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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video record Money Programme : The love boomIn this episode of the Money Programme we follow the progress of 4 single people trying to find...
video record Money Programme : Not so fair trade Bye bye nine to fiveNot so fair trade - More and more of us are prepared to pay extra to buy Fairtrade products, but is...
video record Money Programme : The Five Billion Pound Protection Racket'It's an incredibly successful £5bn industry with 20 million customers. But it's so worrying...
video record Timewatch : The iron coffin'On 9 March 1862, an epic battle was fought that not only crucially affected the course of the...
video record Timewatch : The princess spyIn 1943 a young woman calling herself Nora Baker left British soil for a moonlit field in Northern...
video record Timewatch : The mystery of the headless Romans'The discovery of 30 decapitated Romans found in York has kicked off an intense archaeological...
video record Timewatch : The Crusaders' lost fort'In 1179, the Muslim Sultan Saladin launched an assault on the crusader castle of Jacob's Ford in...
video record Alternative medicine : the evidence : AcupunctureThis series tells the story of a remarkable journey taken by scientist Kathy Sykes to uncover the...
video record Alternative medicine : the evidence : HerbsThis series tells the story of a remarkable journey taken by scientist Kathy Sykes to uncover the...
video record Alternative medicine : the evidence : HealingThis series tells the story of a remarkable journey taken by scientist Kathy Sykes to uncover the...
video record Child of Our Time 3 : Right and wrong'One of the first experiments we tried in this programme was to see if our children could...
video record Child of Our Time 1 : HappinessUsing electroencephalography (EEG) techniques we explore the latest neuroscience research that...
video record Child of Our Time: Flesh and blood'We've always thought that our parents had the most significant influence on our lives but...
video record Meltdown : a global warming journeyPresented by modern-day explorer Paul Rose who shows that the Polar regions are in danger from...
video record Climate conspiracy or global catastrophe?In this programme geologist Dr Iain Stewart looks at how little we know about how our climate works.
video record Child of Our Time: Your recipe for success'We all have a unique blend of skills and talents, some inherited from our parents, others...
video record Child of Our Time: The children's stories : Parys and CharlotteParys' story - We see Alison leaving Parys so that she can travel abroad for her work, although...
video record Child of Our Time : The children's stories : Megan and the triplets'Megan -- Megan is growing up on a farm in South Wales. She is the youngest of three siblings, but...
video record Child of Our Time : The children's stories : Rhianna and Calvin'Rhianna -- A bright, articulate six year old, Rhianna wants to be an actress when she grows up....
video record Child of Our Time : The children's stories : Rebecca and Taliesin'Rebecca -- Rebecca and her family live in Gants Hill, Essex, among a large and traditional Jewish...
video record Child of Our Time : The children's stories : Tyrese and JamesTyrese -- Born in inner city Birmingham, Tyrese is the third child of Marie Blake and Jamal Hakeem....
video record Climate change: are we changing planet Earth?'With so much of the natural world under threat from the impact of climate change, how much is...
video record Climate change: can we save planet Earth?'In the second of the two part documentary, David Attenborough looks into the future at the impact...
video record Timewatch : Hadrian's wallThe programme explores the hidden treasures of Hadrian's Wall, a structure unique in the Roman...
video record Timewatch : Killer cloud'This programme looks at the Laki eruption on Iceland in 1783. It considers the immediate impact on...
video record Timewatch : The first BlitzIn January 1915, in a Zeppelin raid on the Norfolk town of Great Yarmouth, Sam Smith became the...
video record Timewatch : BeatlemaniaThis programme follows the touring career of The Beatles, looking at the controversies during their...
video record Timewatch : DuelThe programme tells the story of the last pistol duel fought in Scotland. Through archive documents...
video record Child of our time : Fitting in or standing outWe might say we want to be individuals, but why then do we follow the crowd? How do we learn to...
video record Child of our time : Will to winWhat makes some people successful and others not? Are we all born with an inner drive or is it...
video record Child of our time : Fitting in or standing outWhy is creativity so important? How do our imaginations change from a child to adulthood?
video record Battle of the geeks'Richard Hammond hosts this 21st Century version of The Great Egg Race which sees the cream of...
video record Money Programme : The online music revolution'Online music is revolutionising the music industry as new sensations use the web to get to the top...
video record Money programme : The real cost of going green'Is it really possible to cut your carbon emissions enough to save the planet? As part of the BBC's...
video record Money Programme : The beauty backlash'More than three in four women are "insecure about the way they look" and more than one in three...
video record Money Programme : Pets for profit'Our passion for pets is fuelling a multi-billion pound business - and we are now spending more...
video record Money programme : Parking mad'Britain's parking restrictions have become the bane of every motorist's life. Running parking...
video record Money programme : Teen tycoons'Ask a group of 18 to 25 years olds about the idea of becoming an entrepreneur and almost three...
video record Money Programme : The broadband boom and you'Do you remember the days of "dial-up"? The strange electronic white noise, the waiting to connect,...
video record Money Programme : Transforming Aquascutum: comeback queenCan fashion industry comeback queen Kim Winser turn around the fortunes of one of Britain's oldest...
video record Money Programme : Making it big on EbayThe website eBay has become the focus of a new breed of entrepreneurs who hope to make money by...
video record Money Programme : Avon's still callingThe modern day Avon lady still goes from door to door just as the first rep did 120 years ago. In...
video record Money Programme : The great plane robberySome of the world's biggest airlines, including our very own British Airways, stand accused of...
video record Money Programme : Feeding frenzy: convenient cuisineForget the campaigning celebrity chefs and the growth in farmers markets: as a nation we are hooked...
video record Money Programme : Feeding frenzy: clever foodMore and more of us are going to the supermarket rather than making a trip to the doctor for our...
video record Money Programme : Coming to your screen: Microsoft's new VistaMicrosoft has launched Windows Vista, but for the software giant more is at stake than the success...
video record Money Programme : Beat the estate agentProperty prices are continuing to boom, but house sellers are increasingly reluctant to pay an...
video record Money Programme : Bank robberyA BBC study today gives support to claims that banks are charging customers far more than it costs...
video record Money Programme : Coming to your screen: DIY TVBroadcasting is going through its biggest change since the invention of television. Nowadays...
video record Money Programme : Dream commutersBritain's commuters have the worst deal in all of Europe. We spend longer in our cars and trains...