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New series of Inside Health

New series of Inside Health

A new fourteen-part OU/BBC radio series of Inside Health starts today, Tuesday 14 January, and runs weekly on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds. The series airs at 9.30am each week and will explore a wide variety of health-related topics to bring clarity to conflicting health advice and separate fact from fiction There will be […]

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The Bottom Line, artwork. Copyright BBC

New series of The Bottom Line begins

The popular OU/BBC radio series The Bottom Line, bringing a weekly look at business, money tips and strategy, takes to the airwaves for a new nine-part series on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds at 12:04pm from Thursday 9 January. Each week presenter and OU Honorary Graduate Evan Davis hosts the lively business discussion show. […]

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BBC radio show shines a light on society’s deep thinkers

BBC radio show shines a light on society’s deep thinkers

Academics from wide-ranging disciplines at The Open University are involved in the new BBC Radio 4 series Human Intelligence that examines the intellectual characters and methods of significant thinkers. The programme airs today, Monday, 6 January at 1.45pm, when we hear novelist and science presenter Naomi Alderman dissecting the minds of outstanding thinkers from the […]

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A Special School returns for a new series

A Special School returns for a new series

Heartwarming OU/BBC series ‘A Special School’ returns to BBC One Wales and iPlayer on Monday 2nd December at 8pm. The three-part series follows the joys and challenges faced by pupils and teachers at Ysgol Y Deri as cameras once again capture the reality of life at one of Britain’s biggest special education schools. Leigh Worrall, […]

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Presenter Justin Rowlatt in a flight simulator, copyright Attaboy TV

Production reveals the truth behind those cheap holiday flights

Cheap flights have transformed the holiday industry and the way we fly around the globe. A new OU-BBC co-production takes a closer look at these bargain deals which have helped many people travel to the sun. Cheap Flights: What They Really Mean For You is a one-off documentary to be broadcast on Thursday 28 November […]

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OU / BBC content to watch during this year’s Scam Safe Week

OU / BBC content to watch during this year’s Scam Safe Week

Following the success of last year’s inaugural initiative, BBC Scam Safe week is back. Starting on 23 November, Scam Safe week features content from across the BBC including co-productions with The Open University (OU). With scammers growing bolder amid the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, experts aim to provide a timely piece of public service into the […]

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How immigration became a burning political issue

How immigration became a burning political issue

A new two-part Open University/BBC co-production, which airs today, Monday 11 November on BBC2 at 9pm, asks the question as to who or what made immigration something that could not be ignored. Sociology Lecturer Dr Kathryn Medien was the OU consultant on the documentary Immigration: How British Politics Failed which interviews past Prime Ministers including […]

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Radio series Rare Earth returns for another season

Radio series Rare Earth returns for another season

Tune into BBC Radio 4 weekly from today (18 October) to listen to the third season of OU / BBC radio series, Rare Earth, with environmental journalist Tom Heap and physicist Helen Czerski. Rare Earth digs into some of the biggest environmental issues facing our planet today, with fascinating insights from experts. Listeners can tune […]

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New OU/BBC Radio Series Inside Health

New OU/BBC Radio Series Inside Health

A brand-new OU/BBC radio series Inside Health starts on Tuesday 15th October at 09:30 on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds. The six-part series will give listeners a better understanding of various health issues, distinguishing fact from fiction and bringing clarity to conflicting health advice. The Open University academic consultants on the series, Senior Lecturer […]

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Michael Mosley – Just One Thing, a new two-part series honouring the legacy of the late broadcaster

Michael Mosley – Just One Thing, a new two-part series honouring the legacy of the late broadcaster

A special two-part series ‘Michael Mosley – Just One Thing’ will celebrate the life and legacy of the late science broadcaster and programme maker who passed away earlier this year at the age of 67. The OU/BBC co-pro builds on the success of his hugely popular Radio 4 podcast by the same name and will […]

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