magic back into Egypt for Linda, fearful of ever going on holiday again?

Meanwhile, Joe heads to the sunny Algarve, to check into a hotel that has been torn apart online, and calls in expert help to investigate the hidden horrors.

International Footbal Live - England v Brazil
ITV 1.  19:00 - 21:30

England meet Brazil in a much-anticipated international at Wembley to mark the FA's 150th anniversary. Matches against the five-times world champions are always special occasions and Brazil will want to make an impression as they continue their preparations for the 2014 World Cup finals which they are hosting for the second time. Adrian Chiles presents the action live from Wembley, with commentary from Clive Tyldesley and Andy Townsend.
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Thursday 7th February.

How To Build A Bionic Man.
Channel 4.  21:00 - 22:00

From bionic arms and legs to artificial organs, science is beginning to catch up with science fiction in the race to replace body parts with man-made alternatives.
How to Build a Bionic Man follows psychologist Bertolt Meyer, who has a bionic hand himself, as he meets scientists working at the cutting edge of research to find out just how far this new technology can go.
Meanwhile, a team of roboticists create a complete 'bionic man' for the first time, using nearly $1 million-worth of state-of-the-art limbs and organs - the products of billions of dollars of research - borrowed from some of the world's leading laboratories and manufacturers.
The bionic man is being built by leading UK roboticists Richard Walker and Matthew Godden from Shadow Robot. Made with the support of the Wellcome Trust, it will be displayed at London's Science Museum from 7 February.
In the two centuries since Mary Shelley's Dr Frankenstein brought his 'monster' to life, the subject has fascinated science fiction in books, comics, film and TV.
From Star Wars' Darth Vader to Robocop, and from Dr Who's Cybermen to Blade Runner's replicants, most stories focus on the potentially dire consequences of 'playing God'.
Now, thanks to research on advanced prosthetic arms and legs, as well as artificial eyes, hearts and lungs - and even hybrids between computer chips and living brains - scientists can finally replace body parts and even improve on human abilities.
While Bertolt's search shows just how far science has come, it also asks questions about what it means to be human and where this technology could lead in the future.
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Friday, 18 January 2013

Oxstalls Library Off-Air Recordings 19th - 25th January 2013

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Saturday 19th January.

Exit Through the Gift Shop
Channel 4.  01:15am - 02:40am.

The inside story of Street Art - a brutal and revealing account of what happens when fame, money and vandalism collide.
Exit Through the Gift Shop follows an eccentric shop-keeper turned amateur film-maker as he attempts to capture many of the world's most infamous vandals on camera, only to have a British stencil artist named Banksy turn the camcorder back on its owner with wildly unexpected results.
One of the most provocative films about art ever made, Exit Through the Gift Shop is a fascinating study of low-level criminality, comradeship and incompetence.
By turns shocking, hilarious and absurd, this is an enthralling modern-day fairytale... with bolt cutters.
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Monday 21st January.

Les Miserables Movie Special.
ITV 1.  22:35pm - 23:35pm.

Michael Ball and Emma Willis present an in-depth look at the creation of the new film of Les Miserables including behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with the cast, and clips for the premiere.

Crazy For Party Drugs.
BBC 3.  21:00 - 22:00.

Britain's drug culture is changing - fast. Cocaine and ecstasy are out and mephedrone, ketamine and GHB are in. Shot in Leeds over the biggest party weekend of the year - Halloween and Bonfire Night - this film gets under the skin of the new party drugs. We follow Holly, Tony and Oliver from the dancefloor to the morning after and, with unique access to the first specialist 'club drug clinic' outside London, we find out what happens to those who want to keep going even when the party's over.
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Tuesday 22nd January.

Allotment Wars.
BBC 1.  22:35 - 23:30.

