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Success for OU Broadcast and Partnerships at the 2024 Learning on Screen Awards
The OU’s Broadcast & Partnerships team is celebrating as one of two OU Connect projects shortlisted won Best Online Educational Resource at this year’s Learning on Screen Awards. The awards take place annually and honour outstanding work in the field of education and television. Award winner ‘The unexpected places we choose to lay […]
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New OU/BBC documentary ‘Better Off Dead?’ explores assisted dying in the UK
*Content Advisory – this article contains references to assisted dying* Actress and disability rights campaigner Liz Carr presents this powerful documentary on legalising assisted dying in the UK. Airing on Tuesday 14th May at 9pm on BBC ONE and iPlayer, ‘Better Off Dead?’ follows Liz on a thought-provoking journey as she debates why we shouldn’t […]
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Secrets, spies, and the nuclear war that was avoided
This latest Open University/BBC co production is something you might find from the pages of a thriller novel – but it’s a portrayal of real events that depict how a Soviet double agent helped the West avoid a nuclear war with Russia in the 1980s. The three-part dramatization series Secrets & Spies: A Nuclear Game, […]
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New OU / BBC series to uncover the UK’s fascinating wildlife
In this brand-new series co-produced by The Open University (OU) and BBC for BBC One and iPlayer, wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin will reveal wildlife gems from across the four countries of the UK. In Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles, Hamza will find and film incredible species and spectacles hidden amongst both our urban and wilder landscapes. […]
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Open University and BBC co-production nominated for a TV BAFTA award
The Open University/BBC award-winning documentary “Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland” has been nominated for another accolade, this time a prestigious TV BAFTA. Twenty-five years on from a peace agreement being reached, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland shares intimate, unheard testimonies from all sides of the conflict. It combined archive footage with […]
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Body in the freezer – The Real CSI is back!
A new episode of Forensics: The Real CSI – an Open University/BBC co-production macabrely called Body in the freezer – begins this week. Find out on Sunday 10 March at 9pm on BBC Two how a decomposing body found in a freezer at a waste disposal site triggers the alarm and sees the West Midlands […]
Brand new OU/BBC series takes an unflinching look at the UK’s public services
A new three-part series co-produced by The Open University (OU) and BBC will follow writer and rapper Darren McGarvey as he takes an unflinching look at the UK’s public services. Each episode of Darren McGarvey: The State We’re In will follow Darren as he explores the UK’s justice system through the eyes of the people […]
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Two OU/BBC co-productions win recognition at key film awards
The Open University’s Broadcasts and Partnerships team is celebrating after two OU/BBC co-productions won accolades at the Broadcast Awards in the heart of London’s Mayfair recently. The event was staged at Park Lane’s JW Marriott Grosvenor House where it was revealed that ‘Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland’ and ‘Inside Our Autistic Minds’, won […]
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OU/BBC documentary series Drugs Map of Britain returns with new episodes
Four brand new episodes from series two of the hard-hitting OU/BBC series Drugs Map of Britain will air from Tuesday 13th February on BBC Three at 9pm. The series dives into the real world of drug users and dealers in the UK today, cutting through the headlines to lay bare the realities of British youth […]
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New OU led films for BBC Morning Live
The Open University (OU) have led on six films in partnership with the BBC for the popular BBC ONE show Morning Live. The films will explore a broad range of topics such as demystifying cognitive behavioural therapy and muscle loss and will feature on Morning Live which broadcasts daily from 09.30 on BBC One. The […]
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