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 Shared planet : episode 1 - The problem of populationMonty Don presents Shared planet, the series that looks at the crunch point between human...
audio record of The bottom line : series 12 episode 2 - ProductsThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Contagion Changing masculinities in retailContagion - how commerce spreads disease. Laurie Taylor talks to Mark Harrison, Professor of the...
audio record of The bottom line : series 13 episode 2 - GamblingThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 13 episode 7 - Doing business with GovernmentsThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Stammering identity / Land of too muchPoverty versus abundance in the US - why does America have more poor people than any other...
audio record of The bottom line : series 10 episode 7 - Cock-ups and conspiraciesThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 12 episode 8 - Financial servicesThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 16Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of The bottom line : series 13 episode 6 - RetailThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Multicultural prison Jellied eelsThe multicultural prison - a unique analysis of the daily lives and interactions of both white and...
audio record of The bottom line : series 11 episode 1The view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 13 episode 8 - TurnaroundsThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 21Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Rock climbing in conflict Women in Russian prisonsRussian women prisoners - in the light of Pussy Riot's imprisonment, timely research on Russia's...
audio record of The bottom line : series 14 episode 2 - RecruitmentThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 12 episode 6 - The world of sportThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Shared planet : episode 2 - Can we save it all?A giant hamster in Alsace provides Monty with a puzzling dilemma, how do we decide what to...
audio record of The bottom line : series 10 episode 1 - CapitalismThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 12 episode 3 - Boardroom battlesThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 10 episode 3 - Big egosThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 10 episode 8 - LeadershipThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 14 episode 4 - FoodThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 10 episode 10 - RuthlessnessThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 14Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Organised crime in the UKOrganised crime in the UK - how has it changed? Professor Dick Hobbs, joins Laurie Taylor, to...
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 10Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Birth of Neo-Liberalism Music, race and differenceNeo liberalism - its genesis and development. Laurie Taylor talks to Daniel Stedman Jones, the...
audio record of The bottom line : series 15 episode 3 - Digital marketplacesThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 17 episode 9 - RecallsThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of All in the mind : series 56 episode 4 - Airport security ; Attitudes to psychosis ; Walking happyHome Secretary Theresa May says the UK is facing a terror threat "perhaps greater than it has ever...
audio record of All in the mind : series 56 episode 6 - Hoarding disorder ; Unfitness to plead ; Mood phone appsStockpiling possessions and collecting obsessively can tip into Hoarding Disorder, a condition...
audio record of Thinking allowed: British working class gardens / Why England fails at footballGardens of the British Working Class - the historian, Margaret Willes, considers the remarkable...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Illicit worlds of Indian dance / War : what is it good for?'Illicit' dance in India.
audio record of Thinking allowed: Race in police disciplinaries / Protestant fishermen in ScotlandRace in police 'misconduct' proceedings - Laurie Taylor considers new research exploring the...
audio record of The bottom line : series 14 episode 6 - Managing in a crisisThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Shared planet : episode 6 - Living with carnivoresMonty Don presents Shared Planet, the series that looks at the crunch point between human...
audio record of The bottom line : series 17 episode 4 - The Muslim poundThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Rime of the globalised mariner / BBC-BSA ethnography award winnerThe winner of Thinking Allowed's first Ethnography award, in association with the British...
audio record of Thinking allowed: The British hitman / History of the kissKissing - a cultural history. How do we make sense of the kiss and why did it become a vital sign...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Ethnography award shortlistThe Ethnography award 'short list': Thinking Allowed, in association with the British Sociological...
audio record of The bottom line : series 16 episode 5 - Self improvementThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 14 episode 9 - Investor relationsThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of All in the mind : series 56 episode 2 - 1:4 and stigma ; Emotional brain training ; Clio Barnard"One in Four" has been a prominent slogan in campaigns to reduce stigma and discrimination against...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Small scale technology in India / Poverty and 'shame'Poverty and 'Shame' - shame was once described as the 'irreducible core' of poverty by Nobel...
audio record of A history of ideas. 13, Neuropsychologist Paul Broks on morality and the brainThe eighteenth century writer Jeremy Bentham thought that telling right from wrong as simple:...
audio record of A history of ideas. 8, Vicky Neale on the mathematics of beautyMathematician Vicky Neale is keen to explain why mathematics is beautiful but also to work out...
audio record of The bottom line : series 16 episode 3 - TV FormatsThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 16 episode 2 - MBAsThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 14 episode 8 - WaterThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...