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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audio record of Saving species : series 2 - programme 10Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 2 - programme 12Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Digital planet: Kenya specialThe Digital Planet team head to Nairobi to find out how the newly opened fibre optic cables are...
audio record of Saving species : series 2 - programme 3Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Comedy capital Work's intimacyBritish comedy, from Music Hall to TV sitcom, was once a democratic medium. Humour united people...
audio record of Click: Openness special - Part 6. Openness and diversityHow worldwide is the World Wide Web? This week Click examines diversity on the internet. In the...
audio record of Openness special - Part 3. Is the internet killing culture and creativity?Is openness in the digital space killing creativity? With so much amateur content online, there is...
audio record of Digital planet: Geoweb specialThis week a special edition all about 'geoweb', internet applications which are based on your...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Russian children in custody Paranormal mediaWhy is modern media teeming with vampires, witches, ghosts and ghouls? Laurie Taylor explores...
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 17Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of The bottom line : series 13 episode 3 - BooksThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 10 episode 9The view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Live music - from dance hall to the 100 ClubThe social history of music in Britain since 1950 has long been the subject of nostalgic articles...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Scottish nationalism and identity AusterityEmpty labour - international statistics suggest that the average time an employee spends engaged in...
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 20Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: 'Long hours' work culture Empty labourEmpty labour - international statistics suggest that the average time an employee spends engaged in...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Fashion, class and mums Red racisms'Red Racisms' - Laurie Taylor talks to the Professor of Racism and Ethnicity Studies, Ian Law,...
audio record of Saving species : series 2 - programme 13Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 18Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of The bottom line : series 11 episode 4The view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 13 episode 1 - Family firmsThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 23Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Shared planet : episode 5 - Building in wildlifeMonty Don presents Shared Planet, the series that looks at the crunch point between human...
audio record of Thinking allowed: English heritage Clergy livesHeritage politics in the UK - Laurie Taylor talks to Ruth Adams, the author of a new study which...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Northern Ireland sectarianism and civility / The global pigeonThe global pigeon - our complex and contradictory relationship with the quintessential city bird....
audio record of The bottom line : series 14 episode 4 - FoodThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 14Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of The bottom line : series 12 episode 4 - QualityThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Thinking allowed: The power of oilThe power of oil - Laurie Taylor presents a special programme which explores the role of oil in...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Language of food and food politics An Italian marketAn Italian food market - Rachel Black talks to Laurie Taylor about her ethnographic account of...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Stan Cohen (1942-2013)Stan Cohen - Laurie Taylor presents a special programme which pays tribute to the work and legacy...
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 10Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Remembering Diana Ethnography awardsRemembering Diana - did Princess Diana's death lead to a major shift in British culture? Professor...
audio record of The bottom line : series 11 episode 7The view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 10 episode 10 - RuthlessnessThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Thinking allowed: British class survey Tribute to Geoff PearsonLaurie Taylor discusses the 'Great British Class Survey', a unique piece of research conducted by...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Organised crime in the UKOrganised crime in the UK - how has it changed? Professor Dick Hobbs, joins Laurie Taylor, to...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Birth of Neo-Liberalism Music, race and differenceNeo liberalism - its genesis and development. Laurie Taylor talks to Daniel Stedman Jones, the...
audio record of Saving species : series 2 - programme 19Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of The bottom line : series 12 episode 7 - PricingThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 1Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: 'Ned pride' in Scotland Weapon dogsWeapon dogs - Laurie Taylor discusses the phenomenon of status dogs with Simon Harding, the author...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Hebden Bridge NeighboursHebden Bridge was once a working class textile town shaped by a culture of chapel and self help....
audio record of Thinking allowed: Stag tourism Men and childbirthVomiting, urinating openly, dressing up as women and public nudity - some of the features of the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Recognising transexuals NationhoodWhat drives people to make the often difficult choices to change their bodies and change their...
audio record of Saving species : series 2 - programme 18Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 2 - programme 26Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 3Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Uniforms and status in hospital Cities under siegeHow important is the way we dress for work? Laurie speaks to Stephen Timmons who has studied the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Madness - anti psychiatry and psychoanalysisThe Anti Psychiatry movement of the 1960s, pioneered by R.D. Laing, asserted that societal ills...