Dishing the dirt on the battles being fought on plots across the UK. Filmed over seven months, during the planting, growing and harvesting seasons, Allotment Wars shows what happens when strangers are thrust together on the land with too much time on their hands and too many sharp tools.
Plotholders often face attacks from outsiders. In Kent, following a series of break-ins, two brave gardeners hunt a suspect in the local woods. However in Devon, there is a civil war brewing between the plotholders themselves. Prize vegetables are being snatched and sheds ransacked, and it looks like an inside job. What can the site committee do to combat the saboteurs?
Nearly 100,000 Britons are on allotment waiting lists. This high demand means that the pressure to maintain plots is equally high. If allotmenteers fail, eviction looms. A young plotholder in Manchester struggles to avoid such a fate.
In Newcastle, two men fight for the title of Champion City Gardener. Regular participants in the fiercely competitive vegetable shows, these rivals have not spoken for years and tension mounts as they face each other at the annual City Allotment and Garden Show.
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Thursday, 6 December 2012

Oxstalls Library Off-Air Recordings 8th - 14th December 2012

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Saturday 8th December

England's Worst Ever Football Team
BBC 3.  19:00 - 20:00

A quest to reveal the worst England team of all time. Through a mix of archive footage and talking heads, including Neil 'Razor' Ruddock and Mark Lawrenson, the show is a light-hearted yet somewhat heated debate over who should win a place on the shamed team. No-one is safe, as the criteria are not just based on blunders on the pitch but also dodgy haircuts and misdemeanours that occurred in nightclubs and recording studios.
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Sunday 9th December

The Premier League's Most Amazing Moments.
BBC 3.  20:00 - 21:00

Robbie Savage and suave sportscaster Donovan Daily present a celebratory countdown of the most mindblowing incidents from the past 20 seasons of the Premier League. Hosted from Robbie's bling palace the show has it all from the spectacular to the unbelievable, but what's number one?

Hidcote:  A Garden For All Seasons
BBC 4.  19:00 - 20:00

Documentary telling the story of Hidcote - the most influential English garden of the 20th century - and Lawrence Johnston, the enigmatic genius behind it. Hidcote was the first garden ever taken on by the National Trust, who spent 3.5 million pounds in a major programme of restoration. This included researching Johnston's original vision, which in turn uncovered the compelling story of how Johnston created such an iconic garden.

Until recently, little was known about the secretive and self-taught Johnston. He kept few, if any, records on Hidcote's construction, but current head gardener Glyn Jones made it a personal mission to discover as much about the man as possible to reveal how, in the early 20th century, Johnston set about creating a garden that has inspired designers all over the world.
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Monday 10th December

Inside Claridges 2/3
BBC 2.  21:00 - 22:00

Opened in 1854, Claridge's is famed for its Art Deco interiors and traditional service. Many staff, such as Roman the doorman, have worked there for over 30 years, giving guests continuity and the sense they might be living in different century.

The Crown Prince of Yugoslavia is a regular guest and he returns to stay in the suite where he was born in 1945. Joan Collins, Stephen Fry and the Emperor of Japan also come to visit, as well as 85 year-old Gerry Parker, an ex-East End bookmaker who has breakfasted at Claridge's for the last 40 years.

Given this weight of tradition and expectation, General Manager Thomas Kochs takes any change very seriously and no decision - from new alarm clocks to a £10 million renovation plan - escapes his obsessive attention to detail.
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Tuesday 11th December

100 years of the Royal Variety Performance.
ITV 1  22:35 - 00:05

Documentary marking the 100th anniversary of The Royal Variety Performance, a show that has entertained generations of the Royal Family and raised huge sums for charity. Among the stars sharing their memories are Sir Bruce Forsyth, Barry Manilow, Ronnie Corbett, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, Liza Minnelli, Dame Edna Everage, Katherine Jenkins, Mel C, Emma Bunton, Diversity, Jason Manford, Cilla Black, Ken Dodd, Miss Piggy and Al Murray. The documentary also charts the show's evolution from the first ever Royal Command Performance in 1912 into the television era, recalling classic moments from its illustrious history and finding out what happened behind the scenes.
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Thursday, 29 November 2012

Oxstalls Library Off-Air Recordings 1st - 7th December 2012

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Saturday 1st December

Rugby Union.  Wales v Australia
BBC 1.  14:00 - 16:00

John Inverdale introduces live coverage of Wales' clash with Australia at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, where Warren Gatland's men will hope to conclude their autumn international campaign with a morale-boosting victory against the Wallabies.

