Historical OU TV and Radio

The Open University has produced a number of series to inform students and a wider audience about the University. Series such as 'Open Forum' and 'Countdown to the OU' covered various topics such as methods of teaching, information about modules and guidance on areas such as summer schools. The OU Digital Archive Historical Television and Radio collection includes a small sample of the archive. The collection will grow as more contents are added.

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audio record of Open Forum 17(1989)Interview with Arthur Marwick about his forthcoming conference on China to be held from 9th to 14th...
audio record of Science in actionScience in action: a weekly science magazine programme broadcast from London: reports on the 3 day...
audio record of Open Forum 08(1989)The second programme from the 13th Annual OUSA Conference at Bradford University. Programme...
audio record of Open Forum 14(1991)Looking a the OUSA Conference in Bradford and the key issues of Dr J Daniel's speech. Views were...
audio record of Open Forum 04(1991)David Denver talks about Burns night. New intake of OU students - what can the OU offer new...
audio record of Open Forum 08(1991)Nick Rowling takes a look at the Open London pack. A visit to Leeds to interview Tutors and Tutor...
audio record of Open Forum 02(1991)A look back at the contents of the 1st Open Forum broadcast. Interview with members of the M500...
audio record of Maths Access Radio 6 : powers and logs
audio record of Maths Access Radio 3 : quadratic equations
audio record of Open Forum 38(1991)Cot deaths. Dr.Malcolm Rose has a direct bearing on the matter, and talks about his findings and...
audio record of Maths Access Radio 5 : pure waves and functions
audio record of Open Forum 10(1992)"Marion Tizzard and Dorothy Meill talk about their book "Love isn't quite enough" which looks at...
audio record of Open Forum 17(1992)"The Launch of a new Philosophy magazine called "Philosophy Now". Nigel Forman new higher Education...
audio record of Open Forum 05(1992)A weather weekend - April 24th -26th at Ridgeway Youth Hotel - Janet Braithwaite talks about it:- a...
audio record of Open Forum 06(1992)What's a University Degree worth? Does the traditional 3yr BA Honour still reign supreme over the...
audio record of Sounds technical 5 (1992)
audio record of Open Forum 04(1992)A profile of Milton Keynes on its 25th birthday. Ray Thomas talks about living in Milton Keynes and...
audio record of Open Forum 22(1992)Programme visits the Book History Archives and the London Regional Office for the hand over of the...
audio record of Open Forum 21(1992)Denise Hall talks about the updated course A 206 Enlightenment and tells about the powerful...
audio record of Open Forum 13(1992)John Needham gives a preview of the 1992 OUSA Conference to be held at Bradford. The Scanlon family...
audio record of Sounds technical 1 (1992) : what is technology?
audio record of Sounds technical 4 (1992) : alcohol
audio record of Open Forum 44(1992)Report from the Working Group set up to look at Information Technology in Ou Courses and tells why...
audio record of Open Forum 37(1992)Stephen Rose discusses his book "The making of Memory" and the 20 years of research into his work....
audio record of Open Forum 38(1992)A look at the life of an undergraduate and of the campus at Warwick and Coventry Universities in...
audio record of Sounds technical 7 (1992)
audio record of Open Forum 03(1993)The sad news is the report of the death of Geoff Brown whilst on a research trip and John Murray...
audio record of Open Forum 02(1993)A programme looking at OU Research Work and how the projects are assessed for funding. 4 academics...
audio record of Open Forum 48(1992)Studio discussion about books - what ones to give for presents and reviewing those the speakers...
audio record of Audiocassette Misc/ACOpen University Misc.
audio record of Audiocassette Misc/AC2Open University Misc.
audio record of Audiocassette Misc/AC
audio record of Does dropping the debt miss the point? (programme 1)Recently a wide range of people from the Pope to Bono have called for the cancellation of Third...
audio record of Whose knowledge counts? (programme 5)Development aid has typically been a question of experts, often white, going to a country and...
audio record of Smart Johannesburg - leading the African renaissance? (programme 8)This programme investigates the development of Johannesburg as a global city, from a rather shaky...
audio record of Audiocassette AC783 -
audio record of Interview with Professor Otto FrischThis is the full unedited interview with Professor Otto Frisch conducted in 1979 for the Open...
audio record of Interview with Sir Rudolph PeierlsThis is the full unedited interview with Sir Rudolph Peierls conducted for the Open University...
video record for Chemistry compilation Chemistry compilation
video record for Semiconductor electronics education committee : minority carriers in semiconductors Semiconductor electronics education committee : minority carriers in semiconductorsThe experiment in this film is based on work first reported as "Investigation of Hole Injection in...
video record for Regional Tutorial Services : demonstration programme Regional Tutorial Services : demonstration programmeThis programme describes the Open University's regional structure for student support. It outlines...
video record for A touch of Herstein A touch of Herstein
video record for Royal Astronomical Society Lecture : not seeing is believing :  the astronomy and physics of black holes Royal Astronomical Society Lecture : not seeing is believing : the astronomy and physics of black...A Royal Astronomical Society Lecture.
video record for Demonstration programme : the faculty of educational studies. Demonstration programme : the faculty of educational studies.
video record for Open Forum(1974) : inserts Open Forum(1974) : insertsPilot study on summer schools. Policy group to discuss the likely political eventualities on the OU...
video record for The great fish hunt The great fish hunt
video record for Convergence on L-1 Convergence on L-1
video record for Departmental Compilation. Departmental Compilation.Extracts from several OU programmes from each faculty.
video record for Life and times of John Dalton Life and times of John Dalton
video record for Demonstration Programme : remote blackboard. Demonstration Programme : remote blackboard.