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 Heaven's Delight : San Marco:Florence ; Wideworld programme 28Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Heaven's Delight : Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Venice ; Wideworld programme 29Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Heaven's Delight : Pilgrimage-The Shrine at Loreto ; Wideworld programme 30Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record A history of Scotland : Episode 4. Language is power (1411 - 1503)Bringing alive the past, which has shaped modern Scotland, is at the heart of a major new...
video record A history of Scotland : Episode 5. Project Britain (1543 - 1603)Bringing alive the past, which has shaped modern Scotland, is at the heart of a major new...
video record A history of Scotland : Episode 6. God's chosen people (1638 - 1688)Bringing alive the past, which has shaped modern Scotland, is at the heart of a major new...
video record A history of Scotland : Episode 7. Let's pretend (1693 - 1750)Bringing alive the past, which has shaped modern Scotland, is at the heart of a major new...
video record A history of Scotland : Episode 8. The price of progress (1754 - 1783)Bringing alive the past, which has shaped modern Scotland, is at the heart of a major new...
video record The Somme : from defeat to victoryThis powerful dramatised documentary tells the story of the most infamous battle of the First World...
video record A history of Christianity 1. The first ChristianityWhen he was a small boy Diarmaid MacCulloch's parents used to drive him round historic churches....
video record A history of Christianity: 2. Catholicism - the unpredictable rise of RomeDiarmaid MacCulloch's grandfather was a devout pillar of the local Anglican church and felt that...
video record A history of Christianity: 3. Orthodoxy - from empire to empireToday, Eastern Orthodox Christianity flourishes in the Balkans and Russia with over 150 million...
video record A history of Christianity: 4. Reformation - the individual before GodThe Amish today are peaceable folk, but five centuries ago their ancestors were seen as some of the...
video record A history of Christianity: 5. Protestantism - the Evangelical explosionIn his fifth part of a History of Christianity Diarmaid MacCulloch traces the growth of an...
video record A history of Christianity: 6. God in the dockDiarmaid MacCulloch's own life story makes him a symbol of a distinctive feature about Western...
video record Changing the future : Where literacy pays off:The case of Kerala ; Wideworld programme 70Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Changing the future : Mozambique under attack ; Wideworld programme 71Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Changing the future : The hidden side of the Algarve ; Wideworld programme 72Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Changing the future : Alaska:The last frontier ; Wideworld programme 73Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Changing the future : Living with drought ; Wideworld programme 74Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Changing the future : Bangkok:A city speaks ; Wideworld programme 75Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Whose English? : A to Z of the English Language ; Wideworld programme 76Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Whose English? : The Queen's English-an English accent ; Wideworld programme 77Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Whose English : English, Only in America ; Wideworld programme 79Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Whose English? : The Golden Thread ; Wideworld programme 80Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Whose English? : Animated English ; Wideworld programme 81Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Whose English? : The English Language - News Stories ; Wideworld programme 82Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Whose English? : Invasion from Mars ; Wideworld programme 83Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Whose English? : Poetry:Language & History ; Wideworld programme 84Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Whose English? : In the Market Place-"Oranges are not..." ; Wideworld programme 85Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Living earth : Frontiers of geology ; Wideworld programme 86Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Living earth : Volcanoes ; Wideworld programme 87Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Living earth : Volcanic Iceland ; Wideworld programme 88Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Living earth : Other Worlds ; Wideworld programme 89Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Living earth : James Hutton: geologist ; Wideworld programme 90Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Living earth : Landscape ; Wideworld programme 91Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Living earth : Rock Textures ; Wideworld programme 92Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record The living earth : Form and function of fossils ; Wideworld programme 93Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record The living earth : Glaciers ; Wideworld programme 94Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record The living earth : Geology of the Alps ; Wideworld programme 95Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Whose health? : Why me why now? ; Wideworld programme 97Whether it's a chronic disease like rheumatoid arthritis or a simple headache, everyone has ideas...
video record Whose health? : A school of genes ; Wideworld programme 97Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Whose health? : Bloodlines: a family legacy ; Wideworld programme 98Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Whose health? : Therapies on trial ; homeopathy ; Wideworld programme 99Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Whose health? : Therapies on trial ; clinical trials ; Wideworld programme 100Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Whose health? : Who calls the shots? ; Wideworld programme 101Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Whose health? : Brief encounter ; Wideworld programme 102Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Whose health? : More than meets the eye ; Wideworld programme 103Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Whose health? : Our health in our hands ; Wideworld programme 104Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record Whose health? : Heathly Futures-whose views count? ; Wideworld programme 105Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...