Tuesday, 20 May 2014

TV & Radio Recordings: 24-30 May 2014

The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 24-30 May 2014.




TV Recordings:

Title:         The Complainers
Description:   Documentary series examining Britain's complaints culture,
               looking at our expectations of exceptional customer service.
               The complaints department of Transport for London is plagued
               by a number of serial complainers, including an obsessive
               tweeter and a cyclist who deploys a strange array of tools
               to defend his position on the road. Meanwhile, a bus driver
               for TfL is sent on a course known as 'the naughty boys club'
Broadcast:     27 May 2014, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels:      Channel 4
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Title:         Food Inspectors
Description:   Matt Allwright, Chris Hollins and Gaby Roslin present a
               series investigating food hygiene. Britain consumes almost
               220,000 tonnes of bacon every year. Chris finds out how
               mass-produced bacon can be made, while Gaby cooks up the
               posh stuff. Matt reveals the role of slave labour in
               bringing food to the table, meeting two immigrant workers
               from Slovakia who were recruited in their home town to work
               in the UK. Chris visits a butcher to learn the importance of
               storing and preparing cooked and raw meat separately to
               avoid cross contamination. In Oxford, food inspector Richard
               visits a hairdressing salon which is selling food and drinks
               outside its premises. And in Newcastle inspectors Paula and
               Caroline visit a kebab shop where they discover a boiler has
               broken down, which means the staff can't wash their hands
               properly.
Broadcast:     29 May 2014, 20:00 (60 mins)
Channels:      BBC1
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Title:         Burning Desire: The Seduction of Smoking
Description:   Documentary exploring attitudes to cigarettes and smoking.
               Cigarettes are the most lethal consumer product on the
               planet. Yet, despite all the health warnings and decades of
               ever increasing government regulation, the burning desire
               for tobacco is as strong as ever. Peter Taylor travels to
               Australia to look at the industry's last-ditch battle to
               prevent plain packaging and is given rare access to the
               world's second-biggest tobacco company to see why thousands
               of young people around the world are seduced by smoking
               every day
Broadcast:     29 May 2014, 21:30 (60 mins)
Channels:      BBC2
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Radio Recordings:

Title:         Food Programme
Episode:       Wild Booze
Description:   Writer and forager Andy Hamilton leads a journey hunting for
               plants to make incredible drinks, and looks again at the
               wild world all around us.
Broadcast:     25 May 2014, 12:32 (25 mins)
Channels:      BBC Radio 4
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Title:         Fit for Purpose
Description:   Anne McElvoy and John Harris lead the first in a series of
               debates on institutions under pressure. 1: The Unions. Union
               membership has fallen sharply in recent years, but can it be
               revived? John and Anne ask insiders and the public to
               rethink the state of the unions
Broadcast:     28 May 2014, 20:00 (45 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 (2014). Information from TRILT database, last accessed  20th May 2014 at: http://www.trilt.ac.uk/

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