The following programmes will be recorded during the week: 12-18 July 2014.
TV
Recordings:
Title: The
Men Who Made Us Spend
Description:
Jacques Peretti investigates consumerism and confronts some
of the men behind bestselling products and
sales strategies
in
this three part series. In this episode, Jacques reveals
how
the wheel of consumerism is driven by product lifespans
and
delves into the history of planned obsolescence - of
products being 'made to break'. During his investigation,
Jacques explains how consumers moved from replacing broken
products with new ones to the contemporary attitudes of
desiring new products for the
sake of fashion and
aspiration. This radical transformation in attitudes is at
the
heart of the consumer appetite and Jacques meets some of
the
people who have tapped into it, speaking to the
companies who have taught consumers to buy into an
ever-faster cycle of 'upgrades'. A former senior Apple
employee reveals how the company's focus on fashion
encourages buying even when innovation slows, and an Ikea
executive answers questions about the company's commitment
to
sustainability
Broadcast: 12
Jul 2014, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC2
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Title: Food
Unwrapped
Description:
Series exploring how our food is really made and the
industry secrets behind our favourite produce. Jimmy Doherty
wants to know why so much of the bacon in supermarkets comes
from
Denmark. Kate Quilton meets mozzarella makers in Italy
to
find out what the liquid is that mozzarella balls bob in.
And
snails are served as a delicacy in French restaurants,
but
Matt Tebbutt asks whether you can snack on the snails in
your
garden
Broadcast: 14
Jul 2014, 20:30 (30 mins)
Channels:
Channel 4
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Title: The
Secret Life of Your Clothes
Description:
Documentary in which Ade Adepitan explores the afterlife of
some
of the clothes we donate to charity shops; where do
they
actually go? It turns out most don't ever reach the
rail
of the local charity shop; they are exported to Africa.
Our
castoffs have created a multi-million pound industry and
some
of the world's poorest people pay good money to buy
them. In this film for This World, Ade Adepitan tells the
story of the afterlife of our clothes. He follows the trail
to
Ghana, the biggest importer of our castoffs. Ade meets
the
people who making a living from our old castoffs. But
not
everyone is profiting. With cheaply made western clothes
flooding the market, the local textile industry has been
decimated. The deluge of our clothes isn't just destroying
jobs, it has also had a seismic effect on Ghanaian culture.
Western outfits are fast replacing iconic West African
prints and traditional garb. Ade travels to remote villages
to
finds everyone wearing British high street brands
Broadcast: 14
Jul 2014, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC2
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Title:
Chocolate Perfection with Michel Roux Jr
Description: Michel
Roux Jr sets out to discover the secret of chocolate
- not
just why we're addicted to this sublime and complex
foodstuff, but its rich and varied history, from a sacred
drink of Aztec emperors to the aphrodisiac of choice at the
court of Louis XIV in Versailles. For Michel the best
chocolate in the world is to be found in France, where the
art
of the chocolatier has been handed down from generation
to generation. He wants to create his
own unique chocolate
flavour to use in his cooking, so he immerses himself in the
world of chocolate, from the raw cocoa bean to some of the
most
refined and unusual chocolate creations the world has
seen
Broadcast: 14
Jul 2014, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels: BBC4
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Title:
Undercover Boss
Description:
Reality show in which high-flying company executives go
undercover to ensure their businesses are in good shape.
Brian Brick, chief executive of high street clothing
retailer Moss Bros, swaps his suit for a dramatic disguise
and
goes undercover to work alongside his frontline staff.
In
the five years since Brian became boss, he has turned the
struggling retailer back into profit. However, cutting costs
and piling pressure on sales staff to
sell more has brought
its
own problems. Brian is shocked to discover de-motivated
employees, over-stretched delivery drivers and staff so
desperate
to improve the look of their shop that they are
painting it themselves
Broadcast: 15
Jul 2014, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels:
Channel 4
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Title: The
Hotel Inspector Returns
Episode: The
White Hart Hotel
Description:
Documentary series. Alex Polizzi returns to the scene of
some
of her biggest challenges to discover whether the
hotels' fortunes have turned around and whether the owners
have
continued to follow her advice. In the final episode,
she
revisits the White Hart Hotel in St Albans, where the
owners were attempting to capitalise on the building's
haunted history, but to poor effect. Two years previously,
Alex
encouraged Ross and Jayne McBeath to concentrate on the
history of the hotel and surrounding area and to lose the
ghost tours and horror-themed menu. Have the couple listened
to
her wise words, or will the business be dead and buried?
Broadcast: 16
Jul 2014, 21:00 (60 mins)
Channels:
Channel 5
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Radio
Recordings:
Title: The
Leadership Gap
Description: In
the light of recent crises of leadership in some of our
large organisations, public and private, Sir John Tusa,
former Head of the BBC World Service and London's Barbican
Centre, takes an objective look at the state of leadership
in
large UK organisations today.
Broadcast: 18
Jul 2014, 11:00 (30 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 8th
July 2014 at: http://www.trilt.ac.uk/
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