Monday 16th September 2013
| Tax, Lies and Videotape: Panorama |
The government says it is cracking down on tax avoidance and evasion, but does the tough talk really stand up to scrutiny? Panorama goes undercover in the City to investigate the truth about UK tax policy. The programme discovers how London is still home to the tax avoidance industry and how new laws could allow big companies to avoid billions in tax.
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Thursday 19th September 2013
| The Truth about Fracking: Tonight |
Fuel companies say drilling for gas and oil using a process known as fracking is clean, safe and could meet the UK's energy needs. Recent exploratory drilling in Sussex has sparked high profile anti-fracking protests amid fears about its impact on the environment. So what exactly is fracking - and why are people so concerned about it? Fiona Foster travels to a town in Pennsylvania in the US where fracking is dividing the community, despite the fact that it is cutting domestic fuel bills by up to a third.
| Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made The Movies |
Composer Neil Brand explores how in the second half of the 20th century, composers and film-makers embraced jazz, pop and rock to bring fresh energy and relevance to film scores.
He shows how in the 1960s, films as diverse as the James Bond movies, Italy's spaghetti westerns and Disney's musicals drew on the talents of pop arrangers and composers like John Barry, Ennio Morricone and the Sherman Brothers to create unforgettable soundtracks. But the role of the film composer would subsequently be challenged by directors like Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino, who showed that a soundtrack consisting of carefully chosen pop songs could be as effective as a specially written one.
Neil's journey sees him meet leading film-makers and composers including Martin Scorsese and composers Richard Sherman (Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book), Lalo Schifrin (Bullitt) and David Arnold (Casino Royale).
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