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.

Image of Broadcast Programmes
Thumbnail Title Description Date
audio record of The Raj - 50 years on : Indian writings in English
audio record of Maths into the nineties 1 : a world of chaos
audio record of Review round up 2This programme is a round up of some of the exhibitions and events taking place in July/August 1988.
audio record of Mr Crayshaw's Private BandIn this Arts Review '89, Trevor Herbert traces the rise and fall of the Cyfarthfa Brass Band - a...
audio record of Indian artThe programme traces the influence of Europeans on Indian Art. It takes three exhibitions - the Raj...
audio record of New Curiosity Shop 1(1992) : trilobite tales
audio record of Ruskins womanly mindJohn Ruskin is a writer who has been criticised by feminists for the way he has stereotyped the...
audio record of New curiosity shop 2 1991 : neutron stars: a space oddity
audio record of New curiosity shop 3(1997) : pests and parasites; Granny knew best
audio record of The Raj-50 years on : Reporting on India
audio record of The Raj-50 years on : Independence and Partition
audio record of The Raj - 50 years on : Music and identity
audio record of Connecting : the world in my ear'Fiddling with his MP3 player and not looking where he was going, a man in his 40s has fallen down...
audio record of More or less 3 : 7. Trust Hedgehogs Stock marketTrust : The question of trust arises from two recent government decisions. One is Gordon Brown's...
audio record of More or less 3 : 1. Pensions Sod's Law Speed cameras DevolutionPensions : This week we examined the recent row over pensions reform, perhaps the biggest public...
audio record of Click on Episode 3Click On is topical, taking the listener behind the week's most intriguing technology headlines -...
audio record of The Rules of Life : 3. Going independent : 4. Pairing upProgramme 3: Going Independent When does an infant stop being dependent on its mother and break out...
audio record of The Rules of Life : 1. Life before birth : 2. Early DaysProgramme 1: Life Before Birth. Even before an individual, human or animal, sees the light of day...
audio record of More or less 3 : 3. Counting things Data captureCounting things : How hard can it be to count things? You would be surprised. More or Less...
audio record of Looking for democracy 2 : Cambodia ; imposed democracy'Following the US-led attacks on Iraq and Afghanistan, the democratization process in both these...
audio record of Things we forgot to remember 1: the French Revolution'So you think the French Revolution was about guillotining foppish, cake eating aristos...?...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 12. Making signsThis 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 : 13. A long and ghastly kitchenThis 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 : 5. Creating charactersIan McMillan introduces a series of entertaining and inspirational fifteen minute programmes aimed...
audio record of More or less 2 : 2. Passive smoking Missing women Auction winnersPassive smoking - This week More or Less stuck its head into an argument clouded by certainty. Few...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 30. TransplantThis 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: 6. Flying awayThis week on More or Less we presented a "bundle" (that is a rarely-used technical term) of...
audio record of More or less 3 : 5. School league tables Life expectancy Babies Is it true?School league tables : On More or Less this week we looked at the value added tables for secondary...
audio record of More or less 6: Programme 3Topics covered include government statistics and more on gender and numbers.
audio record of Material World 7 : near-earth objects'In the solar system, there are a number of asteroids and comets whose orbits intersect or pass...
audio record of Looking for democracy 4 : Bahrain ; Islamic democracyLike several Arab states, Bahrain has a limited form of democracy. It also has the veneer of a...
audio record of More or less 6: Programme 7Topics covered include the metaphor of the '800lb gorilla', the correlation between working women...
audio record of Material World 6 : medicinal plantsBBC/Open University series Material World. This is the sixth in a series of seven special editions...
audio record of Material World 5 : the value and politics of water'Water is essential to all life on earth, yet 1 billion people worldwide do not have access to safe...
audio record of The Rules of Life : 5. Happy families : 6. Food is not for freeProgramme 5: Happy Families. A scene of domestic bliss: mum and dad busily bringing food to the...
audio record of More or less 3 : 6. Measuring social relationships Counting animalsMeasuring social relationships : Imagine a fantastically important characteristic of society that...
audio record of More or less 4 : 2. Education by lottery?Except when we are trying to win a pile of cash, we do not like lotteries in life. We think they...
audio record of Material World 4 : Bio-ethics and gene therapyThe potential for human stem cells to specialise and form different types of tissue raises the...
audio record of Looking for democracy 3 : Ukraine ; people's democracy'The orange-revolution, led by Viktor Yushchenko, was a dramatic expression of people power. How...
audio record of Material World 3 : Food safetyThe outbreak of Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly referred to as 'mad cow disease',...
audio record of Connecting : call waiting'Carol is worried: she can't contact her husband, who was sent to Uzbekistan by his company, a...
audio record of The Rules of Life : 7. The twilight years : 8. Changing the rulesProgramme 7: The Twilight Years. The process of getting old is now of great interest to scientists...
audio record of More or less 6: Programme 8Topics covered include decision making, economic modelling and volcanoes.
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 5. The anatomical RenaissanceThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of Material world : OU summer school - robotsQuentin is in Bath with students on the Technology in Action course. One of their tasks is to...
audio record of More or less 6: Programme 5Topics covered include a controversial UNICEF report from early 2007, weather data and the black...
audio record of More or less 6: Programme 4Topics covered include 'counting and compassion', and more on gender and numbers.
audio record of Dr Faustus : CD1Based on the play by Christopher Marlowe. BBC/Open University series Dr Faustus
audio record of Things we forgot to remember 2: Jack the Ripper'We remember Jack the Ripper - the top-hatted, knife-wielding psychopath - but what has our...
audio record of Dr Faustus : CD2Based on the play by Christopher Marlowe; BBC/Open University series Dr Faustus