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 Thinking allowed: Harvard Business School / The construction of painHarvard Business School: Laurie Taylor takes a journey through the complex moral world of what many...
audio record of Bringing up Britain : series 7 episode 2 - Sibling rivalryFrom Cain and Abel to today, Mariella Frostrup and guests explore sibling rivalry, how parents...
audio record of A history of ideas. 31, How do I live a good life?A new history of ideas presented by Melvyn Bragg but told in many voices. Each week Melvyn is...
audio record of The bottom line : series 20 episode 6 - Burger battlesThe British love fast food. Each year we munch our way through thirty billion pounds worth. On The...
audio record of The truth about mental health : episode 4 - Healing NorwayJuly 22, 2011 has been described as the day Norway cried. After detonating a car bomb in Oslo,...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Anthropology: the future of the A-level; Crime and blameAnthropology: the future of the A level. Laurie Taylor talks to Joy Hendry, Emeritus Professor of...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Happiness industry, wellness syndromeThe Happiness Industry: Laurie Taylor talks to Will Davies, Senior Lecturer in Politics at...
audio record of More or less, 27, Programme 6 Is strenuous jogging bad for you?Tim Harford asks whether claims that keen runners might be damaging their health are really true?...
audio record of William III and Holland after 1688This is the sixth of sixteen radio progrannmes in the general interest series Arts Review 1988....
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 Christmas lecture 1(1997) : Alhazen's problem
audio record of The cult of the past
audio record of New curiosity shop 4(1999)
audio record of More or less 1: 1. Paternity Aids Mobile phone safety WeatherPaternity. Have you heard that one in 10 men is not really the father of the child they think is...
audio record of More or less 1: 6. Axle of evil Drug Research ChoiceAxle of evil: More or less looks at the evidence against 4x4s on pollution and other issues.
audio record of More or less 1: 3. Crime Immigration Efficiency Iraq Mean averages.Crime: 1 in 4 young people are said to be criminal offenders leading to calls of a 'yob culture',...
audio record of The Other Medicine : A marriage made in heaven?Sometimes known as 'the Prince Charles approach' or 'why don't we all just work together', the new...
audio record of More or less 6: Programme 5Topics covered include a controversial UNICEF report from early 2007, weather data and the black...
audio record of Things we forgot to remember 2: Jack the Ripper'We remember Jack the Ripper - the top-hatted, knife-wielding psychopath - but what has our...
audio record of Dr Faustus : CD2Based on the play by Christopher Marlowe; BBC/Open University series Dr Faustus
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 5. The anatomical RenaissanceThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of Material world : OU summer school - robotsQuentin is in Bath with students on the Technology in Action course. One of their tasks is to...
audio record of More or less 6: Programme 1Topics covered include comparing our numerical skills with that of chimpanzees; drug trials using...
audio record of More or less 4 : 4. Searching for patterns in friendshipsIn this week's More or Less we look at one of the most famous measures of our social networking,...
audio record of Things we forgot to remember 1: the Battle of Britain'So you think the Battle of Britain was the defining moment in preventing a German invasion...?...
audio record of More or less 3 : 2. The Monty Hall problem Objective measurements Numbers and ethics Arresting numbersIs there a logic to Monty Hall's famous three-door quiz show conundrum, or is it pure chance?
audio record of More or less 3 : 4. League tablesMore or Less this week is proud to announce that it is number one in the world league of numbers...
audio record of Connecting : last call'Sara is head of PR at a company planning to expand in Africa. She's in line for a directorship if...
audio record of More or less 4 : 6. The truth behind statisticsThe truth behind statistics. According to a survey, 20% of people drink coffee while brushing their...
audio record of More or less 6: Programme 6This programme looks at social class and life expectancy by investigating the statistics produced...
audio record of Things we forgot to remember 1: the space race'So you think that Apollo 11 won the space race for the Americans...? Actually, it's not as simple...
audio record of More or less 4 : 3. The politics of baby growthAt the moment, we compare the growth of our own little ones to what seemed typical in a survey of...
audio record of More or less 4 : 5. Pigeonholes and postcodesIn More or Less this week, Andrew Dilnot takes us on a tour of locations identified from a massive...
audio record of More or less 4 : 1. Number detectivesWe often expose statistics in the news, but we do not always tell you what we had to do to get...
audio record of Material world : OU summer school - geologyQuentin Cooper joins a group of Open University geology students on a field trip to Staithes in...
audio record of Looking for democracy 1 : U.S.A. ; overdemocracy'California would be voted most democratic place on earth: there are elections for almost every...
audio record of Material world : OU summer school - environmentQuentin Cooper visits Malham in the Yorkshire Dales, and joins an Open University residential...
audio record of Looking for democracy 5 : Uganda ; no-party-democracy'President Museveni has always banned political parties - arguing that a western model is not...
audio record of More or less 9: Programme 1The programme that investigates the numbers everywhere; in the news, in politics, in life. Topics...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Ghosts of BerlinIn this programme Laurie explores Berlin, accompanied by Brian Ladd's key sociological text 'The...
audio record of More or less 9: Programme 5The programme that investigates the numbers everywhere; in the news, in politics, in life. Topics...
audio record of More or less 8: Programme 8The programme that investigates the numbers everywhere; in the news, in politics, in life. Topics...
audio record of Material world: TitanIn this programme Quentin Cooper visits Chesil Beach, Dorset and meets Open University scientists...
audio record of More or less 15: Programme 8The Health Secretary says you're twice as likely to die from heart disease in the UK than in...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 9Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Tour guide Changing incomesNew research compares income distribution in the UK with a multi storey apartment building in which...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 25Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Tour guide Changing incomesProtests against art and culture occur every day across America. Conservatives object to artworks...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Race and the seaside The brainLaurie Taylor examines the limits of science and the machine age with writer Bryan Appleyard and...