Tuesday, 7 July 2009

TV Recordings: 11th -17th July 2009

The following television programmes will be recorded by your LIS team next week. They will be made available to borrow from Adsetts in DVD format, as well as being viewable on campus using the VOD (Video On Demand) service. To use the VOD service just search for the individual programme title on the SHU Library Catalogue, then click on the VOD link.

If there are any other upcoming programmes you would like us to record please contact Geoff or any other member of your LIS team (see the Contact Information section of this blog).

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Title: What To Eat Now
Broadcast Info: Monday 13 Jul 09, 20:30 (30 mins)
Channels: BBC2
Description: Valentine Warner returns for a second series of
his guide to seasonal cooking and eating, this
time concentrating on the culinary delights of
summer. Valentine unpacks the best ingredients
for the perfect picnic. He reveals his top five
picnic tips, searches out salad leaves for the
ultimate summer salad, 'bigs up' the broad bean
and bakes the sweetest cake
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Title: The Hotel Inspector
Episode: Walpole Bay
Broadcast Info: Monday 13 Jul 09, 21:00 (60 mins)
Description: Alex Polizzi transforms failing hotels across the
UK. In this episode Alex visits the Walpole Bay,
an Edwardian hotel in Margate that is rapidly
reaching crisis point. Can she talk some sense
into the feuding family owners and give this
fading venture a brighter future?
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Title: The Supersizers Eat... The Twenties
Broadcast Info: Monday 13 Jul 09, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC2
Description: Restaurant critic Giles Coren and writer and
comedian Sue Perkins discover the culinary
delights of the bright young things in the 1920s.
Chef for the week is food writer Allegra McEvedy,
providing aspic-inspired cookery. During their
1920s week, they go from one social engagement to
another: cocktails at The Ritz, the charleston at
Cafe de Paris and motor racing at Brooklands
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Title: What's Really in our Food?
Broadcast Info: Tuesday 14 Jul 09, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC1
Description: Food is the most important thing we buy, but can
we trust what we are eating? Reporters Tom Heap
and Simon Boazman set off on a mission to find
out, revealing the tricks of food labelling and
uncovering the murky world of food fraud
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Title: Dragons' Den
Broadcast Info: Wednesday 15 Jul 09, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC2
Description: The banks may not be parting with their funds
right now, but will our multi-millionaire Dragons
still be prepared to back the best business with
their own money? Alan Mandel Butler is looking
for investment in a horror-based scare
attraction. How will the Dragons respond to Katie
Olver who has them starring in her personalised
romance novels? Plus an eco-friendly patio
heater, a more cat-friendly collar, a hat to make
wrinkles disappear and an invention that puts an
end to nuisance phone calls
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Title: Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey
Broadcast Info: Thursday 16 Jul 09, 20:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC2
Description: Rick Stein takes the viewer on an epic culinary
journey by sea, down rivers and overland to
explore the Far East's diverse food cultures. He
begins his odyssey in Cambodia, where he
discovers the joys of freshly caught swimmer
crabs cooked with green peppercorns from Kampot,
once the king of pepper. He learns how to cook
the famous Fish Amok, made with lemongrass and
coconut and he samples Lok Lak, an extremely
popular and delicious dish made with stir-fried
strips of marinated beef
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Title: Gerry's Big Decision
Broadcast Info: Thursday 16 Jul 09, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: Channel 4
Description: Entrepreneur Sir Gerry Robinson provides failing
British companies with a financial lifeline.
Gerry has to decide whether to come to the aid of
two family businesses - a hotel chain that has
been affected by a father and son's decisions,
and a series of department stores

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