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 Saving species : series 1 - programme 33Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of More or less 15: Programme 4Tim Harford and the More or Less team explore 2010 in numbers.
audio record of More or less 10: Programme 4Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 6Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of More or less 13: Programme 2Which would win in a fight - a shark or a toaster? Tim Harford finds out in this week's More or...
audio record of More or less 10: Programme 3Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 5Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 34Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of More or less 9: Programme 7Tim Harford is joined by Vince Cable MP, Charles Clarke MP and the Spectator's political editor...
audio record of More or less 13: Programme 1Tim Harford and the team return with the first in a new series of More or Less, looking at the...
audio record of More or less 16: Programme 7Are public sector workers paid 43 per cent more than those in the private sector, as the think tank...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Liverpool riots Children and politics30 years ago riots broke out in Liverpool which lead to 160 arrests and 258 police officers needing...
audio record of Thinking allowed: The politics of sleep Women who killOne third of us now think we are sleep deprived. Why should that be? Who loses the most and how is...
audio record of Saving species : series 2 - programme 4Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Openness special - Part 2. Openness and ownershipWhat does it mean to own digital content and devices? As technology allows information and culture...
audio record of Digital planet: Cape Town - South Africa specialAs the World Cup gets underway in South Africa, Gareth Mitchell travels to Cape Town to explore how...
audio record of Thinking allowed: H. G. Wells, utopias ParaphernaliaHG Wells was so involved in establishing sociology in this country that he wrote to Prime Minister...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Dirt - the filthy reality of everyday lifeDirt is dust, soil, refuse, excrement, bacteria, filth, sleaze, slime, smut. How easily the word...
audio record of Saving species : series 2 - programme 14Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Writing the century: 1948-1953 starting from scratchA series written for the drama slot in Woman's Hour on Radio 4, telling the story of the twentieth...
audio record of More or less 10: Programme 5Tim Harford takes apart a rogue statistic on domestic violence which has been circulating since the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 11Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of More or less 10: Programme 4Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Tour guide Changing incomesNew research compares income distribution in the UK with a multi storey apartment building in which...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 25Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of More or less 10: Programme 6Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and...
audio record of More or less 14: Programme 6
audio record of More or less 10: Programme 1Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and...
audio record of Writing the century : 1948-1953 starting from scratch : episode 1A series written for the drama slot in Woman's Hour on Radio 4, telling the story of the twentieth...
audio record of Saving species : series 2 - programme 8Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Click: Openness special - Part 4. Openness and privacyHas the sharing culture of the digital age led to a dangerous loss of personal privacy? In the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Household breakup in New Orleans Remembering CommunismHurricane Katrina led to the compulsory evacuation of all the residents of New Orleans. They were...
audio record of Click: Openness special - Part 7. The future of opennessClick concludes its 'openness' series in collaboration with the Open University with a special...
audio record of Digital planet: OU special - History of home computingThis week, Gareth and Bill go back to BASIC with their potted history of the home computer. In this...
audio record of Saving species : series 2 - programme 10Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Digital planet: Kenya specialThe Digital Planet team head to Nairobi to find out how the newly opened fibre optic cables are...
audio record of Saving species : series 2 - programme 3Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 2 - programme 9Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Click: Openness special - Part 5. Openness and anonymityShould online anonymity be allowed? Bloggers and internet commentators often use pseudonyms or no...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Playboy Celebrity politicsCarrie Pitzulo, the author of a new history of Playboy claims it has "a surprisingly strong record...
audio record of Saving species : series 2 - programme 12Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Inside the Ethics Committee : series 6, episode 1: mentally ill and refusing surgeryA Radio 4 series in which a panel of experts discuss real-life cases to explore the workings of...
audio record of The bottom line : series 14 episode 1 - The App industryThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Class and commuting Engaging with climate changeClimate change - what lies beneath its widespread denial? Laurie Taylor talks to Sally Weintrobe,...
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 19Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 9Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of The bottom line : series 11 episode 6The view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 13 episode 3 - BooksThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Scottish nationalism and identity AusterityEmpty labour - international statistics suggest that the average time an employee spends engaged in...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Fashion, class and mums Red racisms'Red Racisms' - Laurie Taylor talks to the Professor of Racism and Ethnicity Studies, Ian Law,...