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 Caribbean Voices
audio record of The bottom line : series 18 episode 7 - Family rivalsTaittinger champagne, Clarks shoes, Theakstons beer - three famous and successful family businesses...
audio record of New curiosity shop 4(1995) : silent noises
audio record of New curiosity shop 5(1995) : Hyphastos' foot
audio record of New curiosity shop 7(1996) : Piltdown Man laid to rest
audio record of Football as a religionPresenter Rogan Taylor puts the case for football to be considered a religion. He talks to people...
audio record of Maths miscellany 10(1994) : mystical, rational, algebrail (Karl Marx)
audio record of Children's literatureThe prograrme looks at the subject of multiracial children's literature. The effect it has on...
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 9 (1994) : Mme. Newton pom-pom du chatelet
audio record of New curiosity shop 6(1994) : talking sense
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 1(1994) : the lady of the diagram (Florence Nightingale)
audio record of New curiosity shop 5(1997) : does God play dice?
audio record of Shulbrede PrioryDr. Barrie Jones visits Shulbrede Priory in Lynchmere, West Sussex. A former Augustine Priory...
audio record of Literature in the Modern WorldThis radio programme previews the OU 3rd level course Literature in the Modern World which has its...
audio record of King William and the artsIt has been, argued that William had little impact on the arts in England. Henk Van Veen agrees...
audio record of Literary Criticism - a users guide : Eagleton and beyond
audio record of God's housesA look round the newly built Croydon and District Synagogue with Rabbi Philip Ginsbury and...
audio record of The Raj - 50 years on : Indian writings in English
audio record of Comedy is a Serious Business
audio record of Finding a Voice : Women singers from Zimbabwe
audio record of Shelley's womenMichael Rossington - Lecturer in Literature at the Open University discusses the role of women in...
audio record of John ClareThe programme takes a look at the life and works of John Clare, the Northamptonshire poet, who was...
audio record of New curiosity shop 9(1994) : the catastropic effects of a horse eating a Mars bar
audio record of God's housesThe presenter, with Peter Burman, Director of Conservation Studies in the Institute of Advanced...
audio record of New curiosity shop 3 (1994) : one day in the life of a seal
audio record of New curiosity shop 5(1994) : why do birds sing as they do?
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 2 (1996) : a clue I'd made up
audio record of New curiosity shop 4(1994) : whatever happened to North Sea oil
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 2 (1997) : a matter of some gravity
audio record of Art works-creating and recreating : art and craft
audio record of New curiosity shop 2(1999) : origins of life
audio record of Material World 1 : British Association Festival of Science in DublinBBC/Open University series Material World. This is the first in a series of seven special editions...
audio record of Media and meIn this programme in this series on sexual health matters, we conclude with sexual issues relating...
audio record of The Sound of Life : 3. The Art of Listening ; 4. Beyond Our SensesThis audio CD contains the episodes three and four of The Sound of Life 3. The Art of Listening:...
audio record of The Sound of Life : 5. Underwater Chorus ; 6. Meaning of SoundsThis audio CD contains the episodes five and six of The Sound of Life 5. Underwatwer Chorus:...
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: 2. Flu vaccines Debt Cost of dying AveragesFlu vaccines: would parents allow child flu jabs if it reduced deaths in others?
audio record of 7.Soundings from the Future ; 8. The Song of the Earth"This audio CD contains the episodes seven and eight of The Sound of Life. Progamme 7 Soundings...
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 Myths and Realities, Fads 'n' PhasesThis programme looks behind some the myths and realities of sex. Under discussion are such diverse...
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 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 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 Dr Faustus : CD1Based on the play by Christopher Marlowe. BBC/Open University series Dr Faustus