TV Recordings: 14th-20th November 2009

The following television programmes will be recorded by your LIS team next week (14th-20th November 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: Britain's Really Disgusting Food: Fish
Broadcast Info: Monday 16 Nov 09, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC3
Description: Alex Riley sets out to find the ultimate
disgusting fish dish and, amidst the cheap,
codless fish fingers and fake prawns, he unearths
a whole fishy world of waste
------------------------------------------

Title: Young Butcher of the Year
Broadcast Info: Monday 16 Nov 09, 22:30 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC3
Description: George Lamb celebrates the UK's unsung heroes, as
five young butchers compete for the title BBC
Young Butcher of the Year. Faced with four intense
challenges designed to test their skills,
creativity and knowledge, they are judged by two
leading industry experts, master butcher David
Lishman and Justin Preston, and there can only be
one winner
------------------------------------------

Title: John Sergeant on the Tourist Trail
Episode: Kings and Castles
Broadcast Info: Tuesday 17 Nov 09, 20:00 (60 mins)
Channels: ITV1
Description: John meets tourists visiting the UK in search of
history and tradition. A group of Americans have
come for Ladies' Day at Ascot - but have their
expectations been raised too high by scenes from
My Fair Lady? John then joins a family from
Orlando staying overnight at haunted Chillingham
Castle, a group of French enthusiasts who have
come to re-enact a medieval battle, and a family
from North Carolina in search of their Scottish
roots. Finally, he tries his hand at punting in
Cambridge
------------------------------------------

Title: Jimmy's Food Factory
Episode: Snack Food
Broadcast Info: Wednesday 18 Nov 09, 19:30 (30 mins)
Channels: BBC1
Description: Entertaining science series in which farmer Jimmy
Doherty investigates supermarket food production.
In this programme he looks at our favourite snack
foods. He attempts to mix his own cola syrup and
inject some fizz and also tries to make shaped
potato snacks. How will drainpipe, a hand-mincer
and a water cooler bottle help him? He goes to the
world's biggest ice cream factory and also visits
a crisp factory to discover why the perfect crunch
makes eating crisps so enjoyable

--------------------------------
Source: British Universities Film & Video Council (2009). Information from TRILT database, last accessed 10 November 2009 at: http://www.trilt.ac.uk/