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Please consider the following definitions of two types of television programme:
Type A: These programmes are fun or pleasurable to watch, but they tend to be quickly forgotten.
Type B: These tend to be less pleasurable to watch than Type A programmes, but you are more likely to remember them and think about them afterwards.
Please read the example synopsis for each program below and rate it from 1 to 9, where 1 is a Type A program and 9 is a Type B program.
| | | | | | | | | | Eastenders
Genre: Drama – Soaps
Running Time: 30 minutes
Bianca is excited to receive good news but there are darker forces at work. Max has plans for Jack, while Ian finds that meddling in other people's business can be dangerous. And should Stacey follow her heart?
| | | | | | | | | | | University Challenge
Genre: Entertainment – Games & Quizzes
Running Time: 29 minutes
The students of the University of Southampton do battle with the University of Brighton in a bid to get through to the second round. Jeremy Paxman asks the questions.
| | | | | | | | | | | Nevermind The Buzzcocks
Genre: Entertainment – Games & Quizzes; Music
Running Time: 29 minutes
Comedy pop quiz hosted by Simon Amstell with team captains Bill Bailey and Phill Jupitus. Guests include Kate Nash, comedy actor Martin Freeman, Antony Costa and Matt Horne.
| | | | | | | | | | | Sky Cops
Genre: Factual – Crime & Justice
Running Time: 29 minutes
Series that follows the work of Britain's helicopter police, narrated by Jamie Theakston. The helicopter squad are called in by police in South London tackling street robbers who use scooters to get away from police cars. In a combined operation the helicopters and ground cops work together to try and trap the perpetrators. But they must also deal with another conflict - hundreds of protestors opposed to the war in Iraq, who are threatening to break the law by marching on Parliament.
| | | | | | | | | | | Massive
Genre: Comedy – Sitcom
Running Time: 30 minutes
Two friends pack in their dreary jobs and set up their own record label in Manchester after inheriting 10,000 pounds. After a sizzling Battle of the Bands, Danny and Shay make the label's first signing. Girl band HearKittyKitty weren't quite what the lads had in mind, but Danny is certain they've got talent. All they need now is a single to prove it. After a big night's clubbing, Lou hooks them up with celebrity DJ Manny Westside. Miraculously, he agrees to produce the track and the Shady team go into the studio. The session starts well, but soon descends into mayhem when the girls offend Manny, Tina makes a play for Danny and Shay gets embroiled in one of Tony's dodgy schemes. | | | | | | | | | | |
Please consider the following definitions of two types of television programme:
Type A: These programmes are fun or pleasurable to watch, but they tend to be quickly forgotten.
Type B: These tend to be less pleasurable to watch than Type A programmes, but you are more likely to remember them and think about them afterwards.
Please read the example synopsis for each program below and rate it from 1 to 9, where 1 is a Type A program and 9 is a Type B program.
| | | | | | | | | | Mock The Week
Genre: Entertainment – Quizzes; Comedy; Satire
Running Time: 29 minutes
Two teams of comedians take a satirical swipe at the news and world events. Host Dara O'Briain is joined by regulars Frankie Boyle, Hugh Dennis, Russell Howard and Andy Parsons and guests Ed Byrne and Stewart Francis.
| | | | | | | | | | | The Cup
Genre: Comedy – Spoof
Running Time: 29 minutes
Comedy series following the fortunes of Bolton-based Ashburn United Football Club and their quest to win the North and Midlands Under 11s Cup in Birmingham. The dishy Frenchman Raymond Mercier is appointed as coach, much to the delight of Debbie who immediately sees romantic possibilities, but to the dismay of Terry and Kaskar. Yet more dismay is to follow, however, as Vincent Farrell, Sandra's husband and the local undertaker, informs his wife they are unable to sponsor the Ashes' trip to Birmingham. It looks like the long-awaited trip will have to be cancelled unless Terry can raise the funds in time.
| | | | | | | | | | | Casualty
Genre: Drama – Medical
Running Time: 55 minutes
When the ED gang finds some disturbing video footage that explains Tess's disappearance, Charlie leads the search to find her - but things quickly turn nasty out on the hostile Farmead estate. Adam corners Jessica into giving him her decision, but is left reeling by her response.
| | | | | | | | | | | Panorama
Genre: Factual – News
Running Time: 29 minutes
Panorama asks why has no one ever been convicted of the 1998 murder of 29 people and two unborn babies in Omagh? The failed CID investigation was heavily criticised at the time but John Ware uncovers secret intelligence which could have helped charge some of the terrorists involved was witheld from detectives.
