TV Recordings: 10th-16th October 2009

The following television programmes will be recorded by your LIS team next week (10th-16th October 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).

Title: Panorama
Episode: Why Hate Ryanair?
Broadcast Info: Monday 12 Oct 09, 20:30 (30 mins)
Channels: BBC1
Description: Vivian White investigates the reasons why the
ultimate 'no frills' airline has gained a
reputation as the brand Britain loves to hate but
can't stop using. Passengers, suppliers and
insiders contribute, and chief executive Michael
O'Leary doorsteps the programme makers in his own
unique style
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Title: Podfather
Broadcast Info: Monday 12 Oct 09, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC4
Description: Documentary telling the story of silicon chip
inventor Robert Noyce, godfather of today's
digital world. Re-living the heady days of Silicon
Valley's seminal start-ups, the film tells how
Noyce also founded Intel, the company responsible
for more than 80 per cent of the microprocessors
in PCs. Noyce defined the unconventional,
innovative culture of the Valley - the likes of
Apple and Google would be influenced by his
egalitarian management style, which was inspired
by his religious upbringing
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Title: The Human Spider Returns: Daredevils
Broadcast Info: Monday 12 Oct 09, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: Channel 4
Description: A series of films exploring what compels some
people to risk their lives in order to push
themselves to the physical and mental limits of
human capability. French climber Alain Robert,
known as the 'Human Spider', attempts to scale
Malaysia's 88-storey Petronas Twin Towers.
Featuring footage of Alain's incredible feats and
interviews with his family
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Title: Dragons' Den Online
Broadcast Info: Monday 12 Oct 09, 22:15 (15 mins)
Channels: BBC2
Description: Radio 1's Dominic Byrne is our guide to Dragons'
Den Online, the underground version of the hit BBC
Two show that has been operating exclusively
online until now. Dom's favourite raw pitches
include Richard Nicholls's Spin Clean Brushes and
Michael Corbett's time-saving tap brackets. We
also get to see Online Dragons Shaf Rasul and
Julie Meyer in action, while Hayrat Akhmetov and
his father Zinnoor hope the Dragons will lend
their support to their spine-strengthening
exercise machine
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Title: Horizon: Do I Drink Too Much?
Broadcast Info: Tuesday 13 Oct 09, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC2
Description: Alcohol is by far the most widely used drug - and
a dangerous one at that. So why are so many of us
drinking over the recommended limits? Addiction
expert John Marsden, who likes a drink, makes a
professional and personal exploration of our
relationship with alcohol. He undergoes physical
and neurological examinations to determine its
impact, and finds out why some people will find it
much harder than others to resist alcohol
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Title: Dishing the Dirt
Broadcast Info: Tuesday 13 Oct 09, 22:35 (55 mins)
Channels: ITV1
Description: New series which takes a critical look at
Britain's seventy billion pound food industry and
examines what really goes on behind closed doors
in restaurants and takeaways. In this edition we
are undercover at two restaurants in a leading
sushi chain to find out just how long some of the
food is going round and round on that conveyor
belt. And presenter Rebecca Wilcox heads out on
patrol with local environmental health officers as
they inspect high street takeaways
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Title: Ruth Watson's Hotel Rescue
Broadcast Info: Wednesday 14 Oct 09, 20:00 (60 mins)
Channels: Channel 4
Description: Hotelier and food writer Ruth Watson attempts to
assist couples starting out in hotel ownership.
Ruth helps out Rod and Shaun Smallwood, who have
ambitious plans for the zero-starred Kenbarry
Hotel in Blackpool
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Title: The Red Lion
Broadcast Info: Thursday 15 Oct 09, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: Channel 4
Description: Documentary. As the recession forces seven pubs a
day to shut their doors for good, award-winning
film-maker Sue Bourne journeys 3,000 miles to
visit some of the country's 600 Red Lions.
Collecting tales that are by turns touching,
funny, sad, gentle and quirky, Bourne creates a
timely snapshot of British drinking habits. The
pub is the hub of many communities, but with more
closing than ever before, are we at risk of losing
a unique and irreplaceable aspect of our culture?

British Universities Film & Video Council (2009). Information from TRILT database, last accessed 6 October 2009 at: http://www.trilt.ac.uk/