TV Recordings: 1st-7th August 2009

The following television programmes will be recorded by your LIS team next week (1st-7th August 2009). 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 TV 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 03 Aug 09, 20:30 (30 mins)
Channels: BBC2
Description: Valentine Warner continues his guide to seasonal
cooking and eating, this time focusing on quick
and tasty summer suppers. He tracks down the
tastiest tomatoes to create his favourite pizza
topping, and wades into a Scottish river to learn
the art of tickling trout. Valentine brings the
gooseberry back into fashion with a recipe for
heavenly gooseberry snow, and gives us his top
tips on making a delicious meal out of
yesterday's leftovers
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Title: The Hotel Inspector
Episode: The Swan
Broadcast Info: Monday 03 Aug 09, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: Five
Description: Alex Polizzi transforms failing hotels across the
UK. Alex visits the 14th-century Swan Hotel in
Norfolk. With 15 empty bedrooms and a deserted
restaurant, the Swan is struggling to stay
afloat. Can Alex breathe some life into this lame
duck?
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Title: Dragons' Den
Broadcast Info: Wednesday 05 Aug 09, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC2
Description: Another set of businessmen and -women pitch to the
multimillionaire Dragons for that all-important
financial backing. Michael Lea from Crewe
presents his fleet of hot and cold food vans, but
will he take away the Dragons' cash? Karen O'Neill
and Karen Coombes come into the Den with their new
invention to help budding Torvills and Deans all
over the country, and will advertising consultant
and entrepreneur William Sachiti get the money he
needs to roll out his new litterbin that he
describes as 'approachable'? A Midlands-based
trio face the Dragons with their bespoke
mask-printing company, and father-and-son team
Phillip and Robert Pain hope that the
well-travelled multimillionaires will fund their
extraordinary multipurpose
suitcase-come-sunlounger to the tune of 200,000
pounds
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Title: Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey
Broadcast Info: Thursday 06 Aug 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.
Rick is spoilt for choice as he explores the
multifaceted food of Penang, an appealing mix of
indigenous Malay, Indian and Chinese with a bit
of British charm thrown in for good measure.
Across the Indian Ocean in Sri Lanka, Rick visits
a bustling fishing village north of Colombo and
takes part in a most unusual fishing expedition
further south in Galle
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Title: Rock 'n' Roll Hotel
Broadcast Info: Friday 07 Aug 09, 22:35 (45 mins)
Channels: BBC1
Description: Documentary. Work on Mark Fuller's Sanctum Soho
Hotel has been slow over the Christmas period,
and it is still running behind schedule. A
catalogue of disasters and hold-ups add to the
spiralling costs, as 150 doors are snowed in at
the Swiss border and Mark worries about visible
joins in the 15,000 pound brown fabric wallpaper
in the bedrooms. Designer Lesley continues to get
two rooms ready for a marketing shoot, but there
is a crucial item missing in one of the rooms:
the bed