The Welsh have lost their last seven Tests against Robbie Deans' men, including three defeats on Aussie soil this summer. However, those encounters were closely-fought affairs, with Australia winning the most recent clash 20-19 in Sydney thanks to a late penalty from Berrick Barnes.

Expert analysis comes from Jonathan Davies and Jeremy Guscott, with commentary from Eddie Butler.

Rugby Union Highlights.  England v New Zealand
BBC 3.  19:00 - 20:00

Jason Mohammad introduces highlights of the Twickenham Test match between England and New Zealand. England have lost their last nine matches against the All Blacks and face a daunting task against the 2011 World Cup winners. Graham Henry's side racked up 16 successive Test wins earlier this year, narrowly failing to equal the record for most victories by a top-tier nation.

They also won the southern hemisphere Rugby Championship, the enlarged successor to the Tri-Nations. In contrast, England are a team in transition under coach Stuart Lancaster, who will be looking to build on this year's promising displays in the Six Nations. Commentary comes from Andrew Cotter and Lawrence Dallaglio.
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Monday 3rd December

Inside Claridge's 1/3
BBC 2.  21:00 - 22:00

Claridge's, in the heart of London's Mayfair is a five star luxury hotel, favoured by royalty and celebrities. For the first time in its long history, this famously discreet institution has opened its doors to documentary cameras. Director Jane Treays has spent a year behind the scenes, upstairs and downstairs, following staff and their guests, some of whom are prepared to pay the price of a small family car for one night's stay.

We're with the chambermaids and housekeepers as they spend days transforming the entire third floor into a palace for foreign royalty who could cancel at a moment's notice. We observe the annual two week stay of the Melchors from California who have been coming for over 40 years, re-kindling their relationship with personal butler Michael Lynch; and we follow the energetic general manager Thomas Kochs as he travels to New York to drum up new business from the top US travel agents.

The Royal Variety Performance
ITV 1.  19:30 - 22:05

David Walliams hosts the 100th Royal Variety Performance from The Royal Albert Hall. The star-studded line-up includes Robbie Williams, Neil Diamond, Girls Aloud, One Direction, Rod Stewart, Kylie Minogue, Ashleigh and Pudsey, the cast of the hit musical Matilda, Katherine Jenkins and Placido Domingo, Andrea Bocelli and Alicia Keys. Amanda Holden also introduces a celebratory anniversary performance from the stars of Britain's Got Talent, and more laughs are provided by Alan Carr, Rhod Gilbert, Sir Bruce Forsyth, Ronnie Corbett, Bill Bailey, Bradley Walsh, Jimmy Tarbuck and Des O'Connor.
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Tuesday 4th December

Inside the Body Beautiful - How Fat Works
BBC 3.  21:00 - 22:00

Documentary looking at the physiological and psychological pressures people face as they battle the bulge. Using computer graphics to travel inside the body, the film explores the science of fat, how we get it and what happens to our body when we get rid of it.

We meet Ebonie, whose crash diet has pushed her body into starvation mode, and follow Joe as he undergoes an extreme liposuction operation where ultrasound technology sculpts fat away to produce his perfect physique. We discover the science behind the diet pills which left Sam in a mental health unit and explore how binge eater Hayley has used food as an emotional prop throughout her life.

Through the highs and lows, this is the inside story of 'How Fat Works'.
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Wednesday 5th December

China's Ant People
BBC 4.  22:30 - 23:30

What does an education get you? Education is the only way out of poverty, as it has been sold to the Chinese population since ancient times. China's economic boom and talk of the merits of hard work have created an expectation that studying is how to escape poverty. Yet it seems the system only leads to jobs for a few, and debt for all. Weijun Chen's film, set in Wuhan in central China, looks at the realities of Chinese education through the lives of private college tutor Wang Zehziang, high school graduate and would-be university student Wang Pan, and graduate jobseeker Wan Chao.

