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 truth about mental health : episode 2 - Children and warIt's a common misconception that children, unlike adults, are so resilient that they can bounce...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Factory music; volunteering post-recessionFactory music:the role that popular music plays in workers' culture. Marek Korczynski, Chair in...
audio record of A history of ideas. 42, Paul Broks on John Locke and personalidentityNeuropsychologist Paul Broks asks how we can be sure we're the same person as we were yesterday....
audio record of More or less, 27, Programme 2. AandE waiting timesIt's been reported that the NHS in England has missed its four-hour AandE waiting time target with...
audio record of More or less, 28, Programme 4 Women drink drivingTim Harford asks whether there really is a problem with women drink driving as suggested by the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Social stigma and negative labels - MigraineMigraine: a cultural history. How did a painful and disabling disorder come to be seen as a symptom...
audio record of The bottom line : series 20 episode 7 - Newspapers - to pay or not to pay?Despite widespread predictions of their demise and amid falling numbers of readers, newspapers are...
audio record of The bottom line : series 20 episode 1 - ProductivityWhy is UK productivity lower than in many other countries? Evan Davis begins a new series of The...
audio record of The Deans ReviewJoan Bellamy, Dean of the Arts Faculty reports that in some ways 1988 has been one of the most...
audio record of Maths into the nineties 6 : algebra and super algebra
audio record of 1688 : John Locke and the English Revolution1688 marked the beginning of changes in the relationship between parliament and the monarchy....
audio record of Maths into the nineties 5 : a world of symmetry
audio record of Anglo Dutch Science in the seventeenth centuryThis is the fifth of sixteen radio progranrmes in the general interest series, Arts Review 1988....
audio record of Maths into the nineties 3 : where's the moon?
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 1(1990)
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 5
audio record of Why the Enlightenment
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 6 (1993)
audio record of New curiosity shop 6(1999)
audio record of Journeys in Thought : RousseauIn 1765 Jean-Jacques Rousseau accepted an invitation from the Scottish philosopher David Hume...
audio record of Journeys in Thought : ArendtIn April 1961, Adolf Eichmann was put on trial in Israel, charged with crimes against humanity....
audio record of Journeys in Thought : MarxWhen Karl Marx arrived in Paris in 1843, having just married his sweetheart Jenny von Westphalen,...
audio record of Journeys in Thought : WittgensteinIn the spring of 1948, Ludwig Wittgenstein abandoned his post as Chair of Philosophy at Trinity...
audio record of Journeys in Thought : KierkegaardExamines Kierkegaard's journey to Germany and the creation of Either/Or
audio record of The Rules of LifeThis audio CD accompanies The Open University/BBC Radio 4 series 'The Rules of Life', Emeritus...
audio record of Material World 2 : NanotechnologyNanotechnology or nanoscience is an umbrella term that covers a wide range of scientific...
audio record of More or less 2 : 4 Cutting the cost of health care Worthy facts Visualising measurementsCutting the cost of health care - In this week's More or Less, we looked at a financial health...
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 Material World 6 : medicinal plantsBBC/Open University series Material World. This is the sixth in a series of seven special editions...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Connecting : network failure'Ian is on his first trip to Africa, his employers sending him to work as an IT trainer in a media...
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 Click on Episode 1Click On is topical, taking the listener behind the week's most intriguing technology. The Beijing...
audio record of The Essay: Greek and Latin voices: Herodotus 1BBC Radio 3's The Essay strand explores the origins of Western culture. Greek and Latin voices is...
audio record of More or less 7: Programme 1
audio record of The Essay: Greek and Latin voices: Juvenal compilation 1-4BBC Radio 3's The Essay strand explores the origins of Western culture. Greek and Latin voices is...
audio record of The Essay: Greek and Latin voices: Herodotus 4BBC Radio 3's The Essay strand explores the origins of Western culture. Greek and Latin voices is...
audio record of Things we forgot to remember 3: the Bengal famineOne of the worst catastrophes ever to occur under British rule, the Bengal famine of 1943 cost, at...
audio record of More or less 8: Programme 5Topics covered include health inequality, stress in the workplace, house prices, sentiment, opinion...