TV Recordings:
Title: Holiday Hijack
Description: Unsuspecting British holidaymakers who love all-inclusive
breaks are given an alternative, once-in-a-lifetime
vacation. Ali and her father Graham, along with their
fiancees Stuart and Sally, get a humbling glimpse of the
behind-the-scenes work done by Maldive Islanders that keeps
the tourist industry running smoothly - from rubbish
collecting to fishing and beach sweeping
Broadcast: 31 Jul 2011, 20:00 (60 mins)
Channels: Channel 4
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Title: Dragons’ Den
Description: Series presented by Evan Davis, in which budding
entrepreneurs get three minutes to pitch their business
ideas to five multimillionaires willing to invest their own
cash to kick-start the business. 34-year-old Georgette
Hewitt, from Kent, tempts the multimillionaires to invest in
her answer to a common birthday party headache familiar to
all parents. Entrepreneurs often take advantage of the
latest government schemes and incentives when building their
business, which is exactly what Chris Hopkins from Yorkshire
has done by capitalising on the solar power feed-in tariff.
But when a Dragon knows your industry inside out it’s not
always what you want. Add into the mix the most unusual use
you could ever think of for a plastic egg, a circus act
that’s sure to go with a bang, and a mind coaching massage
service, and you’ve got a formidable showcase of the Great
British spirit of invention and innovation
Broadcast: 31 Jul 2011, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC2
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Title: Dying for a Drink - Panorama
Description: Current affairs documentary. Victoria is 35 and critically
ill after a decade of heavy drinking. Forty-five-year-old
Matthew was so sick from his alcohol abuse he needed a new
liver. Brian, at 32, drank so much that he ended up living
in a cave. Panorama uncovers the impact alcohol is having on
a new and younger generation of problem drinkers, and asks
whether the government is doing enough to stop us drinking
ourselves to death
Broadcast: 1 Aug 2011, 20:30 (30 mins)
Channels: BBC1
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Title: Undercover Boss
Description: High-flying company executives go undercover to ensure their
businesses are in good shape. Npower is one of the UK’s
top utility companies, but a recent report suggests that
just 27 per cent of its customers are satisfied with the
service. Chief Operating Officer Kevin McClough is
responsible for over 8000 npower employees. A local lad done
good, 45-year-old Kevin grew up in Yorkshire and started his
career in 1984, shovelling coal at the plant. While
undercover Kevin sees for himself what his employees have to
put up with, including a spell on the busy customer service
team. With a mountain to climb to gain back the respect of
their customers, and staff, will Kevin’s spell undercover
go anyway to turning the business around?
Broadcast: 2 Aug 2011, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: Channel 4
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Title: All the Fun of the Fair: A History of the British Fairground
Description: Timeshift explores rarely-seen images from the University of
Sheffield’s National Fairground Archive to ride back to
the origins of the fairground. From the sideshows to the
freak shows and early hand-powered rides to the arrival of
steam and electricity, the story of fairs is the tale of one
of our first forms of popular entertainment. The film shows
how fairgrounds often provided the only entertainment to
rapidly-expanding industrial towns. It looks at how, from
the 50s, the fairground was the site of youth rebellion and
why we are still entranced by these travelling carnivals
that arrive overnight and then vanish just as mysteriously
Broadcast: 2 Aug 2011, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC4
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Title: My Resignation
Description: Through personal testimony, this programme follows the
process of resigning - from the initial crisis to taking the
decision to resign and handling the timing, to the costs,
consequences and legacy of the resignation. It shows that
the honourable resignation is not dead. Consultant
anaesthetist Stephen Bolsin felt he could only go public
after he had resigned and left the country. Former home
secretary Jacqui Smith was determined to do the honourable
thing and resign immediately over her expenses, but she was
thwarted by a prime minister with any eye on political
timing. The programme charts how resignation can act as a
social barometer - affairs that were once a fast route to
leaving are no longer a career fullstop. Interviewees talk
about their experiences and what they have learned,
including Alastair Campbell, Greg Dyke and journalist
Richard Peppiatt
Broadcast: 3 Aug 2011, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC4
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Radio Recordings:
Title: In Business: Bitter Pill
Description: The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is closing most of its giant
research facility at Sandwich in Kent, the place where
Viagra was developed, putting 2,000 science jobs at risk.
Peter Day asks what the surprising decision means for an
important UK industry
Broadcast: 4 Aug 2011, 20:30 (30 mins)
Channels: BBC Radio 4
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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 (2011). Information from TRILT database, last accessed 26th July 2011 at: http://www.trilt.ac.uk/
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