A BBC Storyville film, produced in partnership with the Open University, China's Ant People screens as part of Why Poverty? - when the BBC, in conjunction with more than 70 broadcasters around the world, hosts a debate about contemporary poverty. The global cross-media event sees the same eight films screened in 180 countries to explore why, in the 21st Century, a billion people still live in poverty.
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Friday 7th December

100 years of The Royal Variety Performance
ITV 1.  21:00 - 22:30

Documentary marking the 100th anniversary of The Royal Variety Performance, a show that has entertained generations of the Royal Family and raised huge sums for charity. Among the stars sharing their memories are Sir Bruce Forsyth, Barry Manilow, Ronnie Corbett, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, Liza Minnelli, Dame Edna Everage, Katherine Jenkins, Mel C, Emma Bunton, Diversity, Jason Manford, Cilla Black, Ken Dodd, Miss Piggy and Al Murray. The documentary also charts the show's evolution from the first ever Royal Command Performance in 1912 into the television era, recalling classic moments from its illustrious history and finding out what happened behind the scenes.
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Friday, 23 November 2012

Oxstalls Library Off-Air Recordings 24th - 30th November 2012

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Saturday 24th November

Rugby Union Wales v New Zealand
BBC 2.  17:10 - 19:30

John Inverdale is joined by studio guests Adam Jones and Jeremy Guscott for live coverage of Wales against New Zealand from the Millennium Stadium.
Wales have beaten World Cup winners New Zealand just three times in 28 previous attempts. It will be 59 years this December since they last enjoyed that winning feeling against the All Blacks, a 13-8 victory in Cardiff.
The two countries last met in November 2010 with New Zealand emerging 37-25 winners at the Millennium Stadium. Hosea Gear scored two of the All Blacks' five tries that day, however it was Kiwi fly-half Dan Carter who stole the show, his 12-point haul was enough for him to become the leading points scorer in Test rugby. Lee Byrne scored Wales' solitary try, although the boot of Stephen Jones kept Warren Gatland's men in close contention throughout against the country of the head coach's birth.

Rugby Union Highlights England v South Africa
BBC 3.  19:00 - 20:00

Jason Mohammad presents highlights of England's clash with South Africa, with Lawrence Dallaglio casting his expert eye on proceedings.
The two nations are meeting for a fourth time this calendar year, following England's three-Test series with the Springboks in South Africa in June. Stuart Lancaster's young charges went into the final game of that series 2-0 down, but will take some heart from drawing last Test in Port Elizabeth 14-14. An early Toby Flood penalty and a Danny Care try gave England an early advantage, but in the end they had to settle for a draw, so ending a nine-match losing streak against the side who beat them in the 2007 World Cup final.
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Sunday 25th November

Storyville: Why Povety?  Give Us The Money
BBC 4.  21:00 - 22:00

Documentary taking an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at 30 years of Bob Geldof and Bono's campaign against poverty. Their work has made them icons of aid and even garnered them Nobel Peace Prize nominations, but what impact has it really had on Africa? Through archive footage and candid new interviews with key players including Geldof, Bono and Bill Gates, the film re-examines three decades of unprecedented campaigns and scrutinises the effectiveness of celebrity-led activism.
Nearly 30 years ago, two young pop singers set out to challenge the world. Their aim - to use their celebrity status to end poverty in Africa. After Bob Geldof instigated a chart-topping charity single and staged one of the biggest rock concerts ever seen, he and Bono joined forces and went on to build a multi-million dollar lobbying organisation. Along the way, they hi-jacked the Brits, enlisted IT billionaires, fashion models and academics, won over the wiliest of politicians, lobbied world leaders and put the politics of poverty firmly on the international agenda. They raised vast sums for charity and persuaded western powers to dramatically reduce third world debt.
But did they really help make poverty history in Africa? What impact has their work really had on economic growth and poverty reduction? And if they haven't made poverty history, has their campaign at least been responsible for a big step forward?
A BBC Storyville film, produced in partnership with the Open University, the film screens as part of Why Poverty? - when the BBC and the OU, in conjunction with more than 70 broadcasters around the world, hosts a debate about contemporary poverty.
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Tuesday 27th November

BBC 1.  22:35 - 23:40
Many people turn to music when words are not enough, at funerals and weddings, at times of heartbreak and euphoria. It seems to hold more emotion and go deeper than words.
Musicians as varied as Emeli Sande, who enthralled the world when she sang at the Olympics, opera diva Jessye Norman, dubstep artist Mala and modern classical composer George Benjamin explain how music makes them feel. Alan Yentob also talks to a vicar, a psychologist, a Hollywood composer, an adman and even the people who choose the music played in shopping malls. He sees babies dance to a rhythm, and old people brought forth out of silence by the power of music.

