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 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...
video record Great thinkers - in their own words : 3. Culture warsCulture used to be so easy to define - it was ballet, opera, Shakespeare, Beethoven... But in the...
video record How to build 2 : 3. A satelliteIn this new three part series of 'How to Build' - we look at three more British engineering...
video record How to build : 1. A super jumbo wingIn this new three part series of 'How to Build' - we look at three more British engineering...
video record How to build 2 : 2. A supercarIn this new three part series of 'How to Build' - we look at three more British engineering...
video record Hairy Bikers' bakeation : 1. NorwayThe Hairy Bikers start their epic 5000 mile bakeation in Kristiansund on Norway's stunning West...
video record Hairy Bikers' bakeation : 2. The Low CountriesThe second leg of the Hairy Bikers' Bakeation begins on the flatlands of the Netherlands where Si...
video record Hairy Bikers' bakeation : 3. GermanyGermany is one of Dave's favourite countries. Travelling from the wine region of the Rhine Valley...
video record Hairy Bikers' bakeation : 4. Eastern EuropeThe half-way point of the Hairy Bikers' Bakeation sees them journey to the furthest reaches of...
video record Hairy Bikers' bakeation : 5. AustriaThe home of Mozart, the Sound of Music and Arnie (Schwarznegger) provides the fifth leg of the...
video record Hairy Bikers' bakeation : 6. ItalyThe Bikers have made it as far as southern Europe - Italy to be precise. Starting in Venice, the...
video record Hairy Bikers' bakeation : 7. FranceMany people regard France as the home of gastronomy and Lyon the culinary capital of France so...
video record Hairy Bikers' bakeation : 8. SpainAfter nearly five thousand miles, the Hairy Bikers reach the last leg of their Bake-ation which...
video record Destination TitanIt's a voyage of exploration like no other - to Titan, Saturn's largest moon and thought to...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 5 episode 1In the first of a new series, Jem makes his own diamond and then proves they aren't forever; Dr Yan...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 5 episode 2In the second episode of the science series, Liz hits the beach with the RNLI to experience the...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 5 episode 3Jem witnesses the awesome power of rockets with the Bloodhound land speed record project, Yan...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 5 episode 4Liz Bonnin investigates new stem-cell research that could change the face of organ transplant...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 5 episode 5Liz investigates an increasingly common and unwelcome guest - the bedbug. Meanwhile, Yan explains...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 5 episode 6Liz investigates an increasingly common and unwelcome guest - the bedbug. Meanwhile, Yan explains...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 5 episode 7Dallas investigates a potential global Helium shortage, Yan tests shoppers on how much they know...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 5 episode 8In the last of the series, in the aftermath of the Fukushima radiation scare, the team turn their...
video record Divine women : 1. When God was a girlIn this provocative new series, Bettany Hughes tells the stories of the extraordinary women whose...
video record Divine women : 2. Handmaids of the GodsIn this provocative new series, Bettany Hughes tells the stories of the extraordinary women whose...
video record Divine women : 3. The war of the wordIn this provocative new series, Bettany Hughes tells the stories of the extraordinary women whose...
video record Stargazing live 2 : programme 2Dara and Brian's journey through the night sky continues with a look at Black Holes, the most...
video record Stargazing live 2 : programme 1Dara O Briain and Professor Brian Cox return for a new series celebrating the wonder of our amazing...
video record Stargazing live 2 : programme 3On the final night of their astronomical adventure, Professor Brian Cox and Dara O'Briain discuss...
video record Money Programme : Recession Britain: supersave me"In the fifth part of this Money Programme series looking at Britain in recession, financial...
video record Money Programme : Recession Britain: recession bites"In the fourth of this series from the Money Programme, Masterchef's Gregg Wallace examines the...
video record The virtual revolution : 1. the great levelling?Twenty years on from the invention of the World Wide Web, Dr Aleks Krotoski looks at how it is...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 2 episode 1Engineer Jem tries to smash a land speed record with the help of a single fire extinguisher, a...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 2 episode 2Liz Bonnin, Dallas Campbell and Jem Stansfield take on more scientific challenges. Engineer Jem...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 2 episode 5Reacting to the volcanic eruption that has seen airports eerily quiet and travellers stranded...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 2 episode 6In the latest episode of the series, the team tests science to its limits. Dallas hits the streets...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 2 episode 7This week on Bang Goes the Theory, Jem straps a race horse to his car to explain what horsepower...
video record Bang goes the theory : series 2 episode 8In the last of the current series, Liz looks at how smell works and launches a huge experiment into...
video record Eyewitness : programme 1Eyewitnesses play a crucial role in solving crimes, yet 60% of wrongful convictions are estimated...
video record Eyewitness : programme 2Eyewitnesses play a crucial role in solving crimes, yet 60% of wrongful convictions are estimated...
video record Eyewitness : programme 3Eyewitnesses play a crucial role in solving crimes, yet 60% of wrongful convictions are estimated...
video record The code : 1. NumbersMarcus du Sautoy reveals a hidden numerical code that underpins all nature. A code that has the...
video record The code : 2. ShapesIn the second episode of a fascinating series, Marcus du Sautoy uncovers the hidden patterns that...
video record The code : 3. PredictionMarcus du Sautoy continues his exploration of the hidden numerical code that underpins all nature....
video record SectionedPowerful documentary which, for the first time, follows three people who have been sectioned on...
video record The art of dyingDan Cruickshank goes on a journey to find out whether he can seek solace in art of deaths of those...
video record Justice : 1. The moral side of murderProfessor Michael Sandel presents the first in a series of lectures from his Harvard undergraduate...
video record Justice : 2. The case for cannibalismIn the second in a series of lectures drawn from Harvard professor Michael Sandel's famous...
video record Justice : 3. How to measure pleasureIn the third in a series of lectures drawn from Harvard professor Michael Sandel's famous...
video record Justice : 4. A lesson in lyingDo we all have a categorical duty to tell the truth, even to a murderer? The fourth of Michael...