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Pilgrimage: The Road to the Holy Island – a new OU/BBC series exploring Britain’s spiritual heritage

Pilgrimage: The Road to the Holy Island – a new OU/BBC series exploring Britain’s spiritual heritage

A new OU / BBC series, Pilgrimage: The Road to the Holy Island begins Sunday 5 April at 9pm on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. Set against the dramatic landscapes of Northumberland and the Scottish Borders, this returning series revisits a pilgrimage route that charts the emergence of early English Christianity. Woven through 1,400 years of […]

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David Attenborough explores the hidden wildlife of Britain’s gardens in new OU / BBC series

David Attenborough explores the hidden wildlife of Britain’s gardens in new OU / BBC series

A new OU / BBC series, Secret Garden begins Sunday 5 April at 6pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Sir David Attenborough explores the hidden wildlife thriving in Britain’s gardens in a new five‑part series. Filmed in five contrasting gardens across the UK, the series uncovers the remarkable lives of the often charming, and sometimes […]

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Inside the Transform Trial: The One Show highlights a new era in prostate cancer testing

Inside the Transform Trial: The One Show highlights a new era in prostate cancer testing

A new OU / BBC short film, Transform Trial: Prostate Cancer broadcasts within The One Show on Monday 23 March from 7pm on BBC One. The One Show have been given exclusive access to a groundbreaking new Transform Trial. The current PSA test for prostate cancer is often inaccurate. It can miss genetic markers and misdiagnose, […]

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Inside the Rage Machine: How social media algorithms are rewiring our world

Inside the Rage Machine: How social media algorithms are rewiring our world

A new OU / BBC programme, Inside the Rage Machine begins Monday 16th March at 9pm on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. Marianna Spring, the BBC’s Social Media Investigations Correspondent, uncovers the inside story of how social media algorithms designed to connect us have been helping to tear us apart. Insider testimony and whistleblower documents expose […]

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Forensics: The Real CSI returns for a new series

Forensics: The Real CSI returns for a new series

A new OU/BBC series, Forensics: The Real CSI (Series 5 and 6) begins Sunday 1 March at 9pm on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. The edge of a fingerprint. A single hair. A drop of blood. These tiny margins are the difference between success and failure for police forensics investigators. The series re-joins West Midlands […]

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AI Confidential: New OU / BBC Series Investigates the Human Impact of the AI Revolution

AI Confidential: New OU / BBC Series Investigates the Human Impact of the AI Revolution

A new OU / BBC series, AI Confidential with Hannah Fry begins Monday 23 February at 9pm on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. Presented by Professor Hannah Fry, the series explores some of the most shocking, surprising, and revealing stories emerging from the global AI revolution. Across the series, Hannah investigates what happens when powerful new […]

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Dive into the minds of the great thinkers, with new BBC/OU radio series

Discover the surprising moments that sparked amazing ideas with the new series of BBC Radio 4’s Human Intelligence. The returning series of this OU-BBC co-production is broadcast on consecutive weekdays  at 13.45pm on BBC Radio 4 and on BBC Sounds and reveals the trailblazers of history and the lightbulb moments that set them on the […]

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New series of OU/BBC Radio show Inside Health

New series of OU/BBC Radio show Inside Health

A new twelve-part series of the OU/BBC co-production Inside Health returns today, Tuesday 13th January, at 9.30am on BBC Radio Four and BBC Sounds. The weekly programme demystifies health issues, separates fact from fiction, and brings clarity to conflicting health advice. Dr Philippa Waterhouse, Dr Nicola Goodall, and Dr Calum McMullen provided academic expertise to […]

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Evan is back with another series of The Bottom Line

The popular OU/BBC radio series The Bottom Line takes to the airwaves for a new series from Thursday 8 January at 12.04pm on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds, bringing a weekly look at business, money tips and strategy. Each week presenter and OU Honorary Graduate Evan Davis hosts the lively business discussion show and […]

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OU / BBC radio series, Word of Mouth, returns

OU / BBC radio series, Word of Mouth, returns

A new seven-part OU/BBC radio series of Word of Mouth begins on Thursday, 8th January, and will air weekly at 15:30 on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds. The series is presented by celebrated author Michael Rosen and explores the world of words and how we use them. In the first episode, Michael goes on an alphabetical odyssey with linguist Danny Bate, author of […]

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