Free Speech:  Body Beautiful Special
BBC 3.  20:00 - 21:00

BBC Three's interactive, live debate show, Free Speech, hosts a Body Beautiful Special from Newcastle. It's an opportunity for young people to discuss issues raised in BBC Three's Body Beautiful Season.
Jake Humphrey chairs the programme from the University of Northumbria, voted the country's top university for nightlife, where a panel of celebrities and experts take questions from the studio audience of 18-25 year-olds.
Olympic weightlifter Zoe Smith features on VT, revealing her feelings on the criticism she faced for not conforming to a standard body image; an exclusive poll, commissioned by the YMCA, is revealed and the Free Speech Power Bar shows what the audience at home think of the panellists.
BBC Three's own 60 Seconds news presenter, Sam Naz, takes the role of social media jockey, speaking up for the web responses and online comments.
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Wednesday 28th November

Poor Us:  An Animated History of Poverty.
BBC 4.  22:30 - 23:30

Do we know what poverty is? Throughout human existence, the poor have always been with us. Beginning with the Neolithic age, Ben Lewis's funny and sinister animated odyssey takes us through the changing image of poverty - helping us define what poverty looks like today and question whether it is inevitable.
A BBC Storyville film, produced in partnership with the Open University, Poor Us screens as part of Why Poverty? - when the BBC, in conjunction with more than 70 broadcasters around the world, hosts a debate about contemporary poverty. The global cross-media event sees the same eight films screened in 180 countries to explore why, in the 21st Century, a billion people still live in poverty.
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Thursday 29th November

The Secret Life of Rubbish 1/2
BBC 4.  21:00 - 22:00

With tales from old binmen and film archive that has never been broadcast before, this two-part series offers an original view of the history of modern Britain - from the back end where the rubbish comes out.
The first programme deals with the decades immediately after the Second World War. 90-year-old Ernie Sharp started on the bins when he was demobbed from the army in 1947, and household rubbish in those days was mostly ash raked out of the fire-grate. That's why men like Ernie were called 'dust'men.
But the rubbish soon changed. The Clean Air Act got rid of coal fires so there was less ash. Then supermarkets arrived, with displays of packaged goods. And all that packaging went in the bin.
In the 1960s consumerism emerged. Shopping for new things became a national enthusiasm. It gave people the sense that their lives were improving and kept the economy going. And as the binmen recall, the waste stream became a flood.
As the programme sifts through the rubbish of the mid-20th century, we discover how the Britain of Make Do and Mend became a consumer society.
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Friday, 16 November 2012

Oxstalls Library Off-Air Recordings 17th - 23rd November 2012

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Saturday 17th November

England v Australia Rugby Highlights
BBC 3. 19:00 - 20:00

Jason Mohammad presents highlights of England's international with Australia at Twickenham, the first time the sides have met since three tests in 2010. England were victorious in two of those matches, including a 35-18 win in which winger Chris Ashton scored one of the great Twickenham tries with a 90m dash to the line. Lawrence Dallaglio is in the studio to offer analysis, with commentary from Conor McNamara and Brian Moore.
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Sunday 18th November

Storyville: From the Sea to the Land Beyond:  Britain's Coast on Film
BBC 4.  21:00 - 22:15

Storyville: Made from over 100 years of BFI archive footage, From the Sea to the Land Beyond offers a poetic meditation on Britain's unique coastline and the role it plays in our lives. With a soundtrack specially created by Brighton-based band British Sea Power, award-winning director Penny Woolcock's film offers moving testimony to our relationship to the coast - during wartime, on our holidays and as a hive of activity during the industrial age.
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Wednesday 21st November

I Hate My Body:  Skinny Boys and Musscle Men
BBC 3.  21:00 - 22:00

In this innovative observational documentary, four young men who are all unhappy with their bodies and feel that their size and shape is negatively impacting their lives attempt to achieve their dream physiques. Two of them are skinny men who are going to be pumping up and two are bodybuilders desperate to come down in size.
Helping them achieve their transformation is celebrity trainer Mark Anthony and elite sports doctor Kay Brennan. At the end of three months, will these young men have achieved their dream bodies? And more importantly will a new physique make them happy? Or will they realise muscles don't necessarily make a man?
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Thursday 22nd November

