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BBC Blue Planet III promotional artwork showing glowing jellyfish and an octopus-like marine creature against a dark blue underwater background, surrounding the Blue Planet III logo. The tagline reads: “Every wave has a story.”

Blue Planet III dives into the extraordinary world beneath our oceans

From tropical waters and vast open oceans to the frozen poles and mysterious deep, Blue Planet III takes viewers on a spectacular new journey beneath the waves, revealing marine life more remarkable, sophisticated and precious than we ever realised. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, co-produced by the BBC and The Open University, Blue Planet III […]

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Delving into gripping Scottish mysteries for spooky new documentary series

Familiar Scottish myths are unravelled to reveal unsettling mysteries, brutal histories and underlying questions in a new swirling cauldron of a documentary series. Mythland is a double bill weekly documentary series, co-produced by the BBC and The Open University, starting on Halloween, Saturday 31st October, at 21:00 on BBC Scotland and also accessible on BBC iPlayer. […]

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Promotional image for The Book That Changed My Life, showing five readers gathered around stacks of books with the programme title displayed across the centre.

The Book That Changed My Life explores reading’s transformative power

A new OU/BBC documentary, The Book That Changed My Life, airs on Wednesday 14 October at 9pm on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. Her Majesty Queen Camilla joins four remarkable people as they reflect on the books that have had a profound influence on their lives. Combining personal stories with wider insights into the value […]

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BBC Radio 4 Inside Health programme artwork featuring medical illustrations including syringes, medicine bottles and a stethoscope.

Inside Health returns to BBC Radio 4 with a new series

A new six-part OU / BBC series, Inside Health begins Tuesday 13 October at 9:30am on BBC Radio 4. The weekly programme demystifies health issues, separates fact from fiction, and brings clarity to conflicting health advice. Episode one explores whether black people are at higher risk of a stroke and how we can stockpile nutritiously […]

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BBC Bitesize and The Open University launch Bitesize Careers Follow Your Passion to help young people discover careers through the things they love

The new careers initiative aims to tackle the careers awareness gap, as research finds 57% of teenagers have no idea what career they want, but 30% prioritise working in an area they are passionate about. BBC Bitesize and The Open University have joined forces to launch Bitesize Careers Follow Your Passion, a new careers initiative […]

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New OU/BBC’s Inside Science begins on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds

The new OU/BBC series of BBC Inside Science starts on Thursday 10 September on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds at 4.30pm. Returning for a new 26-part run, the weekly programme illuminates mysteries and challenges the controversies behind the science that’s changing our world. Covering everything from health and engineering to environmental science, mathematics and […]

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Michael Rosen returns with a new series of Word of Mouth

A new OU / BBC Radio 4 series, Word of Mouth, begins on Thursday 27 August at 15:30 on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds. Presented by celebrated author Michael Rosen, the programme explores the world of words and how we use them. The series explores the many ways language shapes our lives, examining topics […]

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Michael Sheen investigates a toxic legacy in new OU/BBC series

Michael Sheen investigates a toxic legacy in new OU/BBC series

A new OU / BBC series, Buried with Michael Sheen begins Monday 17 August at 9pm on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. For years, Welsh actor Michael Sheen has been haunted by the story of Douglas Gowan, a farming consultant who claimed communities in Wales had been poisoned by decades of toxic chemical dumping. In this […]

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Emergency 24/7 takes viewers inside a major NHS trauma centre in new OU/BBC series

A new OU / BBC series, Emergency 24/7 begins Tuesday 18 August at 9pm on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. From the makers of Murder 24/7, Emergency 24/7 takes viewers inside one of the UK’s busiest Major Trauma Centres, the Emergency Department at Southmead Hospital in Bristol. Filmed across reception, resuscitation, operating theatres, intensive care and […]

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BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions? comes to The Open University in Milton Keynes

The Open University will welcome one of the BBC’s longest-running and most respected current affairs programmes to its Milton Keynes campus this summer.  BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions? will be broadcast from The Open University’s Walton Hall campus on Friday 7 August 2026, bringing a live audience and a panel of leading figures from politics and public life to Milton […]

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