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 Click on Episode 6Click On is topical, taking the listener behind the week's most intriguing technology headlines -...
audio record of More or less 2 : 3 Medical trials 'Fantasy savings' Gun crime Maths and languagesMedical trials - Professor of Clinical Neurology at Oxford University, George Ebers, explained why...
audio record of More or less 5: 5. The perversity of randomnessMore or Less took an almost random walk through random numbers. There is enough order to our list...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 10. Anatomy and the invisible handThis 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 : 24. Flinging the Tropics open to civilisationThis 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 : 22. Transforming plagueThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of Things we forgot to remember 2: World War One"We rightly remember the Somme in 1916 as a bloody metaphor for the seemingly senseless slaughter...
audio record of Material world : Special for interdependence dayQuentin Cooper reports on developments across the sciences. Each week scientists describe their...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 1. Hot cold wet and dryThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of Things we forgot to remember 3: the darien schemeThe real reason behind the 1707 Act of Union which saw England and Scotland merged was a disastrous...
audio record of Things we forgot to remember 2 : Magna Carta"We venerate the Magna Carta as the foundation rock of English political development. But the sort...
audio record of The Essay: Greek and Latin voices: Sappho compilation 1-4BBC Radio 3's The Essay strand explores the origins of Western culture. Greek and Latin voices is...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 23. The ministry of healingThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of Click on Episode 2Click On is topical, taking the listener behind the week's most intriguing technology headlines -...
audio record of More or less 8: Programme 4Topics covered include American presidential elections, global warming, pubs, conception and...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 29. The cripplerThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of Material world : Nature of experimentation: special edition from OU's science summer school at...Quentin Cooper reports on developments across the sciences. Each week scientists describe their...
audio record of Click on Episode 5Click On is topical, taking the listener behind the week's most intriguing technology headlines -...
audio record of Click on Episode 5Click On is topical, taking the listener behind the week's most intriguing technology. This week...
audio record of More or less 5: 2. The hospital waiting game ImmigrationMore or Less this week looks at new evidence in the NHS of what is known as "gaming". It is not as...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 11. Little reading, much seeing and much doingThis 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: 8. Top of the class?Fifteen years after they were introduced, we look at the school league tables and ask whether the...
audio record of Things we forgot to remember 2 : the 1945 Labour government"Clement Attlee's government is now remembered as the founder of the welfare state. At every...
audio record of More or less 5: 9. Health, privacy and statistics Number art CensusMore or Less this week looked at the other side of the argument about the privacy of our health...
audio record of The Essay: Greek and Latin voices: Plato 2BBC Radio 3's The Essay strand explores the origins of Western culture. Greek and Latin voices is...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 26. You are what you eatThis 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: 10. The buzz of the box TriviaWe investigate the numbers behind the television show Deal or No Deal? and look at a lottery which...
audio record of The Essay: Greek and Latin voices: Thucydides 3BBC Radio 3's The Essay strand explores the origins of Western culture. Greek and Latin voices is...
audio record of More or less 5: 3. Testing times for athletesIn More or Less this week, presenter Andrew Dilnot and the team investigate statistical weaknesses...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 18. A Yankee dodgeThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of The Climate connection: 3. Consumption on the couchWhat's stopping us from taking action on climate change? Can research from other fields help us...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 36Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 28Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of More or less 15: Programme 7The Health Secretary says you're twice as likely to die from heart disease in the UK than in...
audio record of Thinking allowed: White collar crimes - 3. Punishment of crimesIn a series of special programmes in association with the Open University, Laurie Taylor explores...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 7Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 1Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 3Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 35Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of More or less 16: Programme 1Tim Harford is back with a new series of More or Less, and the numbers behind the news. Are the...
audio record of More or less 14: Programme 5Claiming benefits has been described by the Chancellor as - for some - a "lifestyle choice". What...
audio record of The Climate connection: 1. The selfish apeWhat's stopping us from taking action on climate change? Can research from other fields help us...
audio record of More or less 9: Programme 8How do you break down the mass of data on fertility and make it meaningful to those seeking IVF...
audio record of More or less 14: Programme 1"Tim Harford and the More or Less team are back with a new series of the award-winning...
audio record of More or less 15: Programme 6This week in More or less - street grooming, bank taxes, 'Loxleygate' and why, despite repeated...
audio record of More or less 15: Programme 3Tim Harford narrates "A More or Less Christmas Carol" in which Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the...
audio record of The Climate connection: 2. Lost in translationWhat's stopping us from taking action on climate change? Can research from other fields help us...
audio record of More or less 13: Programme 5Tim Harford and the More or Less team explain numbers in the news, look out for misused statistics...
audio record of Digital planet: Education specialGareth talks to Vice Chancellor Martin Bean of the UK's Open University, the country's largest...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Liverpool riots Children and politics30 years ago riots broke out in Liverpool which lead to 160 arrests and 258 police officers needing...