The Joy of Stats
BBC 4.  21:00 - 22:00

Documentary which takes viewers on a rollercoaster ride through the wonderful world of statistics to explore the remarkable power thay have to change our understanding of the world, presented by superstar boffin Professor Hans Rosling, whose eye-opening, mind-expanding and funny online lectures have made him an international internet legend.
Rosling is a man who revels in the glorious nerdiness of statistics, and here he entertainingly explores their history, how they work mathematically and how they can be used in today's computer age to see the world as it really is, not just as we imagine it to be.
Rosling's lectures use huge quantities of public data to reveal the story of the world's past, present and future development. Now he tells the story of the world in 200 countries over 200 years using 120,000 numbers - in just four minutes.
The film also explores cutting-edge examples of statistics in action today. In San Francisco, a new app mashes up police department data with the city's street map to show what crime is being reported street by street, house by house, in near real-time. Every citizen can use it and the hidden patterns of their city are starkly revealed. Meanwhile, at Google HQ the machine translation project tries to translate between 57 languages, using lots of statistics and no linguists.
Despite its light and witty touch, the film nonetheless has a serious message - without statistics we are cast adrift on an ocean of confusion, but armed with stats we can take control of our lives, hold our rulers to account and see the world as it really is. What's more, Hans concludes, we can now collect and analyse such huge quantities of data and at such speeds that scientific method itself seems to be changing.
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Thursday, 1 November 2012

Oxstalls Library Off-Air Recordings 3rd - 9th November 2012

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Tuesday 6th November

Britain on Film 1/5  A Woman's Place
BBC 4.  20:30  -21:00

Duration: 30 minutes
In 1959 Britain's biggest cinema company, the Rank Organisation, decided to replace its newsreels with a series of short, quirky, topical documentaries that examined all aspects of life in Britain. For the next ten years, Look at Life chronicled - on high-grade 35mm colour film - the changing face of British society, industry and culture. Britain on Film draws upon the 500 films in this unique archive to offer illuminating and often surprising insights into what became a pivotal decade in modern British history. The series shows how Look at Life reflected the radical shifts in the position of women in British society, and shows how the country adapted to the new demands and expectations of women at home, in the workplace and at play.
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Thursday 8th November

Tonight:  The Best Start In Life?
ITV 1.  19:30 - 20:00

With young pupils being graded in key subjects early in their school lives, and the private tuition industry booming Fiona Foster asks whether we are putting too much pressure on children today? A recent report by Childline stated that children feel pressurised by parents to do well in exams leading to extreme anxiety.
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Wednesday, 17 October 2012

Oxstalls Library Off-Air Recordings 20th - 26th October 2012

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Sunday 21st October.

The Leader, His Driver and the Driver's Wife.
BBC 4.  21:00 - 22:10

Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes
Made in 1991 during a pivotal moment in South African history, Nick Broomfield's critically-acclaimed film chronicles the collapse of the white supremacist AWB party (Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging) in apartheid South Africa through a portrait of its leader, Eugene Terre'Blanche, his driver JP and JP's wife, Anita.
Broomfield follows the leader as he tours the country, attempting to set up an interview with him, while Terre'Blanche attends rallies, whipping up white hostility to the policies of Nelson Mandela's ANC and FW de Klerk's government.
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Monday 22nd October

Panorama: Gambling Nation
BBC 1.  20:30 - 21:00

Duration: 30 minutes
Even in recession-hit Britain, the gambling industry is still making a profit - £5.6 billion last year. With casino-style gambling now available day or night at the touch of a button in our homes and on our phones, Panorama explores its popularity... and reveals a darker side.
Reporter Sophie Raworth hears from those who have found their lives spiralling out of control, and from industry insiders who say that violence and frustration, linked to fast-paced high-stake gambling machines, are increasing in our high street betting shops. Panorama goes undercover in some of Britain's bookies to test those claims.

Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life.  2/3
More 4.  22:00 - 23:10

Richard Dawkins explores what science can tell us about death.
It's a journey that takes him from Hindu funeral pyres in India to genetics labs in New York.
Dawkins brings together the latest neuroscience, evolutionary and genetic theory to examine why we crave life after death, why we evolved to age and how the human genome is something like real immortality - traits inherited from our distant ancestors that we pass on to future generations.
He meets a Christian dying of motor neurone disease, reminisces about the Wall Street Crash with a 105-year-old stockbroker, and interviews James Watson, the geneticist who co-discovered the structure of DNA.
Dawkins admits to sentimentality in imagining his own church funeral, but he argues we must embrace the truth, however hard that is.
In a television first, he has his entire genome sequenced to reveal the genetic indicators of how he himself may die.
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Friday, 12 October 2012

Oxstalls Library Off-Air Recordings 13th - 19th October 2012

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Saturday 13th October.

Fight Club: New Series.  A History of Violence: Georgian Fighting Women.
Yesterday 20:00 - 21:00

Fight Club: A History of Violence, a most alternative history of Britain, begins in the Georgian era with the unsavoury bouts between ruthless Georgian women.  Delving under the surface of this gritty pass-time, Lucy Inglis examines the murky world of women bare-knuckle boxing in 18th century London.
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Sunday 14th October.

Fiddler On The Roof.
BBC 4.  19:00 - 21:50

Duration: 2 hours, 51 minutes
In pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish peasant must contend with marrying off his three daughters while antisemitic sentiment threatens his home.
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Monday 15th October

London On Film 1/3  The West End
BBC 4.  20:00 - 20:30

Duration: 30 minutes
From bright lights, showbusiness and shops to riots, sleaze and traffic jams, film-makers have long been drawn to London's West End. Using a rich mix of archive material, this film paints a colourful and surprising portrait of the city's beating heart.

Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life 1/3
More 4.  22:00 - 23:10

Ideas about the soul and the afterlife, of sin and God's purpose have shaped human thinking for thousands of years. Religious rituals remain embedded in the major events of our lives.
In this thought-provoking series, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins asks what happens if we leave religion behind. He explores what reason and science might offer to inspire and guide our lives in religion's place.
Can science bring understanding in the face of death, help us tell right from wrong, or reveal the point of life in the first place?
In a journey that takes him through visually stunning locations across the world, Richard Dawkins builds a powerful argument for facing up to the scientific truth about life and death - however hard that might be.
If there is no God watching us, why be good? Richard Dawkins is taking on the big questions of life and, in this opening programme, he examines sin.
He asks whether the old religious rules about what is right and wrong are helpful and explores what reason science can tell us about how to be good.
Dawkins journeys from riot-torn inner city London to America's Bible Belt, building a powerful argument that religion's absolutist moral codes fuel lies and guilt.
He finds the most extreme example in a Paris plastic surgery clinic which specialises in making Muslim brides appear to be virgins once again.
But what can science and reason tell us about morality? Through encounters with lemurs, tango dancers, the gay rights campaigner Matthew Parris and the scientist Steven Pinker, Dawkins investigates the deeper roots of moral behaviour in our evolutionary past.
He explores the rituals that surround mating and the science of disgust and taboo. Drawing on crime data and insights from neuroscience, he argues that our evolved senses of reason and empathy appear to be making us more and more moral, even as religious observance declines.
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Wednesday 17th October.

Yesterday.  21:00 - 22:00.
How Victorian Britain embraced violence. Bare-knuckle boxers were the toast of the era, with handsome rewards and celebrity status for skilled fighters.
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 Thursday 18th October.

Tonight:  Is Technology Taking Over Our Lives?
ITV 1.  19:30 - 20:00

As the ownership of smartphones and other internet enabled devices reaches a new high, this programme looks at whether our overdependence on technology could be detrimental. These gadgets can make many activities easier, but some argue that our reliance on technology can be harmful.
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Friday 19th October.

Fight Club 3/3 A History of Violence:  Victorian Bare-Knuckle Fighting.
Yesterday.  22:00 -23:00

How Victorian Britain embraced violence. Bare-knuckle boxers were the toast of the era, with handsome rewards and celebrity status for skilled fighters.
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