News from The Open University
A brand-new collection of BBC ideas videos, featuring six co-produced by The Open University, have launched on BBC iPlayer. The new collection branded ‘Life’s Big Questions’, can be seen here on iPlayer. The OU co-produced videos included in the collection are: Are we thinking about alien life all wrong? Professor Brian Cox explains the ‘panspermia’ […]
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Eco-friendly podcast The Big Green Money Show is back, examining the way some businesses are becoming greener. Presented by Dragons’ Den’s Deborah Meaden, the 11-part OU/BBC series will be tackling questions such as, ‘can capitalism ever be green’ and ‘how to have a greener funeral’ amongst many others. The programme airs weekly on Radio 5 […]
The story of how a huge fashion brand fell dramatically to earth is the subject of a new two-part OU/BBC co–production. Through the testimony of insiders as well as fashion and investigative journalists, Trouble at Topshop explores how the brand is transformed by a group of young, talented, and creative women, into a mecca for […]
Legendary nature historian, Sir David Attenborough, narrates the highly anticipated Frozen Planet II in a stunning new series co-produced by the BBC and The Open University (OU). Following on from Frozen Planet released in 2011, the series began on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 8.00pm on Sunday 11th September. We’re invited to observe life […]
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The Open University (OU) and BBC have announced the upcoming release of a new natural history series, Wild Isles, presented by Sir David Attenborough, and informed by the expertise of OU academics Dr Philip Wheeler and Dr Miranda Dyson. The series has been created in partnership with the RSPB and WWF (UK) and has been […]
The Regenerators campaign is designed to help young people think about and shape their future careers for sustainability, with a series of digital videos launched today January 10th on the BBC Bitesize website. The aim is to equip children, teenagers and young people with the tools and skills to understand the most important environmental issues […]
Legendary nature historian, Sir David Attenborough will offer a stunning insight into Earth’s plant life in a new series co-produced by the BBC and The Open University. The first episode of the five-part series, The Green Planet, airs on 9 January at 7.00 pm on BBC One and will be available on BBC iPlayer shortly […]
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A brand new short film is now available to view on the award-winning BBC Ideas website called Are We Thinking About Alien Life All Wrong? With the OU’s Dr Mark Fox-Powell providing academic consultancy, Professor Brian Cox explains the ‘panspermia’ theory – how alien life could spread around the Universe. This new theory, which has […]
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The programme that gives viewers unique access to the work of forensic scientists is making a return to our screens. Forensics: The Real CSI is co-produced by The Open University and the BBC and the series continues with series 2 (episode 7) Killer in the Car Park, which airs Monday December 6 at 9pm on […]
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A BBC Countryfile Plant Britain autumn special airs this weekend promising a fascinating look at how trees and hedgerows help in combatting climate change, boosting wildlife and our own wellbeing. And there’s a guest appearance from Dr Philip Wheeler, Senior Lecturer in Ecology at the OU. Countryfile has been reporting on rural, agricultural, and environmental […]
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