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 Cast and crew : If.... (5 minute introduction) /Kirsty Wark previews a screening of the film 'If....' by introducing members of the cast and crew.
video record Cast and crew : If.... (studio discussion) /Kirsty Wark discusses the making and impact of the film 'if....' with members of the cast and crew.
video record Cast and crew : My Beautiful LaundretteCast and the crew of the film 'My Beautiful Laundrette' discuss the making of the film and it's merits
video record Stardate : Transit of Venus TV1This programme contextualises the transit of Venus on 8th June 2004. It describes previous transits...
video record Stardate : Transit of Venus TV2This programme tracks the transit of Venus on 8th June 2004. It follows teams across the U.K. and...
video record Rough science 5 : Lost at seaThe scientists in this programme have to build a distress flare, a buoyancy aid and a beacon
video record Rough science 5 : Call of the wildThe scientists in this programme have to build an underwater microphone, mosquito repellant and a...
video record Rough science 5 : To the lighthouseThe scientists in this programme have to build a lighthouse which emits a flashing light
video record Rough science 5 : The reefThe scientists in this programme have to build an alarm system to warn passing boats they are...
video record Rough science 5 : beneath the wavesThe scientists in this programme have to build an underwater diving kit for Kate Humble
video record Running for your life"Primary School Head, Mr Ntairaho is taking part in a survey of displaced children in the Masindi...
video record The Mark Steel Lectures Series 2 : Ludwig van BeethovenMark Steel turns up the volume on Beethoven with his tribute to a man who was the nearest...
video record The Mark Steel Lectures Series 2 : Mary ShelleyLike Dr Frankenstein himself, Mark Steel has taken the cold-cuts of the traditional TV lecture and...
video record The Mark Steel Lectures Series 2 : Albert EinsteinA great physicist but a lousy father, Einstein played with the nature of space and time as easily...
video record The Mark Steel Lectures Series 2 : Sylvia PankhurstTracing her life from schooldays in radical Manchester to retirement in rural Essex, when Haile...
video record The Mark Steel Lectures Series 2 : Thomas PaineSurely Britain's greatest unknown international revolutionary, best-selling author and hobbyist...
video record Stardate : Close EncountersClose Encounters, hosted by Adam Hart-Davis, delves into the mysterious world of asteroids, meteors...
video record Nation on film 1 : The body beautiful'During the inter-war period, Britain went from being a nation of unhealthy weaklings to a country...
video record Nation on film 1 : Sex and marriageEven before the era of AIDS, sex could have fatal consequences for many men and women. For women,...
video record Nation on film 1 : At the chalk faceUsing films made by teachers, government and unions, this programme charts the twenty year reign of...
video record Nation on film 1 : Private passionsIn the years between the Great Depression and the outbreak of the Second World War there was a boom...
video record Nation on film 1 : Selling salvationFor over a quarter of a century from the end of the Second World War, the Church battled with what...
video record Nation on film 1 : Make yourself at homeThis is the story of how film captured the emergence of Britain's Asian communities. We start in...
video record Stardate : Mission to Titan TV2This update and highlights programme looks at the initial results of Huygens descent through the...
video record Ever wondered about food 3... Seafood?'Ever Wondered dives to the bottom of the ocean to bring to you the story of seafood. The Romans...
video record Ever wondered about food 3.... Potato?The potato has been around for about 6000 years and is the most popular vegetable on Earth. Ever...
video record Nation on film : Shooting the warA special episode of Nation on film, Shooting the War, marks the 60th anniversary of VE Day. Using...
video record Rough science 6 : powerKicking off the new series of Rough Science, at their high altitude base in the Rocky Mountains,...
video record Rough science 6 : safetyFire is a major hazard in the dry Colorado environment and Mike and Jonathan's challenge is to...
video record Rough science 6 : mountainThe Rough Science base this year sits on the slopes of a magnificent mountain: Mount Kendall. And...
video record Rough science 6 : cleanJonathan has to build a washing machine from scratch. It's a task that stretches his ingenuity to...
video record Rough science 6 : mineThis week's challenge is to find a way to detect radioactive rocks and flammable gases. On day...
video record Rough science 6 : photoIn this task the team must take a memento of the mill and send it, by air, along a valley to Kate....
video record Can Gerry Robinson fix the NHS? Programme 1Programme 1 in a three part series in which businessman Sir Gerry Robinson takes on the biggest...
video record Can Gerry Robinson fix the NHS? Programme 2Programme 2 in a three part series in which businessman Sir Gerry Robinson takes on the biggest...
video record Can Gerry Robinson fix the NHS? Programme 3Programme 3 in a three part series in which businessman Sir Gerry Robinson takes on the biggest...
video record Open University Annual Lecture 2005 : Hitler's place in historySir Ian Kershaw delivers the first in a new series of annual Open University lectures, exploring...
video record Show me the money"Mrs Mukasa, the new headmistress at Masindi Secondary State School, finds herself in dire...
video record The Candidate"Each year Masindi Secondary School runs Prefect Elections but this year is going to be different:...
video record Sex Education"Early pregnancy forces 6,000 girls out of schooling in Uganda every year. When he took up the post...
video record Boy meets girl"Having a love life in Uganda is not easy. Teenagers face being expelled from school if they admit...
video record Fred gets to zed"This touching and revealing film follows Fred, the first ever boarding student at Kamurasi Primary...
video record Culture clash"In this programme we come face to face with the witchdoctors of Masindi. The schoolchildren are...
video record In the shadow of the VesuviusThis programme looks at the life of Sir William Hamilton, the 18th century British ambassador to...
video record Cell City 4: cancer pioneersThis programme looks at the landmark work of Nurse, Hunt and Hartwell, winners of the 2002 Nobel...
video record Snapshots 2 : race for the pole
video record Snapshots 3 : invasion of the plague carriers
video record Snapshots 4 : leg before cricket
video record Snapshots 5 : building on success
video record Snapshots 6 : the Parkinson's puzzle