Broadcast Programmes

The Open University works with broadcasters such as the BBC to produce television and radio series such as 'Frozen Planet', 'Wartime Farm' and 'Child of Our Time'. The archive collection of these broadcasts includes the programmes and related documentation, such as transcripts, where available. The OU Digital Archive collection of broadcast programmes includes a small sample of the archive. The collection will grow as more content is added.

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video record An hour to save your life : series 1 episode 2 - On the edgeThis new medical science series explores the life or death decisions facing doctors in the first...
video record An hour to save your life : series 1 episode 3 - Making the invisible visibleThis new medical science series explores the life-or-death decisions facing doctors in the first...
video record Excluded: kicked out of school : episode 1Over four and a half thousand kids are permanently excluded from secondary school every year....
video record Excluded: kicked out of school : episode 2A look at the excluded students who are hoping to return to mainstream school. If reintegration is...
video record Excluded: kicked out of school : episode 3Over 4,500 kids are permanently excluded from secondary school in Britain every year. This...
video record Canals : the making of a nationLiz McIvor tells the story of 'canal mania' - a boom period of frenzied activity that helped...
video record Canals : the making of a nationLiz McIvor tells the story of the early canal builders who struggled with the rugged terrain of...
video record Canals : the making of a nationLiz McIvor discovers how carving up the landscape in order to build canals helped further our...
video record Canals : the making of a nationThis is the story of the men who built our canals - the navigators or 'navvies'. They represented...
video record Canals : the making of a nationPresenter Liz McIvor tells the story of the people who operated the canal boats, carrying fuel and...
video record Canals : the making of a nationLiz McIvor explores the heritage of our canal network. After years of decline in the post-war...
video record Second moment of creationThe first film by Simon Schama looks at the formative role art and the creative imagination have...
video record How do we look?In this episode of Civilisations, Professor Mary Beard explores images of the human body in ancient...
video record Picturing paradiseSimon Schama explores one of our deepest artistic urges - the depiction of nature. Simon discovers...
video record The triumph of artThink Renaissance and you think of Italy. But in the 15th and 16th centuries, the great Islamic...
video record Modern day slaveryThe nature of crime in the UK is changing, and countering the complex offending of organized...
video record Britain's fat fight with Hugh Fearnley-WhittingstallBritain is already the fattest country in western Europe and if current trends continue, more than...
video record The NHS: A People's HistoryThe People’s History of the NHS is a three-part series presented by Alex Brooker for BBC FOUR,...
video record The NHS: A People's HistoryAlex Brooker continues to chart the history of the National Health Service via the treasured...
video record The NHS: A People's HistoryAlex Brooker continues to chart the history of the National Health Service via the treasured...
video record Electric dreams : 1. the 1970sA family and their home are stripped of all their modern technology to live a life of decades past....
video record Electric dreams : 2. the 1980sA family and their home are stripped of all their modern technology to live a life of decades past....
video record Electric dreams : 3. the 1990sA family and their home are stripped of all their modern technology to live a life of decades past....
video record Numbers as GodIn this new series, mathematician Dr Hannah Fry explores the mystery of maths. It underpins so much...
video record Expanded HorizonsIn this new series, mathematician Dr Hannah Fry explores the mystery of maths. It underpins so much...
video record Weirder and WeirderIn this new series, mathematician Dr Hannah Fry explores the mystery of maths. It underpins so much...
video record Theo's adventure capitalists : episode 2. IndiaTheo Paphitis travels to India, to see if three intrepid British companies can succeed in one of...
video record Theo's adventure capitalists : episode 3. BrazilTheo travels to Brazil's business hub, Sao Paolo, to Bauru - in the heart of sugar cane country -...
video record The secret history of our streets : 1. Deptford High StreetCharles Booth's vast 1886 Survey of London ranks each one of London streets according to the class...
video record The secret history of our streets : 2. Camberwell GroveCharles Booth's vast 1886 Survey of London ranks each one of London streets according to the class...
video record The secret history of our streets : 3. Caledonian RoadCharles Booth's vast 1886 Survey of London ranks each one of London streets according to the class...
video record The secret history of our streets : 4. Portland RoadCharles Booth's vast 1886 Survey of London ranks each one of London streets according to the class...
video record The secret history of our streets : 5. Reverdy RoadCharles Booth's vast 1886 Survey of London ranks each one of London streets according to the class...
video record The secret history of our streets : 6. Arnold CircusCharles Booth's vast 1886 Survey of London ranks each one of London streets according to the class...
video record Wartime farm : Episode 1In Wartime Farm archaeologists and historians Alex, Peter and Ruth will take on their biggest...
video record Wartime farm : Episode 2In Wartime Farm archaeologists and historians Alex, Peter and Ruth will take on their biggest...
video record Wartime farm : Episode 3In Wartime Farm archaeologists and historians Alex, Peter and Ruth will take on their biggest...
video record Wartime farm : Episode 4In Wartime Farm archaeologists and historians Alex, Peter and Ruth will take on their biggest...
video record Wartime farm : Episode 5In Wartime Farm archaeologists and historians Alex, Peter and Ruth will take on their biggest...
video record Wartime farm : Episode 6In Wartime Farm archaeologists and historians Alex, Peter and Ruth will take on their biggest...
video record Wartime farm : Episode 7In Wartime Farm archaeologists and historians Alex, Peter and Ruth will take on their biggest...
video record Wartime farm : Episode 8In Wartime Farm archaeologists and historians Alex, Peter and Ruth will take on their biggest...
video record Growing children : DyslexiaIn this enthralling film child psychologist Laverne Antrobus explores how growing children are...
video record Growing children : AutismIn this fascinating and emotional film child psychologist Laverne Antrobus investigates the way in...
video record Growing children : OCDIn this powerful film child psychologist Laverne Antrobus explores the complicated and often...
video record Why poverty? : 6. Solar mamasSolar Mamas follows the remarkable story of Rafea, a mother-of-four from Jordan who challenges the...
video record Why poverty? : 1. Four born every second130 million babies are born each year, but the circumstances and country of their birth will...
video record Why poverty? : 5. Poor us - an animated historyDo we know what poverty is? Throughout human existence, the poor have always been with us....
video record A picture of health : episode 1First part in an exciting new 5-part medical history series for BBC1 taking a look at how...
video record A picture of health : episode 2First part in an exciting new 5-part medical history series for BBC1 taking a look at how...