| | | | | | | | | | | What To Eat Now
Genre: Factual - Food 7 Drink
Running Time: 30 minutes
Chef and culinary explorer Valentine Warner takes us on a mouth-watering adventure through the very best of autumn food. Combining his two great loves - nature and food - Valentine travels the length and breadth of Britain unearthing the finest autumn ingredients. Each week he'll be showing us the food we should be eating as the nights draw in, how it grows and mouth-watering ways to cook it. Valentine visits an archaeological dig in Northumberland and turns the tables on the rabbits who are wreaking havoc with the ruins. The rabbits end up on the menu in a deliciously simple stew with peas, cider and lettuce. Then Valentine heads to the hills of North Wales to source perfect autumn lamb for his melting dish of slow roast lamb with bitter herbs and honey; and he visits Derbyshire in search of the black gold of the food world: truffles. | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Trawlermen
Genre: Factual - Life Stories
Running Time: 30 minutes
Documentary series about a group of trawler fishermen in Peterhead, Scotland. John Alexander, working alone on his tiny boat, finds himself in trouble when the weather turns and the seas run high. Out in the treacherous North Atlantic, Alan Watt is bouncing back from his last disastrous haul. He finds himself with a giant catch of lucrative monkfish, but when the main winch jams the entire trip is in jeopardy and the skipper must fix the problem. Chaz Brown, the youngest skipper in the fleet, has endured the fishing trip from hell - with rough seas, ropes in the propeller, lost nets and barely a prawn to show for their trouble. Can his youthful exuberance reverse the ship's fortunes?
| | | | | | | | | | | DIY SOS
Genre: Factual – Homes & gardens
Running Time: 30 minutes
Nick Knowles and the DIY SOS team are in Essex to help the Taylor family. Window cleaner Kerry fell 25 feet from a ladder and is confined to his wheelchair. With no bathroom downstairs he has to wait until wife Jacquie is home to help him. So it's down to DIY SOS to turn the garage into a bathroom in five days. Designer Julia Kendell's mission is to create a contemporary shower-room with easy wheelchair access, but with no compromise on style.
| | | | | | | | | | | Accidental Heroes
Genre: Factual – Life Stories
Running Time: 30 minutes
Series documenting real-life stories of bravery and courage. A terrible fire rips through a house in a small village in Worcestershire, trapping a man. It's too smoky to get inside but if the neighbours don't do something he'll die. Can they pull together to help? Will a six-year-old boy know what to do when his young mum collapses and falls down the stairs? Plus, real footage of a terrifying rescue at sea. A yacht gets into trouble during a round-the-world race in the Southern Ocean - the only option for the skipper is to call on his arch rival to help. But that would mean turning back and sailing through a storm.
| | | | | | | | | | | Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
Genre: Comedy – Sitcom
Running Time: 30 minutes
Sitcom about the lives and loves of five twentysomethings. Jonny finds himself a new girlfriend. Gaz challenges David to a drinking contest for Donna. A book called Piggy Goes Oink changes Louise's life.
| | | | | | | | | | | Spooks
Genre: Drama – Action & adventure
Running Time: 50 minutes
With the anniversary of the London attack imminent and the knowledge there may be a second nuclear device still out there, Charlie and the team have 24 hours to locate the bomb and identify the MI5 traitor before another major national catastrophe is allowed to happen. | | | | | | | | | | |
Please consider the following definitions of two types of television programme:
Type A: These programmes are fun or pleasurable to watch, but they tend to be quickly forgotten.
Type B: These tend to be less pleasurable to watch than Type A programmes, but you are more likely to remember them and think about them afterwards.
Please read the example synopsis for each program below and rate it from 1 to 9, where 1 is a Type A program and 9 is a Type B program.
| | | | | | | | | | Holby City
Genre: Drama – Medical
Running Time: 60 minutes
A devious Jac, determined to uncover some dirt on Faye to pass on to Joseph, discovers a bigger secret than she ever expected. Jayne is hauled over the coals by the board concerning her handling of the Tans, and Linden nearly scuppers any plans for their support. Can Connie save the day?
| | | | | | | | | | | Freaky Eaters
Genre: Factual – Health & Wellbeing
Running Time: 50 minutes
Series in which nutritionist Natalie Savona and psychological coach Stephen Briers help people with strange eating habits and food phobias. Lecturer Pete Turner has a long-standing fear of vegetables which has left him addicted to meat. Worse still, girlfriend Beth is a strict vegetarian and unless Pete changes his culinary ways he risks a serious relationship crisis. Stephen and Natalie Savona have four weeks to help Pete prepare for his final challenge - cooking and eating a vegetarian meal.
