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 for Art showcase 4(1997) conjuring Shakespeare : it's a family affair Art showcase 4(1997) conjuring Shakespeare : it's a family affair
video record for Art showcase 3(1997) conjuring Shakespeare : girls who are boys Art showcase 3(1997) conjuring Shakespeare : girls who are boys
video record for Art Showcase 2(1997) conjuring Shakespeare : war Art Showcase 2(1997) conjuring Shakespeare : war
video record for Art showcase 1(1997) conjuring Shakespeare : a kind of magic Art showcase 1(1997) conjuring Shakespeare : a kind of magic
video record for Art Showcase 5(1997) conjuring Shakespeare : stormy weather Art Showcase 5(1997) conjuring Shakespeare : stormy weather
audio record of Inside science: Coronavirus - new variantsThe virus which causes Covid 19 is continuing to evolve, but into several different closely related...
audio record of What was it all about Alfie? : censorship in the swinging sixtiesDr Tony Aldgate of the Open university discusses the liberalisation of censorship during the...
audio record of New curiosity shop 5(1992) : under the volcano
audio record of New curiosity shop 11(1992) : search for extra-terrestrial intelligence
audio record of BBC and World War II: on the home front
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 11
audio record of Traditional Northumbrian MusicRichard Middleton of the Open University talks to musicians Kathryn Tickell and Alistaire Anderson...
audio record of New curiosity shop 4(1991) : the year of the dinosaur
audio record of New curiosity shop 6(1991) : music of the spheres
audio record of Greek epic poems : two modern versionsThere has been a revival of interest in Greek Epic poetry. In this programme, 'Kings' (Books 1 and...
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 6 (1992)
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 5 (1993)
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 10 (1993)
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 8 (1993): the Millar mathematician
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 12(1992)
audio record of Raymond Williams : a tributeRaymond Williams died in January this year. His Welsh working-class roots were an important factor...
audio record of Maths into the nineties 2 : algebra on the computer
audio record of Arts review 1Robert Philip talks to three Open University academics about current events in the Arts which may...
audio record of Writers and places:Richard Jefferies
audio record of Motorious Carbarian : the law and the motoristThe rise of the motor car in the early part of this century brought an increasing number of...
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 4
audio record of New curiosity shop 5 : climates of old
audio record of New curiosity shop 6 : rock of ages
audio record of New curiosity shop 2 : in search of the narwhal
audio record of Literary Criticism in the 20th Century : an interview with Graham MartinTony Coe talks to Graham Martin about literary criticism in the 20th Century. This is a specialist...
audio record of East German editionThis programme looks at recent events and the current situation in East Germany through interviews...
audio record of New curiosity shop 7 : gender and science and education
audio record of Arts Review Round-upThere are three items in this Round-Up
audio record of Amazons : heroes, outsiders or womenThis is the first of four programmes based on papers given at the OU 'Women in the Arts' seminar...
audio record of Women and the Church
audio record of New curiosity shop 3 (1993) : hip and head
audio record of New Curiosity Shop 1(1993) : all that glisters
audio record of Marxist testimonyAn illustrated talk entitled 'Marxist Testimony' given by the late Professor Arnold Kettle,...
audio record of Belfast 91The programme examines the growing enthusiasm for 'cultural years'. Taking the examples of Glasgow...
audio record of Traditional Northumbrian MusicRichard Middleton of the Open University talks to musicians Kathryn Tickell and Alistaire Anderson...
audio record of New curiosity shop 9 (1992) : an eavesdroppers guide to chaos
audio record of MalcolmThe programme takes the recently released film, Malcolm X, as the starting point for a discussion...
audio record of Performance Art in CaliforniaLizbeth Goodman, Lecturer in Literature at the OU, travelled in USA to research for her book on...
audio record of New courses 1989Tony Coe talks to two course team chairmen about two new courses for 1989. Geoffrey Warner talks...
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 3(1993) : the literate mathematician
audio record of Maths into the nineties 4 : Einstein and beyond
audio record of Ted Hughes and the memory of war
audio record of The Siege of Derry 1689Three hundred years ago one of the longest and bloodiest sieges of the British Isles began when...
audio record of Arts review 2This radio programme is the second of sixteen in the general interest series 'Arts Review 1988'. It...
audio record of New courses 1989 2This is the seventh of sixteen radio programnes in the general interest series Arts Review 1988....