Too Much Tourism? 2: Snowdonia
27 mins, 2009 This is a film about the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales. It’s a beautiful place but is its beauty also its biggest threat, attracting more tourists than it can sustain? NATIONAL PARK: Snowdonia is the second largest of Britain’s national parks, which were established after years of campaigning by an act… Read more »
Pig Business: The Cost of Cheap Food
30 mins, 2009 In this shocking and provocative film, Tracy Worcester sets out to discover who’s paying the true price for the cheap pork for sale in Britain’s supermarkets. WHERE IT ALL STARTED: Industrialised pig farming was pioneered in America, and it’s the way most supermarket pork is produced. Critics here argue the factory farms… Read more »
Methods Of Production
28 mins, 2009 Textbooks speak of three methods of production – job, batch and continuous flow. This film shows how the methods work in the real work. JOB V BATCH: Job production is when you’re making a one-off – anything from a dam to a musical instrument. Batch production is using the same equipment to… Read more »
Marketing A National Park: Snowdonia
27 mins, 2009 The Snowdonia national park in Wales is an area of spectacular natural beauty – but it’s also a huge tourism business. So how do the four Ps of the marketing mix apply to a national park? Do they apply? PRODUCT: Snowdonia’s main product is the countryside experience – timeless, free of charge…. Read more »
Inside A Factory 5: The PCB
28 mins, 2009 A printed circuit board is the electronic heart of the electrical products we use. But how is one made? This film follows a PCB for a DVD player through every stage of the production process in manufacturer Connor Solutions. CAD: It all starts with an electronic engineer, who designs the PCB. The… Read more »
Inside A Factory 4: The DVD Player
28 mins, 2009 Many UK products are now manufactured in China. But Arcam designed and manufactured its upmarket DVD player Solo Movie in Britain. This film explains why and how. CAD: A key decision was what components to use – and how to put them together. Computer-aided design allowed them to pinpoint many problems before… Read more »
Impact Of Globalisation 2: USA, China & Europe
42 mins, 2009 Three films look at how people in countries around the world are feeling the bitter effects of globalisation – from Europe and the USA to China. USA: Detroit, the city of Motown music and big cars is turning into an industrial wasteland. When the car industry was booming Detroit was the fifth… Read more »
ICT And Society: Technology’s Children
30 mins, 2009 How is information and communications technology changing society? What should make us hopeful? What should make us fearful? This wide ranging documentary explores a world of threats and opportunities. RAISED ONLINE: British children are spending more and more time on computers – being “raised online”. What impact is this having on family… Read more »
ICT And Business: The Great Revolution
30 mins, 2009 How has information and communications technology changed the world of commerce and industry? This wide-ranging film tells a remarkable story of our times. IMPACT ON WORK: In the 1970s office work was done with typewriters and paper and correcting fluid. Computers were giant devices in air-conditioned rooms. Then in the 1980s computers… Read more »
The Great Firewall Of China
20 mins, 2009 Shanghai – on the face of it, a slick, modern, outward-looking city. But when it comes to the internet, as with much else in China, it seems the Government is in control. This film explores how China is trying to censor the web, but also how some Chinese people are finding ways… Read more »
Financial Management
29 mins, 2009 The film explains how two very different types of business manage their finances – high-flying salad bar chain Tossed and SRA, a social enterprise dedicated to helping people with mental health problems to get back to work. SOURCES OF FINANCE: Before you can do anything you need money. Tossed founder Vincent McKevitt… Read more »
China’s Pollution Busters
31 mins, 2009 China’s rapid industrialisation has come at a heavy price – polluted waterways and huge health problems. This film follows two Chinese environmentalists risking threats and violence to locate the factories polluting their water. CHONGQING: The film begins in Chongqing, one of China’s new mega cities, home to six million people, and a… Read more »