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 The bottom line : series 20 episode 3 - CorruptionThe scandal at FIFA is just the latest story of corporate corruption to dominate the news. What...
audio record of A history of ideas. 34, Naomi Appleton on the Buddha's Four NobleTruthsNaomi Appleton explores the Buddha's Four Noble Truths in a week of programmes asking how do I live...
audio record of Inside science : Ebola; Ada Lovelace Day; Space weatherEbola Outbreak.As the World Health Organisation announces that the situation in Guinea, Liberia and...
audio record of The bottom line : series 20 episode 4 - OutsourcingOutsourcing has had a bad press over the years: What with taxpayers being charged for tagging...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Commercial surrogacy in India / MoneyWombs for Sale: commercial surrogacy in India and beyond. Couples from all over the world can now...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Global clothing and poverty / Fur inheritance in PolandJeans on a journey: Laurie Taylor talks to Andrew Brooks, Lecturer in Development Geography at...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Citizenship ceremonies / Family ties and geneticsMaking citizens: how countries make public rituals out of endowing new citizens with citizenship.
audio record of Thinking allowed: Love, money and HIV in Kenya / MicrobreweriesLove, Money and HIV in Kenya. Laurie Taylor talks to Sanyu Mojola, Assistant Professor of Sociology...
audio record of Thinking allowed: The British in South Africa / Romanian economic migrants in LondonMigration: the complexities of transnational movement, identity and belonging.
audio record of The managers : episode 4 - German football legend Jurgen KlinsmannThis summer Jurgen Klinsmann will take the USA team to the World Cup final. He will be trying to...
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 7 (1992)
audio record of New curiosity shop 2(1995) : can a piano fly?
audio record of Watching for Dolphins
audio record of Oliver Messiaen
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 4 (1994) : when time is asleep
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 3(1994)
audio record of A Sense of DirectionThe programme discusses the role of the theatre director. In the 20th Century he or she has become...
audio record of New curiosity shop 3 (1992) : the biology of ressurrection
audio record of Alan Bennett : a dialogue
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 5 (1994) : the chief
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 6 (1994) : constitutional geometry (Lincoln and Jefferson)
audio record of Glasgow : post European City of CultureAngus Calder talks to Simon Frith and David MacLennan as they question the notion of a European...
audio record of Maths miscellany 1(1995) : faith
audio record of Changing platformsThe programme features writers well-established in one genre who try another form. Playwright Willy...
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 4(1992)
audio record of New curiosity shop 6(1992) : smells by radio
audio record of History of propagandaThe History of Propaganda looks back at the myths of Britishness created during the two Great Wars...
audio record of Arts Review Round-up
audio record of New curiosity shop 2 (1994) : It's a miracle
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 1(1993) : maths trail
audio record of Art of Biography
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 4 1993 : mathematics and sculpture
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 12(1990)
audio record of God's houses
audio record of Mathematics miscellany Christmas lecture 1(1997) : truths, half-truths and statisticsN.B. There are 2 tapes with this programme.
audio record of Caribbean commentatorsSeveral poets, writers and musicians from the Caribbean talk about their work and what has...
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 1(1997) : equal opportunities
audio record of New curiosity shop 10 (1992) : fungi
audio record of The Raj - 50 years on : The Raj in film
audio record of Why the Enlightenment
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 6 (1993)
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 7(1997): no time, Toulouse
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 11(1991)
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 7 (1991)
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 2 (1991)
audio record of ContraceptionBetty Talks looks at the history of contraceptives - from Boswell's account of his amorous...
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 12(1991)
audio record of Sir Henry Wood
audio record of New curiosity shop 12 (1991)
audio record of New curiosity shop 11(1991) : silver