26 Sept 2009

My recent TV viewing

The Love of Money
Three part documnetary about the recent financial crisis:
1/3. Why the collapse of Lehman Brothers had disastrous consequences for the world's economy.
2/3. Examining the boom years before the global crash, with testimony from key decision makers.
3/3. The story of how politicians reacted to the crash, and what has been learnt from it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mqmjs/episodes/player

Alone in the Wild
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/alone-in-the-wild/4od

Nigel Slater's Simple Suppers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mm51f/episodes/player

Economy Gastronomy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00m1c34

Jamie's American Road Trip
Jamie Oliver tours parts of America not often seen on TV and enjoys some of the unique food

Jonathan Meades: Off Kilter
1/3. Architecture critic Jonathan Meades takes a quixotic tour of Scotland.
2/3. On the isle of Lewis and Harris, Meades discovers serenity, Calvinism and peat bog bodies.
3/3. Meades celebrates an oil refinery and takes potshots at overpaid footballers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mrbdt

Peep Show - Season 6
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/peep-show/4od