The Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching (TRILT) is a powerful resource for finding programmes transmitted in the UK. Such broadcast media can be used for both teaching and research. The session, delivered at the HEA-sponsored "Making The Most of Broadcast Media in Your Teaching" introduces the resource prior to delegates setting up their own alerts.

1. Making the Most of Broadcast Media, January 2014
Television and Radio Index for
Learning and Teaching:
Knowing what is/was on and when
Dr Chris Willmott
Dept of Biochemistry,
University of Leicester
cjrw2@le.ac.uk
University of
Leicester
http://tinyurl.com/39zaw6q

2. Stem cell research
South Park: “Kenny Dies”
(Paramount Comedy Channel, 16th Jan 2006)

3. TRILT entry: Kenny dies

4. TRILT
www.trilt.ac.uk
• Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching
• Run by the British Universities Film and Video Council
• BUFVC also offers a range of other services including
a DVD back-up service for missed programmes, and
the Box of Broadcasts

5. TRILT – 2 great services
www.trilt.ac.uk offers:
• A weekly e-mail alert warning you of any programmes
coming up in the next two weeks that match your
keywords
• A searchable database of transmission history
covering broadcasts since 1995, in which all
programmes are given an ID code
• The latter can frequently be used to identify
recordings available through the BUFVC back-up
service (inc all terrestrial TV since June 1998)

6. TRILT – Logging in
www.trilt.ac.uk

7. TRILT – Logging in
www.trilt.ac.uk

8. TRILT – Logging in
www.trilt.ac.uk

9. TRILT – Logging in
www.trilt.ac.uk
Don’t include
“University”
in search

10. TRILT – Logging in
www.trilt.ac.uk
Don’t include
“University”
in search

11. TRILT – Logging in
www.trilt.ac.uk
Don’t include
“University”
in search

12. TRILT
www.trilt.ac.uk
• Weekly e-mail alert:
- up to 150 stored “Auto Alerts”
- sent on day of your choice
- can be keywords or programme ID codes
- can include “non-work” queries

13. TRILT: Setting up alerts

14. TRILT: Setting up alerts

15. TRILT: Setting up alerts

16. TRILT: Setting up alerts

17. TRILT – Time to have a go…
• Opportunity to set up (or add to) your TRILT account
• Keywords, specific series, programme ID
• Care re keywords? Limit genre?

18. TRILT: Searches and auto alerts

19. TRILT: Searches and auto alerts

20. TRILT: Searches and auto alerts

21. TRILT: Searches and auto alerts

22. TRILT: Searches and auto alerts

23. TRILT: Searches and auto alerts

24. TRILT: Searches and auto alerts

25. TRILT: Searches and auto alerts

26. TRILT: Searches and auto alerts
No “save as” button?

27. TRILT: Searches and auto alerts
No “save as” button?

28. TRILT: Searches and auto alerts
No “save as” button?

29. Limitations of TRILT
Holby City: “Better The Devil You Know”
(BBC1, 6th September 2006)

30. Limitations of TRILT
• The clip shown is an excellent vehicle for introducing
discussion of both the ethical objections people might
have regarding this operation, and the scientific
difficulties that would be involved
• The TRILT entry for this programme currently states:
“Abra returns to Holby and clashes with Ric over the
treatment of a terminally ill patient, when Abra
decides to offer the patient an illegal transplant.
Chrissie thinks she’s cracked it with Sam.”
• How would someone else recognise the potential in
this clip?

31. Specialist help: Bioethicsbytes
• It is unrealistic to expect a general-purpose service
to include sufficient annotation to satisfy all nuances
of discipline-specific usage
• It is hoped that the capacity for BoB to read subtitles
will lead to more complete meta-data on TRILT
• Bioethicsbytes developed as an
additional means to share
recommendations regarding
bioethics-related footage
www.bioethicsbytes.wordpress.com

32. BioethicsBytes: Holby example
http://bioethicsbytes.wordpress.com/2006/09/08/xenotransplantation-holby-city/

33. Any Questions?
E-mail:
cjrw2@le.ac.uk
Twitter:
cjrw
Slideshare: cjrw2
Delicious: chriswillmott
Blogs:
www.bioethicsbytes.wordpress.com
www.biosciencecareers.wordpress.com
www.lefthandedbiochemist.wordpress.com
University of
Leicester