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 Bang goes the theory : series 7 episode 3Sugar is on trial in this programme. Widely blamed for all manner of health issues beyond rotten...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 7 episode 7In this episode, the team explore the new era of personal medicine. With people taking ever bigger...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 7 episode 4The team look at some of the things threatening the safety of your family on a daily basis. Liz...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 7 episode 5With the recent horsemeat scandal fresh in our minds, the team ask how much we really know about...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 7 episode 6In this episode, the team look at Britain under pressure. With the population of the UK topping 63...
video record Made in Britain : Episode 1Who says we don't make anything any more? In the first of a three-part series on how Britain pays...
video record Made in Britain : Episode 2How can Britain stay ahead of its competitors in the global economy? In the second part of his...
video record Made in Britain : Episode 3Evan Davis looks at the explosive growth of Britain's services economy in the third and final part...
video record Symphony : 1. Genesis and geniusSimon Russell Beale presents a radical reappraisal of the place of the symphony in the modern world...
video record Symphony : 2. Beethoven and beyondSimon Russell Beale continues his journey into the world of the symphony with the story of the...
video record Symphony : 3. New nations and new worldsSimon Russell Beale continues his history of the symphony by taking a musical journey through the...
video record Symphony : 4. Revolution and rebirthSimon Russell Beale's journey takes him into the 20th century, a time when the certainties of...
video record Secrets of our living planet : 1. The emerald bandIn this series from the BBC and the Open University, naturalist Chris Packham reveals the natural...
video record Secrets of our living planet : 2. The secret of the savannahIn this series from the BBC and the Open University, naturalist Chris Packham reveals the natural...
video record Secrets of our living planet : 3. The magical forestIn this series from the BBC and the Open University, naturalist Chris Packham reveals the natural...
video record Secrets of our living planet : 4. WaterworldsIn this series from the BBC and the Open University, naturalist Chris Packham reveals the natural...
video record Andrew Marr's history of the world : 1. SurvivalAndrew Marr's History of the World is an epic 8-part journey through human history and the story of...
video record Andrew Marr's history of the world : 2. Age of EmpireAndrew Marr's History of the World is an epic 8-part journey through human history and the story of...
video record Andrew Marr's history of the world : 3. The word and the swordAndrew Marr's History of the World is an epic 8-part journey through human history and the story of...
video record Andrew Marr's history of the world : 4. Into the lightAndrew Marr's History of the World is an epic 8-part journey through human history and the story of...
video record Andrew Marr's history of the world : 8. Age of extremesAndrew Marr's History of the World is an epic 8-part journey through human history and the story of...
video record Andrew Marr's history of the world : 5. Age of plunderAndrew Marr's History of the World is an epic 8-part journey through human history and the story of...
video record Andrew Marr's history of the world : 6. RevolutionAndrew Marr's History of the World is an epic 8-part journey through human history and the story of...
video record Andrew Marr's history of the world : 7. Age of industryAndrew Marr's History of the World is an epic 8-part journey through human history and the story of...
video record Built in Britain : episode 1In this two part series Evan Davis sets out to find the scale of the engineering challenge Britain...
video record Built in Britain : episode 2In this two part series Evan Davis sets out to find the scale of the engineering challenge Britain...
video record Hilary Devey's Women at the top : Episode 1Dragons' Den multimillionaire entrepreneur Hilary Devey wants to find out why so few women make it...
video record The fantastic Mr FeynmanRichard Feynman is one of the most iconic, influential and inspiring scientists of the 20th...
video record The market : 1. The fish market: inside BillingsgateSmithfield, Billingsgate and New Spitalfields are the great markets of Britain. This series looks...
video record The market : 2. The meat market: inside SmithfieldsSmithfield, Billingsgate and New Spitalfields are the great markets of Britain. This series looks...
video record The market : 3. The fruit and veg market: inside SpitalfieldsSmithfield, Billingsgate and New Spitalfields are the great markets of Britain. This series looks...
video record The ChallengerWhen the Space Shuttle Challenger blew up in 1986, it was the most shocking event in the history of...
video record Knowing better : Degrees of successAnglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 3 episode 3In the third episode of the series that puts science and technology to the test, the team face more...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 3 episode 4In the fourth episode, the team put more science to the test. Dallas looks at the origins of our...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 3 episode 5In the penultimate episode of Bang, Liz visits the volcano that brought Britain to a standstill,...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 3 episode 6In the final episode of the series, Jem faces his toughest challenge yet, to build a boat mostly...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 4 episode 1In the first of a new series, Bang Goes the Theory looks at the science behind the recent...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 4 episode 2In the second episode of the series, Liz follows two couples undertaking IVF and looks at the new...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 4 episode 3In the latest episode of the series, the team take on more scientific challenges. Dallas goes...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 4 episode 4In the latest episode of the series that reveals your world with a bang, Jem demonstrates what a...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 4 episode 5On the 50th anniversary of the invention of the laser, Jem Stansfield explains how they work and...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 4 episode 6In the latest episode of the science series, Liz looks at the controversial science of genetically...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 4 episode 7This episode of the series that reveals your world with a bang has a royal wedding theme. Jem...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 4 episode 8Jem visits a mega-plant in Sussex to investigate the future of recycling. Dallas explains how GPS...
video record Business nightmares with Evan Davis : 2. Marketing mess-upsEvan Davis uncovers the astonishing inside stories of how some of world's most successful...
video record Business nightmares with Evan Davis : 1. Doomed designsEvan Davis uncovers the scarcely believable stories of how some of the world's most successful...
video record Business nightmares with Evan Davis : 3. Disastrous decisionsEvan Davis uncovers the inside stories of mistakes that triggered some of the business world's most...
video record Great thinkers - in their own words : 1. Human, all too humanThe 20th century was a time of unprecedented change and conflict. Violence and war spread across...
video record Great thinkers - in their own words : 2. The grand experimentThe question of how to run a good society has puzzled intellectuals for centuries. Should we allow...