TV and Radio Recordings: 6th-12th March 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 6th-12th March 2010.
TV Recordings:

Title: The Grunwick Strike
Broadcast Info: Tuesday 09 Mar 10, 00:10 (45 mins)
Channels: BBC4
Description: Documentary recalling the industrial dispute at
the Grunwick film processing business in North
London in 1976. The strike over union recognition
escalated into a major cause celebre, with bitter
clashes between pickets and police. At one point,
cabinet minister Shirley Williams was arrested
outside the factory gates
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Title: Famous Rich and Jobless
Broadcast Info: Tuesday & Wednesday 09 & 10 Mar 10, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC1
Description: For four celebrities unemployment is about to
become a chilling reality, as they start on their
emotional journey to become Famous, Rich and
Jobless. Actor Larry Lamb, television gardener
Diarmuid Gavin, interior designer Meg Matthews and
model-turned-mechanic Emma Parker Bowles put
unemployment in the spotlight by agreeing to swap
their fame and fortune for a world of joblessness,
job-hunting and surviving on the poverty line and
benefits
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Title: Jobless
Broadcast Info: Tuesday 09 Mar 10, 22:35 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC1
Description: As the unemployment statistics start to climb once
more, multi BAFTA winning film-maker Brian Woods
goes behind the numbers to the people they
represent, and presents his take on the recession.
Filmed throughout 2009, and seen in part through
the eyes of the children, Jobless tells the
interwoven stories of several families across the
length and breadth of Britain, as both husband and
wife cope with losing their jobs, in most cases
for the first time in their lives
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Title: Inside John Lewis
Broadcast Info: Wednesday 10 Mar 10, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC2
Description: A documentary series going behind the scenes of
John Lewis - one of Britain's biggest and best
known department stores - as it tackles changing
tastes, tougher competition and the worst
recession for 80 years. The half-yearly results
send shock waves throughout the company, and the
pressure is on for the second half of the year
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Title: It Pays to Complain: Tonight
Broadcast Info: Thursday 11 Mar 10, 19:30 (30 mins)
Channels: ITV1
Description: Jonathan Maitland conducts a special experiment to
understand why Britons are still reluctant to
complain about shoddy goods and services, despite
the fact that standing up for their rights could
save the average consumer thousands of pounds
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Title: Michelin Stars - The Madness of Perfection
Broadcast Info: Thursday 11 Mar 10, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC2
Description: Food writer and critic William Sitwell
investigates the passions, pressures and
obsessions behind that apparently all-important
description, 'Michelin-starred chef'. In the
lead-up to the 2010 Guide's publication, Sitwell
goes behind the scenes to hear contrasting views
on the Michelin phenomenon, from Raymond Blanc and
Marco Pierre White to chefs dreaming of stars and
restaurateurs dismissive of them
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Radio Recordings:

Title: A Brief History of Double Entry Book-keeping
Broadcast Info: Monday-Friday 08-12 Mar 10, 15:45 (15 mins)
Channels: BBC Radio 4
Description: Jolyon Jenkins investigates how accountants shaped
the modern world.
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Title: Can't Connect, Won't Connect
Broadcast Info: Thursday 11 Mar 10, 21:00 (30 mins)
Channels: BBC Radio 4
Description: A so-called 'digital revolution' is promised to
transform public and private life, but many
millions are still not online in Britain, saying
that they don't need or want to join this
revolution. Chris Bowlby discovers who the digital
'refuseniks' are, and explores how far their
resistance can go
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All recordings will be made available to borrow from Adsetts in DVD / CD 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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Source: British Universities Film & Video Council (2010). Information from TRILT database, last accessed 2nd March 2010 at: http://www.trilt.ac.uk/