| | | | | | | | | | | Little Britain
Genre: Comedy – Sketch
Running Time: 30 minutes
Matt Lucas and David Walliams take a comic look at life in Britain. Sketch characters include Emily and Florence, Michael and Sebastian, Bubbles, the 'Right On' Lecturer, Anne and Dr Lawrence, Marjorie Dawes and Daffyd. Plus Lou and Andy are in the countryside, and Judy of the Women's Institute projectile vomits over a visiting MP when she discovers the vol-au-vents were made to a recipe by Ainsley Harriott. Features cameo turns by Anthony Head, Geraldine James and Vincent Marzello.
| | | | | | | | | | | The Wrong Door
Genre: Comedy – Sketch
Running Time: 30 minutes
Sketch show set in a parallel universe, in which a mix of celebrity cameos, unimaginable locations and impossible visual effects heralds a brave new world of comic possibility. Chief Inspector Barnes struggles to balance his budget, while the offices of Baum Technologies find themselves with an unusual pest control problem. Lisa finds out her boyfriend can make himself invisible, Trampoline Transit Ltd demonstrate an innovative commuting alternative and Susan is abducted by the Smutty Aliens.
| | | | | | | | | | | How Not To Live Your Life
Genre: Comedy – Sitcom
Running Time: 30 minutes
20-something Don is a man with bad luck and even worse instincts, whose overactive imagination is always in full flow in the form of quick-fire fantasy sequences as he imagines what he would really like to say. Don goes on a field trip with Abby and the kids from her school. This attempt to show her he's a good, decent man goes horribly wrong when he gets the 10-year-olds drunk in a country pub. | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Don't Tell The Bride
Genre: Factual – Families & Relationships
Running Time: 60 minutes
Series in which the groom must choose every detail of his upcoming nuptials, from venue to cake to wedding dress. Childhood sweethearts Rodney and Paula are about to get wed but are strapped for cash. In return for 12,000 pounds towards their wedding, they've agreed, in the presence of a lawyer, that Rodney will organise the wedding alone. They'll have absolutely no contact and the bride won't have a clue about the wedding plans until the big day three weeks hence. Can Rodney find the perfect venue, will he ever make a decision or will making his mind up tip his bride over the edge?
| | | | | | | | | | | President Hollywood
Genre: Factual – Arts, Culture & the Media; Politics
Running Time: 60 minutes
Jonathan Freedland reveals how 2008's dramatic race for the White House has been run before on The West Wing. The TV series held an election between a charismatic, non-white Democrat called Matt Santos and an appealing, experienced Republican, Arnold Vinick - two candidates remarkably similar to Barack Obama and John McCain. Freedland argues the relationship between onscreen art and political life is nothing new. Both Hollywood and Washington have been exerting their power and influence over the image of the President for nearly a century.
| | | | | | | | | | | Maestro
Genre: Entertainment – Talent Shows; Music; Classical; Arts, Culture & The Media
Running Time: 90 minutes
Clive Anderson presents the live grand final. The three remaining student conductors must conduct a concerto with world renowned soloists - violonist Tasmin Little, cellist Natalie Clein and pianist Nikolai Demidenko - as well as a piece of orchestral music of their own choosing. The judges - Sir Roger Norrington, Dominic Seldis, Zoe Martlew and guest judge international violin virtuso Maxim Vengerov - rate their performances before the BBC Concert Orchestra votes one student out. The remaining two contestants both must conduct the 1st movement of Beethoven's 5th Symphony.
| | | | | | | | | | | That Mitchell & webb Look
Genre: Entertainment & Comedy – Sketch
Running Time: 30 minutes
Robert Webb and David Mitchell invite you into their lop-sided world of sketch comedy, featuring anxious Nazis, some easily distracted snooker commentators, and the not-terribly-well-matched crime fighting duo of Angel Summoner and BMX Bandit. Plus Numberwang, the exciting new quiz game that everyone's talking about but nobody really understands.
