TV Recordings:
Title: China: Triumph and Turmoil
Description: Documentary series in which Niall Ferguson travels through
China. Here the presenter asks how the country’s vast
population can live successfully under a communist system of
government and yet have a thriving capitalist economy.
Ferguson’s journey takes in Beijing, Mao Zedong’s
birthplace at Shaoshan, the city of Chongqing and rural
Anhui and hears from survivors of Chairman Mao’s regime,
newly minted billionaires and Mao worshippers. Ferguson
finds the way China is governed has some similarities to the
way it was under the First Emperor
Broadcast: 19 Mar 2012, 20:00 (60 mins)
Channels: Channel 4
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Title: Horizon: The Truth about Fat
Description: Surgeon Gabriel Weston discovers the surprising truth about
why so many people are piling on the pounds, and how to
fight the fat epidemic. She discovers the hidden battles of
hormones that control people’s appetites, and sees the
latest surgery that fundamentally changes what a patient
wants to eat by altering how their brains work. Gabriel is
shocked to find out that when it comes to being overweight,
it’s not always your fault you’re fat
Broadcast: 20 Mar 2012, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC2
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Title: The Apprentice
Episode: Blank Canvas
Description: Sixteen candidates begin their fight for one-life changing
opportunity - a quarter of a million pounds to start up a
business with Lord Sugar as their partner. In the first
task, the boys compete against the girls. Each team must buy
blank goods, add value by printing a design onto them and
then sell them from stalls on the streets of London. It is a
test of the candidates’ creativity, marketing and
salesmanship. One team gets creative with cute kids’
clothes, while the other plays it safe with Union Jacks on
teddies for tourists. Having to hand-print hundreds of
products by midnight piles on the pressure, resulting in
messed-up merchandise, and figuring out the financials is
almost forgotten. Punters are put off by poorly-printed
products and overzealous selling, and the bitching,
backbiting and blaming begins. In the boardroom, one
candidate’s dream of going into business with Lord Sugar
comes to an abrupt end when they are the first to hear the
words ’You’re fired’
Broadcast: 21 Mar 2012, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC1
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Title: Mary’s Bottom Line
Description: Series in which Mary Portas sets up a production line for
truly British-made knickers in Middleton, Manchester. This
time she lays down the rules she expects all the trainees to
stick to before embarking on making Mary’s knickers. Mary
is determined they should be priced at 10 pounds a pair. But
with competitor’s knickers retailing for over double that,
will she get her way? She must also settle on the brand name
for her knickers and find the right models to show them off.
Mary then has to get the knickers stocked by retailers
Broadcast: 22 Mar 2012, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: Channel 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 (2012). Information from TRILT database, last accessed 13th March 2012 at: http://www.trilt.ac.uk/
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