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 The bottom line : series 16 episode 1 - The sharing economyThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Make-up in Iran / OffshoringOffshoring - the economy of secrecy. The concealment of wealth in tax havens is part of public...
audio record of The bottom line : series 17 episode 5 - Single product companiesThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 16 episode 4 - Life after CEOThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Capitalism : crisis and solutionsCapitalism - renewal or decline? Laurie Taylor explores the future of our market driven economy....
audio record of Thinking allowed: Gender inequality in China / Smokestack nostalgiaChinese women and the resurgence of gender inequality. Laurie Taylor talks to Leta Hong Fincher,...
audio record of A history of ideas. 1, What does it mean to be free?A new history of ideas presented by Melvyn Bragg but told in many voices.Melvyn is joined by four...
audio record of All in the mind : series 56 episode 1 - Radicalisation ; Bystander effect ; Recovery lettersClaudia explores pioneering new research into radicalisation. She talks to Professor Kamaldeep Bhui...
audio record of All in the mind : series 56 episode 8 - Hypnotism ; Automatic writing ; Magic and memoryA show with a touch of magic, as Claudia discovers how magicians and conjurers use the power of our...
audio record of The bottom line : series 15 episode 7 - ShippingThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 18 episode 2 - Celebrities and fansSocial advertising: Evan Davis and guests discuss the growing power of celebrities, the rise of the...
audio record of Art works-creating and recreating : art and craft
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 7(1998) : a normal part of university life
audio record of Art Works 3 (1999) : British women composers
audio record of New curiosity shop 3(1999)
audio record of New curiosity shop 5(1999)
audio record of New curiosity shop 2(1999) : origins of life
audio record of The cult of the past
audio record of Mathematics miscellany Christmas lecture 1(1997) : Alhazen's problem
audio record of New curiosity shop 4(1999)
audio record of Masculine and feminine
audio record of The singer and the song
audio record of New Curiosity Shop 1(1999) : origins of the universe
audio record of New curiosity shop 6(1999)
audio record of New curiosity shop 7(1999)
audio record of More or less 1: 2. Flu vaccines Debt Cost of dying AveragesFlu vaccines: would parents allow child flu jabs if it reduced deaths in others?
audio record of 7.Soundings from the Future ; 8. The Song of the Earth"This audio CD contains the episodes seven and eight of The Sound of Life. Progamme 7 Soundings...
audio record of The Sound of Life : 3. The Art of Listening ; 4. Beyond Our SensesThis audio CD contains the episodes three and four of The Sound of Life 3. The Art of Listening:...
audio record of The Sound of Life : 5. Underwater Chorus ; 6. Meaning of SoundsThis audio CD contains the episodes five and six of The Sound of Life 5. Underwatwer Chorus:...
audio record of More or less 1: 3. Crime Immigration Efficiency Iraq Mean averages.Crime: 1 in 4 young people are said to be criminal offenders leading to calls of a 'yob culture',...
audio record of More or less 1: 1. Paternity Aids Mobile phone safety WeatherPaternity. Have you heard that one in 10 men is not really the father of the child they think is...
audio record of More or less 1: 5. Analysing a species Flexi-time Learning to countAnalysing a species: Homo floresiensis, nicknamed the "Hobbit", caused a worldwide sensation when...
audio record of The Sound of Life : 1. First Sounds ; 2. Making Yourself HeardThis audio CD contains the first two episodes of The Sound of Life 1. First Sounds: In the first...
audio record of More or less 1: 6. Axle of evil Drug Research ChoiceAxle of evil: More or less looks at the evidence against 4x4s on pollution and other issues.
audio record of More or less 1: 4. Nature and fraud Pensions ImmigrationNature and fraud: In More or Less this week we looked at the strange mathematical law that seems to...
audio record of Inside science : Genetics and education ; Golden Rice inventor ; Chimp chatter ; Lightning LabThe link between genetics and a child's academic performance hit the headlines this week when...
audio record of Inside science : Bird atlas ; Flywheels ; Energy capture ; Science lessons for MPsEvery twenty years there's a detailed survey of the birds of the UK and Ireland and today, the...
audio record of Inside science : European ancestry; Cern at 60; Graphene plasters; PenguinsEuropean AncestryNew genetic investigation of ancient human remains, combined with archaeological...
audio record of Inside science : Neanderthals ; Plague ; Wind tunnel ; Music timing ; Stem cellsWe now know that Neanderthals and our ancestors interbred over 40,000 years ago. Recent research...
audio record of All in the mind : series 54 episode 7 - The mind, the brain and musicClaudia takes a musical journey inside the brain looking at the very latest neuroscientific...
audio record of More or less, 19, Programme 6. Would firing staff 'at will' boost the economy?Fire "at will"?The Beecroft Report has been stirring up controversy all week. But is there any...
audio record of A history of ideas. 19, Theologian Giles Fraser on Thomas AquinasIf the universe exists what caused it to be? Theologian Giles Fraser examines the brilliant...
audio record of Inside science : Nuclear waste ; Exoplanets ; BBC time and pips ; Synthetic biology olympicsBritain's legacy of nuclear waste dates back 60 plus years and a long term solution to deal with it...
audio record of More or less, 22, Programme 3. Angelina Jolie's 87% cancer risk; Romanian crime statsIt's been reported that Angelina Jolie's 87% cancer risk led to her having a double mastectomy....
audio record of More or less, 21, Programme 6. Numbers of 2012A guide to 2012 in numbers - the most informative, interesting and idiosyncratic statistics of the...
audio record of Inside science : Nobel prizes 2014 ; Gauge; Genetics and diabetes ; UK Fungus DayNobel Prizes 2014The annual Nobel Prizes for Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry were...
audio record of The bottom line : series 19 episode 6 - Whatever happpened to?Sock Shop, Golden Wonder and Lehman Brothers: big names that once dominated the high street, the...
audio record of More or less, 24, Programme 2. Numbers of the yearA guide to 2013 in numbers - the most informative, interesting and idiosyncratic statistics of the...
audio record of More or less 18: Programme 6Tim Harford tackles the use of statistics in court, the average rise in rail fares, infinity and...
audio record of Inside science : Badger culls ; Douglas Mawson ; Plastics ; UptalkBadger culls in England have ended and Professor Roland Kao from the University of Glasgow...