TV Recordings: 9th-15th January 2010

The following television programmes will be recorded this week (9th-15th January 2010). 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.
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Title: Delia through the Decades
Broadcast Info: Monday 11 Jan 10, 20:30 (30 mins)
Channels: BBC2
Description: Series celebrating Delia Smith's career and the
ways she has shaped what people eat and how they
cook it. She revisits her favourite recipes and
recreates some with a contemporary twist. Her
passion stemmed from watching her mother and
grandmother concoct beautiful dishes from
home-grown ingredients, and she revisits the
London restaurant where she worked as a waitress
amd was inspired by its chef. In the 1960s, Delia
worked as a food stylist and was asked to create a
'gaudy cake' for the cover of the Rolling Stones'
album Let It Bleed. This led to a meeting with a
literary agent who has played a huge part in her
remarkable television and publishing career
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Title: Generation XXL
Broadcast Info: Monday 11 Jan 10, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: Channel 4
Description: Long-running documentary series which follows
seven obese children for a decade, revisiting them
every two years to find out about their
experiences as they grow up. Lucas is a
notoriously fussy eater, Lucas scavenges food from
his extended family, Kelsie comes from a family of
big girls and Bethany has a mother who believes
that healthy eating in schools has gone too far
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Title: Kill It, Cook It, Eat It: Fast Food
Episode: Choice Cuts
Broadcast Info: Tuesday 12 Jan 10, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC3
Description: Series showing what it takes to turn a living
animal into meat for the table. This episode takes
a look back through the highlights, following the
journey six volunteers took when they came to
Pipers Farm. Whilst caring for the animals the
contributors chose the beasts for slaughter and
watched them die at the abattoir. With the meat
they made burgers, kebabs, sausages and nuggets.
By making the connection between the animals and
meat products, the ethics of the meat industry
could be debated
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Title: Jimmy's Global Harvest
Episode: Australia
Broadcast Info: Thursday 14 Jan 10, 20:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC2
Description: Jimmy Doherty investigates new techniques and
technologies that may help to meet the increased
demand for food across the planet. In Western
Australia, Jimmy finds out whether farmers can
overcome the global problem of soil salinity. He
heads deep into the outback to catch wild animals,
and takes a trip to the Murray-Darling river basin
to see if vineyards can still produce good wine
with only half as much water

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Source: British Universities Film & Video Council (2010). Information from TRILT database, last accessed 5th January 2010 at: http://www.trilt.ac.uk/