| | | | | | | | | | | Edwardians in Colour: The Wonderful World of Edward Kahn
Genre: Factual – Arts, Culture & the Media; history
Running Time: 60 minutes
Documentary series about Albert Kahn's photographic Archive of the Planet. For a quarter of a century, Kahn supplied a team of photographers with the world's first colour camera system and dispatched them across the globe. Their films and 72,000 photographs offer a unique insight into the formative years of the 20th Century. During the First World War, Kahn dispatched his photographers to the battlefields, where they recorded in remarkably intimate detail the everyday lives of French troops fighting on the Western Front. The Soldiers' Story shows the poignant images they captured as they journeyed through shattered landscapes of Eastern France. Their remarkable pictures also document the horrifyingly crude medical procedures at field hospitals; the first aeroplanes and the heavy armaments that were appearing in the war zone; the heroism of the nurses; and the endurance of an army which sustained more casualties than any other during The Great War. | | | | | | | | | | |
Please consider the following definitions of two types of television programme:
Type A: These programmes are fun or pleasurable to watch, but they tend to be quickly forgotten.
Type B: These tend to be less pleasurable to watch than Type A programmes, but you are more likely to remember them and think about them afterwards.
Please read the example synopsis for each program below and rate it from 1 to 9, where 1 is a Type A program and 9 is a Type B program.
| | | | | | | | | | Life In Cold Blood
Genre: Factual – Science, Nature & Environment
David Attenborough reveals the fascinating lives of snakes, the most misunderstood group of reptiles. A CCTV stakeout of wild rattlesnakes hunting shows, for the first time, what sophisticated predators they truly are. Attenborough is also on the receiving end of a spitting cobra's chemical weapons system, while the surprisingly beautiful and tender side of snakes is displayed in the sinuous courtship of kingsnakes, and the water birth of 15 beautiful yellow anaconda babies.
| | | | | | | | | | | Blood and Guts
Genre: Factual – History; Science, Nature &* Environment
Running Time: 60 minutes
Documentary series looking at the brutal, bloody and dangerous history of surgery begins with the area of the body where it has been most frightening - the brain. Just over 100 years ago, cutting into the brain was a terrifying prospect for both patient and surgeon. They could expect the result to be the surgeon bloodied and defeated and the patient dead. From freak accidents involving crowbars through the skull to notorious lobotomies with icepicks, this programme reveals how, through mishap and misadventure, brain surgery has become the life-saving discipline it is today.
| | | | | | | | | | | The Weakest Link
Genre: Entertainment – Games & Quizzes
Running Time: 45 minutes
Anne Robinson presents the quick-fire general knowledge quiz in which contestants eliminate the weakest team member at the end of each round.
| | | | | | | | | | | Bargain Hunt
Genre: Factual – Antiques
Running Time: 30 minutes
Two teams search for bargains at a scenic antiques centre in Northern Ireland. An interior designer and his cousin take on a stylish mum and daughter. Presenter Tim Wonnacott visits Castle Ward, a stately home with both classic and gothic facades.
| | | | | | | | | | | Friday Night with Jonathon Ross
Genre: Entertainment – Discussion & Talk Show
Running Time: 60 minutes
In a rare TV appearance, legendary Motown legend Stevie Wonder performs a classic from his peerless back catalogue and an exclusive track from his brand-new album. Jonathan is also joined by model Abbey Clancy, and Alan Partridge's alter ego - actor and comedian Steve Coogan - to discuss his latest roles | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Masterchef
Genre: Factual – Food & Drink
Running Time: 29 minutes
Chef Michel Roux Jnr and vegetable expert Gregg Wallace are on the hunt for a young chef who wants to make it to the top of the culinary world. The chefs must make two dishes in 50 minutes from the central ingredient of beef sirloin, then they must recreate two classic dishes - Bouillabaisse and Tarte Tatin. Only one will make it through to the quarter final.
| | | | | | | | | | | Dragon's Den
Genre: Entertainment – Reality; Factual; Money
Running Time: 59 minutes
The series draws to a close, but not before the den doors are opened one last time to allow entrepreneurs the chance to pitch to the Dragons who have already pledged investment of well over a million pounds of their own money. Trying to convince the Dragons to part with their cash is 28-year-old Paul Tinton from Surrey. He's hoping to bring a bit of eco-friendliness to the construction industry with his waste recycling business. Manchester based Naomi Timperley and her American business partner Andy Hurwitz look to get the Dragons into the groove of their Baby Loves Disco project - a novel take on night clubbing for both parents and children. And Simon Boyle, a chef with a Jamie Oliver-like mission to get homeless people back to work also pitches for investment. There will also be a look at some of the most memorable investments of the series and a catch up with a couple of the entrepreneurs to seeing how they're getting on.
