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 New curiosity shop 7(1999)
audio record of More or less 1: 1. Paternity Aids Mobile phone safety WeatherPaternity. Have you heard that one in 10 men is not really the father of the child they think is...
audio record of The Sound of Life : 1. First Sounds ; 2. Making Yourself HeardThis audio CD contains the first two episodes of The Sound of Life 1. First Sounds: In the first...
audio record of More or less 1: 5. Analysing a species Flexi-time Learning to countAnalysing a species: Homo floresiensis, nicknamed the "Hobbit", caused a worldwide sensation when...
audio record of More or less 1: 6. Axle of evil Drug Research ChoiceAxle of evil: More or less looks at the evidence against 4x4s on pollution and other issues.
audio record of More or less 1: 3. Crime Immigration Efficiency Iraq Mean averages.Crime: 1 in 4 young people are said to be criminal offenders leading to calls of a 'yob culture',...
audio record of More or less 1: 4. Nature and fraud Pensions ImmigrationNature and fraud: In More or Less this week we looked at the strange mathematical law that seems to...
audio record of The Other Medicine : Does it matter how it works?Are therapies like homeopathy or aromatherapy nothing more than elaborate placebos? If they work by...
audio record of The Other Medicine : First, do no harmHippocrates' golden rule for healers was to 'first, do no harm'. 'Natural' doesn't always mean safe...
audio record of The Other Medicine : Why is CAM so popular?Is the popularity of CAM simply a new age fashion for everything 'natural'? Does its focus on the...
audio record of The Other Medicine : Fit to practiseCould the problems of delayed diagnosis or dangerous advice be avoided with tighter regulation and...
audio record of The Other Medicine : How do we find out if it works?There's no shortage of people who'll tell you that CAM works for them. But anecdote is not the same...
audio record of Things we forgot to remember 1: the Spanish ArmadaSo you think Francis Drake and his bowls ended the Spanish Armada threat...? Actually, it's not...
audio record of Click on Episode 1Click On is topical, taking the listener behind the week's most intriguing technology headlines -...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 2. God's house, the hospitalThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 6. The early transfusion experimentsThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 16. Science has no sexThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of Ian McMillan's writing lab : 6. ThrillersIan McMillan introduces a series of entertaining and inspirational fifteen minute programmes aimed...
audio record of More or less 5: 1. Diet and bad behaviour Economic perceptionsIn the start of a new series, we go behind a study investigating diet and criminal behaviour. Also,...
audio record of Material world : Special edition from OU science summer school at Heriott-Watt UniversityQuentin Cooper reports on developments across the sciences. Each week scientists describe their...
audio record of Ian McMillan's writing lab : 2. Life writingIan McMillan introduces a series of entertaining and inspirational fifteen minute programmes aimed...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 28. Free at the point of needThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 20. Stopping the rotThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of More or less 5: 4. Still waiting for treatment US electionsOn More or Less this week, we reveal the data that asks questions of the government's record on...
audio record of Material world : Future of chemistry: special edition from OU's science summer school at York...Quentin Cooper reports on developments across the sciences. Each week scientists describe their...
audio record of Ian McMillan's writing lab : 4. Making use of the poetic formIan McMillan introduces a series of entertaining and inspirational fifteen minute programmes aimed...
audio record of Things we forgot to remember 2 : the 1945 Labour government"Clement Attlee's government is now remembered as the founder of the welfare state. At every...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 29. The cripplerThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of Things we forgot to remember 2 : Magna Carta"We venerate the Magna Carta as the foundation rock of English political development. But the sort...
audio record of Material world : Nature of experimentation: special edition from OU's science summer school at...Quentin Cooper reports on developments across the sciences. Each week scientists describe their...
audio record of More or less 5: 9. Health, privacy and statistics Number art CensusMore or Less this week looked at the other side of the argument about the privacy of our health...
audio record of Things we forgot to remember 2: World War One"We rightly remember the Somme in 1916 as a bloody metaphor for the seemingly senseless slaughter...
audio record of Material world : Special for interdependence dayQuentin Cooper reports on developments across the sciences. Each week scientists describe their...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 22. Transforming plagueThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 1. Hot cold wet and dryThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 18. A Yankee dodgeThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of Click on Episode 5Click On is topical, taking the listener behind the week's most intriguing technology headlines -...
audio record of Click on Episode 2Click On is topical, taking the listener behind the week's most intriguing technology headlines -...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 23. The ministry of healingThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of Free thinking : Is the world really shrinking?BBC3/Radio Merseyside event Free thinking. BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio Merseyside came together for a...
audio record of More or less 5: 2. The hospital waiting game ImmigrationMore or Less this week looks at new evidence in the NHS of what is known as "gaming". It is not as...
audio record of More or less 5: 3. Testing times for athletesIn More or Less this week, presenter Andrew Dilnot and the team investigate statistical weaknesses...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 11. Little reading, much seeing and much doingThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 21. Culturing the germ theoryThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of Click on Episode 4Click On is topical, taking the listener behind the week's most intriguing technology headlines -...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 15. Sisters of charityThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of Click on Episode 6Click On is topical, taking the listener behind the week's most intriguing technology headlines -...
audio record of More or less 5: 8. Top of the class?Fifteen years after they were introduced, we look at the school league tables and ask whether the...
audio record of More or less 5: 10. The buzz of the box TriviaWe investigate the numbers behind the television show Deal or No Deal? and look at a lottery which...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 19. The disease is its own preventativeThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...