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 17 episode 8 - Location, disruption, locationThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 18 episode 8 - Upside-down managementWhat is the role of a business leader? To tell staff what to do or allow them to decide for...
audio record of The bottom line : series 16 episode 7 - TransformationThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Bringing up Britain : series 7 episode 1 - Money mattersSpending or saving - Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss children, parenting and money. How should...
audio record of All in the mind : series 54 episode 4 - 03/12/2013For its 25th anniversary All in the Mind launches 3 new awards to recognise outstanding help,...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Late-modern hipsters / Before the WindrushBefore the Windrush - Laurie Taylor talks to John Belchem, Professor of History at the University...
audio record of The bottom line : series 15 episode 1 - Big dataThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
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 The Deans ReviewJoan Bellamy, Dean of the Arts Faculty reports that in some ways 1988 has been one of the most...
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 Deans report
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 2
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 3
audio record of You got married to have children: didn't you?Most women in Britain today give birth to their babies in hospital but only a few decades ago the...
audio record of Arts review roundup 2This is a general interest magazine programme for Arts Students. The theme is The French Revolution...
audio record of The Making of FaustusFirst in a new series of Arts Review 89, presented by Jenny Lecoat looks at the recording of...
audio record of History tomorrowFollowing a controversial interim report on the teaching of history in schools published last...
audio record of The French Organ TraditionThis programme is a repeat with a minor edit. It was first transmitted on 22.2.74. It was produced...
audio record of New Curiosity Shop 1 : Voyager II to Neptune
audio record of Policing
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 7
audio record of Black women artists in 30's BritainDelia Jarrett Macauley talks about Black British poets and singers in the pre-war period.
audio record of New curiosity shop 8 : chemistry and mental health
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 9
audio record of CharlestonGillian Naylor, Senior Lecturer in Design History, and Peter Miall Curator, takes the listener on a...
audio record of Feminist Book FortnightFeminist Book Fortnight promotes over 300 feminist titles published by small companies and also...
audio record of Feminist book fortnight
audio record of Ruskins womanly mindJohn Ruskin is a writer who has been criticised by feminists for the way he has stereotyped the...
audio record of Mahler moves out of townBy tradition performances of Mahler are associated with big cities but two recent performances of...
audio record of The National GalleryProfessor Tim Benton of the Open University talks to his predecessor at the O.U., Dr. Erika...
audio record of New Curiosity Shop 1(1991) : poison
audio record of New curiosity shop 2 1991 : neutron stars: a space oddity
audio record of Sound of HistoryCharles Cooper talks to historian Dr. Tony Aldgate about the use of sound archives for research on...
audio record of Literary Criticism in the 20th Century : an interview with Graham MartinTony Coe talks to Graham Martin about literary criticism in the 20th Century. This is a specialist...
audio record of Poetry and Performance:Benjamin Zephaniah and Ahmed SheikhDr. Denis Walder from the Literature department at the Open University talks to Benjamin Zephaniah...
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 1(1993) : maths trail
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 3(1993) : the literate mathematician
audio record of Mathematics miscellany Christmas lecture 1(1997) : Alhazen's problem
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 : RousseauIn 1765 Jean-Jacques Rousseau accepted an invitation from the Scottish philosopher David Hume...
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 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 Myths and Realities, Fads 'n' PhasesThis programme looks behind some the myths and realities of sex. Under discussion are such diverse...
audio record of Sex in the UK : Is sex education working?Sexual health issues enter the classroom in this programme, under discussion will be 'how effective...
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 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 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 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 More or less 3 : 5. School league tables Life expectancy Babies Is it true?School league tables : On More or Less this week we looked at the value added tables for secondary...
audio record of More or less 3 : 6. Measuring social relationships Counting animalsMeasuring social relationships : Imagine a fantastically important characteristic of society that...