| | | | | | | | | | | Have I Got News For You
Genre: Entertainment – Games & Quizzes; Comedy; Satire
Running Time: 30 minutes
Popular news quiz with team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop, guest host Alexander Armstrong and guest panellists Michael McIntyre and Clare Balding.
| | | | | | | | | | | America This Week
Genre: Factual – News; Politics
Running Time: 60 minutes
Highlights of the week in politics in the USA from C-SPAN.
| | | | | | | | | | | The Restaurant
Genre: Entertainment – Games & Quizzes; Factual; Food & Drink
Running Time: 55 minutes
The couples have now got the keys to their restaurants. Tonight, they discover what these keys will unlock for them. The empty restaurants vary in style: from a thatched country pub to a sleek glass London showcase. But each couple must take what they find and make it their own. Everything must be decided and organised, from restaurant names to the décor - and of course, the menus. And there's only one week before opening night. The chefs must prove that they can plan and run a busy commercial kitchen. Their partners have to pull in the bookings and keep customers happy, no matter what's going on backstage. And Raymond's inspectors, Sarah Willingham and David Moore are on hand to watch, ready to report back to Raymond. The couples don't know whether they have what it takes until 7pm on opening night. What happens could decide who stays in business and who packs up to go home. | | | | | | | | | | |
Please consider the following definitions of two types of television programme:
Type A: These programmes are fun or pleasurable to watch, but they tend to be quickly forgotten.
Type B: These tend to be less pleasurable to watch than Type A programmes, but you are more likely to remember them and think about them afterwards.
Please read the example synopsis for each program below and rate it from 1 to 9, where 1 is a Type A program and 9 is a Type B program.
| | | | | | | | | | Dog Borstal
Genre: Factual – Pets & Animals
Running Time: 60 minutes
Some of the worst dogs in Britain come face to face with three tough trainers, who attempt to knock the dogs and their owners into shape with a strong dose of tough love and hard discipline. The trainers attempt to reform an unyielding English bull terrier with a bark far worse than his bite, a border collie with an obsessive hatred for postmen and a toffee-nosed terrier on a one dog crusade to clean up his neighbourhood of Kensington and Chelsea.
| | | | | | | | | | | Time Shift
Genre: Factual
Running Time: 60 minutes
In a whistle-stop tour through the history of the US presidency, journalist and author Jonathan Freedland asks what qualities make a great president and what we can learn from the likes of Theodore Roosevelt, JFK or even Richard Nixon about what it takes to make a mark in the White House. Freedland is helped by distinguished contributors including James Naughtie, Shirley Williams, Douglas Hurd, Simon Hoggart and Bonnie Greer, who give frank assessments of some of America's greatest presidents.
| | | | | | | | | | | Horizon
Genre: Factual – Science, Nature & Envinronment
Running Time: 60 minutes
Horizon asks some of the biggest names in science to have a quiet word with the new President, be it Obama or McCain. The United States President is quite simply the most powerful man on earth, but past Presidents have often known little about science. That is a problem when the decisions they make will affect every one of us, from nuclear proliferation to climate change. To help the new President get to grips with this intimidating responsibility, some of the world's leading scientists, from Dawkins to Watson, share some crucial words of advice.
| | | | | | | | | | | The Tudors
Genre: Drama – Historical
Running Time: 50 minutes
Anne revives Henry's passion for her, but as one rival for his heart departs another appears. The sacking of religious institutions rewards the 'reformers'.
| | | | | | | | | | | Pacific Abyss
Genre: Factual - Science, Nature & Environment
Running Time: 60 minutes
Underwater wildlife series in which Kate Humble sets sail on a 2,000 mile adventure across the Pacific with a team of top natural history filmmakers and deep water marine biologists. As the expedition team near the end of their journey across Micronesia, it's a race against time for the extreme deep divers as they continue their search for new species. As Kate Humble explores the Rock Islands of Palau, Mike DeGruy embarks on a unique training programme. The Newtsuit is an incredible feat of submarine engineering - a bright yellow one-man submersible that Mike has to master before he can venture even deeper into the Pacific abyss. | | | | | | | | | | |
Consider Type A programmes once more. To remind you, a Type A programme is defined as being fun or pleasurable to watch, but they tend to be quickly forgotten.
Which of the following would you consider a Type A programme to be?
Now consider Type B programmes. To remind you, a Type B programme is defined as being less pleasurable to watch than Type A programmes, but you are more likely to remember them and think about them afterwards.
Which of the following would you consider a Type B programme to be?
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