New treasures emerge from Pompeii in an OU/BBC TV programme

17 January 2025

For the second time Open University academics have been working with programme makers for the BBC on the latest exciting finds in Pompeii: The New Dig, House of Treasures. The broadcast is due to air on Monday 20 January at 9pm on BBC Two and iPlayer. It will show the results of an archaeological excavation […]

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A million digital ‘tourists’ descend on ancient Pompeii

10 June 2024

A digital team at The Open University are celebrating after learning their interactive online tour of Pompeii before Mount Vesuvius erupted has notched up more than a million online clicks. Designers within the OU’s Broadcast and Partnerships team were delighted when they learned of the interactive figures, just a month after the airing of the […]

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The buried secrets of Pompeii reveal new truths in OU/BBC programme

11 April 2024

Two experts from The Open University help to demystify the latest findings of an archaeological excavation in volcano-hit Pompeii that features in this OU/BBC co-production. The three-part series, Pompeii: The New Dig, due to air at 9pm on Monday, 15 April, on BBC Two, reveals a grand banqueting hall featuring black walls and a white […]

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