Broadcast Programmes

The Open University works with broadcasters such as the BBC to produce television and radio series such as 'Frozen Planet', 'Wartime Farm' and 'Child of Our Time'. The archive collection of these broadcasts includes the programmes and related documentation, such as transcripts, where available. The OU Digital Archive collection of broadcast programmes includes a small sample of the archive. The collection will grow as more content is added.

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audio record of All in the mind Predicting memory loss in Parkinson's, 22 The Avenue phoneline, Alexander Morison...As the population ages, Parkinson’s disease is the fastest growing neurodegenerative disease....
audio record of All in the Mind: Autobiographical memory loss, All in the Mind Awards, Gaming addiction, Depression...Susie McKinnon doesn't have amnesia but can't remember her own past. She has Severely Deficient...
audio record of All in the Mind: Awards ceremony from the Wellcome Collection in LondonClaudia Hammond hosts the All in the Mind Awards Ceremony from Wellcome Collection in London and...
audio record of Turning tablesEvan Davis and guests discuss why some restaurant chains thrive and others fail. Why are so many...
audio record of Who owns British companies?Foreign ownership of British companies listed on the stock exchange has increased to over 50 per...
audio record of The ethics of businessAre 'ethical' businesses all they're cracked up to be? Evan Davis and guests discuss the newest...
audio record of Is strategy necessary for successWhat is strategy and why do businesses need it? What distinguishes a good strategy from a bad one...
audio record of Do corporate headquarters still matter?The tech giant Apple has just spent five billion dollars building a campus in California's Silicon...
audio record of Teenage business EntrepreneursAs children few of us have had experience of running a business. But this week we'll be hearing...
audio record of The EU after BrexitRadio 4’s Bottom Line and Briefing Room will combine in a special hour-long programme examining...
audio record of Economics With Subtitles: How buying Cocaine helps the GovernmentThe surprising story of GDP and whether it's time to change how we measure our economy. Economics...
audio record of Economics With Subtitles: Bracelets for BulletsWhy an Essex mum wanted her jewellery melted down and what it says about government debt. Economics...
audio record of Economics With Subtitles: How Condoms Can Cost a Week's WagesInflation can change your sex life – and pretty much everything else. Economics with Subtitles...
audio record of Economics With Subtitles: Coffins Full of Car KeysIn this edition, Ayeisha and Steve make sense of interest rates. Why did they lead to coffins full...
audio record of All in the mind: Emotionally unstable personality disorder, Agreeableness and money, EmodiversityClaudia visits a specialist personality disorder clinic in South London where she meets Jo, Susan...
audio record of All in the mind: MDMA for alcohol dependence, Music and sleep, interceptive skill, Parasites and...Claudia Hammond finds out how MDMA assisted psychotherapy could help treat people with alcohol...
audio record of Rewriting rules of businessBusiness has undergone seismic changes over the past decade; do the rules of business need to be...
audio record of ShortagesNo supply chain is immune from disruption and shocks. From extreme weather to strikes and cyber...
audio record of PlasticsPlastic packaging is big business but it is polluting the world's rivers and the oceans causing a...
audio record of AgentsThis week the programme looks at the business of agents. What exactly do they do and are they...
audio record of Super-premium drinksThere has been an explosion in the number of craft ale breweries and small-scale gin distilleries...
audio record of Business in the era of #MeTooHas the #MeToo movement made businesses change the way they deal with sexual harassment and gender...
audio record of All in the mind: Antidepressant withdrawal, Mates in mind, Eyes that betray personalityAntidepressants are a helpful treatment for many, but some people do have problems when they stop...
audio record of All in the mind: Citizens UK and mental health, Robin Ince, Film cuts and attentionA year ago a community organisation in Tyne and Wear called Citizens UK brought together people...
audio record of Inside science : Ultima Thule, Dry January, Periodic Table2019 means the opportunity to explore the most distant object yet encountered in our solar system...
audio record of Inside science : Antarctic lake drilling, Birds and climate change, Cold snap, HologramsSampling from subglacial lakes under the ice in Antarctica can hopefully tell us a lot about past...
audio record of Inside science : Clean Air Strategy, Fast Radio Bursts and Kuba KingdomWith the publication of the UK Government’s Clear Air Strategy this week, Professor of...
audio record of Sprinting Neanderthals, Geodynamo, Spreading Sneezes and Dying HaresMany physical features of Neanderthals might not be for cold climate adaptation as previously...
audio record of Sea Level Rise, Equine Flu, Generator Bricks, Iberian Genes BBC Inside Science In 2016 some scientists suggested that with climate change so much ice in Antarctica could melt...
audio record of New curiosity shop 4(1997) : the farm that time forgot
audio record of New curiosity shop 7(1998) : below the tunnel
audio record of New curiosity shop 6 : water
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audio record of New curiosity shop 5 : death and renewal
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audio record of A history of ideas. 10, Philosopher Angie Hobbs on beauty and moralityPhilosopher Angie Hobbs is interested in Plato's idea that there is a relationship between beauty...
audio record of The bottom line : series 15 episode 8 - DesignThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The managers : episode 2 - Football coach Pia SundhageThere was one moment when Pia Sundhage first came across a football in the small rural town she...
audio record of Thinking allowed: The 'Precariat'; Humour in sociologyThe 'Precariat': Laurie Taylor talks to Guy Standing, Professor in Development Studies at the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: StigmaStigma - Laurie Taylor explores the origins and meaning of Erving Goffman's famous sociological...
audio record of Thinking allowed: PopulismPopulism - Laurie Taylor explores the origins, meaning and rise of populist politics, across the...
audio record of How To Build A BridgeCivil engineers would argue they are the unsung heroes of the railways, roads and bridges we all...
audio record of The Shock of the NewEvan Davis and guests discuss the relationship between three important pillars of modern society:...
video record A day on the hustings : a TV viewThis programme looks at the reporting of news by the BBC during the 1979 general election campaign....
video record Indian school: 7. Caste and classThis fast-paced documentary series follows a remarkable year in two contrasting schools in Pune,...
video record Indian school: 9. Howzat!This fast-paced documentary series follows a remarkable year in two contrasting schools in Pune,...
video record Indian school: 10. Exam feverThis fast-paced documentary series follows a remarkable year in two contrasting schools in Pune,...
video record The hidden slave trail'Historical novelist Philippa Gregory turns historical detective to uncover previously untold...
video record Money programme : The real big brother'Monitoring and surveillance of employees and customers by big business is now commonplace. It's...