Tuesday, 23 November 2010

TV Recordings: 27 Nov - 3 Dec 2010

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 27 Nov - 3 Dec 2010.
TV Recordings:

Title: Undercover Boss USA
Description: The US version of the show where high-flying company
executives go undercover to ensure their businesses are in
good shape. White Castle's David Rife poses as a new recruit
in the fast-food chain his grandfather founded in 1921.
After making a huge mistake on the first day of his new job,
he soon realises that the state of the business is a long
way from grandfather's vision
Broadcast: 28 Nov 2010, 20:00 (60 mins)
Channels: Channel 4
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Title: Donald Trump: All American Billionaire
Description: Emily Maitlis tells the incredible story of Donald Trump,
the world's most famous developer, who changed the New York
skyline with his glitzy towers and made himself a
multi-billionaire. With unprecedented access to Trump and
his family Maitlis finds out how he did it. Trump's own
lifestyle, with the glamorous wives and the private jet, is
all marketing for his luxurious brand. Now the all-American
tycoon is over here. Maitlis asks why he wants to build a
huge golf resort on the sand-dunes near Aberdeen, and
watches him presiding over his own beauty pageant in Las
Vegas. She finds out how it was a Brit who made Trump the
star of the original Apprentice series, bringing the
media-loving mogul with the amazing hair to an even bigger
public
Broadcast: 28 Nov 2010, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC2
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Title: The Foods that Make Billions
Episode: The Age of Plenty
Description: Series telling the story of how big businesses transform
simple commodities into highly profitable brands. This
episode tells the incredible story of how business has
turned grain into one of the biggest success stories of the
modern food industry. With access to the world's largest
food companies, this is the inside story of how breakfast
cereals have transformed the way we eat and the way we live
Broadcast: 30 Nov 2010, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC2
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Title: Turn Back Time: The High Street
Episode: 1960s
Description: A group of modern shopkeepers live and trade through six key
eras of history. The shopkeepers and their customers move
into the swinging sixties, where big changes hit the high
street. The bakers find themselves running a milk bar, the
butcher sells hardware and the dressmaker is now running a
hair salon. As the shopkeepers struggle with the changes,
the town sees first-hand why Britain turned its back on
traditional shops and embraced the supermarket
Broadcast: 30 Nov 2010, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC1
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Title: Jimmy's Food Factory
Episode: Packed Lunch
Description: Science series in which farmer Jimmy Doherty asks what
really goes into supermarket food. Jimmy lifts the lids on
the secrets in the lunch box. He adapts a lawn mower and a
mangle to find out the difference between freshly squeezed
apple juice and juice made from concentrate. He also uses
some rotting cabbages and slime to replicate what is done to
make extra light mayonnaise, and visits a massive greenhouse
to find out why supermarket cucumbers are perfectly
straight. Finally, he stops off at the biggest custard cream
factory in the country to investigate how biscuits get the
perfect crunch
Broadcast: 1 Dec 2010, 20:00 (30 mins)
Channels: BBC1
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Title: The Apprentice
Episode: Discount Buying
Description: The business-based reality show reaches its ninth week, and
just seven of the candidates are left standing. Lord Sugar
ups the ante as the candidates are called to a skyscraper in
the heart of the City's financial district. As the teams
revert back to boys vs girls, Lord Sugar aims to determine
who can strike the best deals in a race against time to find
and buy ten items in ten hours. The candidates' powers of
negotiation are pushed to the limit as they attempt to track
down everything on an unusual shopping list and purchase
them at the lowest possible price
Broadcast: 1 Dec 2010, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC1
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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 23 November 2010 at: http://www.trilt.ac.uk/

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