The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 23-29
Nov 2013.
TV
Recordings:
Title:
Undercover: The Truth about Amazon - Panorama
Description: It's
the online retailer that has transformed the way we shop, but how does Amazon
treat the workers who retrieve our orders? Working conditions in the company's
giant warehouses have been condemned by unions as among the worst in Britain. Panorama
goes undercover to find out what happens after we fill our online shopping basket
Broadcast: 25
Nov 2013, 20:30 (30 mins)
Channels: BBC1
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Title: Too
Young for Technology?: Tonight
Description: Recent
studies suggest nearly a third of children aged three and four regularly use
tablet computers, and many parents admit their kids know more about technology
than they do. But is this increasing exposure to electronic gadgets affecting
the way in which youngsters learn, behave and interact? Jonathan Maitland
examines the evidence, visiting a nursery in south Wales where laptops are used
as educational tools
Broadcast: 28 Nov
2013, 19:30 (30 mins)
Channels: ITV1
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Title: Getting
Rich in the Recession: Scrappers
Description: The
UK is still feeling the effects of recession. Jobs are being axed, money is
tight and most of us are broke.
But look a little closer and you'll see that the streets
of Britain are paved with gold. You just need to know where to look.
With unprecedented access to a scrap yard in Sydenham,
South London, this documentary lifts the lid on the secret world of the scrap
metal industry.
It's a world that attracts some of the country's most
surprising characters, from ex-criminals to former music moguls and a mother of
three whose nights spent trawling the streets of London are helping heal her
broken heart.
In the world of scrap metal anyone can earn a crust if
they are willing to put the hours in. They survive by ducking, diving and
grafting, relentlessly gathering London's discarded metal.
And in the hardest times in living memory, the scrappers
are cleaning up. Due to the soaring cost of metal, scrap is a £10 billion a
year industry. Over a million tonnes of electrical waste are thrown away each
year. More than half of it still works.
Old sinks, pots, pans, wrecked TVs, unwanted cars,
washing machines, window frames, chairs and lamps are thrown away without a
moment's thought. And there to collect it, just around the corner, are the
scrappers.
Full of incidents, insight, humour and larger-than-life
personalities, the film reveals an extraordinary group of people who, through
hard graft and a keen eye for an opportunity, are making money from nothing on
the streets of South London.
Broadcast: 28
Nov 2013, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels:
Channel 4
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Radio
Recordings:
Title: A
History of Britain in Numbers
Description:
Andrew Dilnot, chair of the UK Statistics Authority, brings to life the
numbers that highlight the patterns and trends that have transformed Britain.
6: Education. Andrew looks into the data concerning education, and finds a
story of asudden spread of privilege, largely in the space of a century or two,
first in school, then in university. In other words, it is a story about
access, the modern buzzword for an old problem. 7: Work. How does our
long-working-hours culture, often with low wages and job insecurity, compare
with the past? 8: Old Age. Andrew reveals the changing shape of our lives by
compressing a whole life into 20 seconds and comparing it over the centuries.
Did we once grow old in the comfort of family life? How old was old? 9: Women. Andrew
investigates how the changes in women's lives have been vast and often come in
a blink at the end of recorded history. However, the patterns in the data can
be found repeated as far back as the Black Death. 10: Living. The programme
looks at the economic struggle for survival and the long-term sustainability of
the planet.
Broadcast: 29
Nov 2013, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC
Radio 4
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All recordings will be made available via the VOD
(Video On Demand) service. To use VOD, search for the individual programme
title in SHU Library Search, then click on the VOD link.
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Source:
British Universities Film & Video Council (2013). Information from TRILT
database, last accessed 19th
November 2013 at: http://www.trilt.ac.uk/
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