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: Dirt - the filthy reality of everyday lifeDirt is dust, soil, refuse, excrement, bacteria, filth, sleaze, slime, smut. How easily the word...
audio record of Saving species : series 2 - programme 14Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 2 - programme 8Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Click: Openness special - Part 4. Openness and privacyHas the sharing culture of the digital age led to a dangerous loss of personal privacy? In the...
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 18Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: 'Long hours' work culture Empty labourEmpty labour - international statistics suggest that the average time an employee spends engaged in...
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 17Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of The bottom line : series 10 episode 9The 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 3 - BooksThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Scottish nationalism and identity AusterityEmpty labour - international statistics suggest that the average time an employee spends engaged in...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Live music - from dance hall to the 100 ClubThe social history of music in Britain since 1950 has long been the subject of nostalgic articles...
audio record of The bottom line : series 13 episode 1 - Family firmsThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Language of food and food politics An Italian marketAn Italian food market - Rachel Black talks to Laurie Taylor about her ethnographic account of...
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 23Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of The bottom line : series 11 episode 4The view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Fashion, class and mums Red racisms'Red Racisms' - Laurie Taylor talks to the Professor of Racism and Ethnicity Studies, Ian Law,...
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 20Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: English heritage Clergy livesHeritage politics in the UK - Laurie Taylor talks to Ruth Adams, the author of a new study which...
audio record of Shared planet : episode 5 - Building in wildlifeMonty Don presents Shared Planet, the series that looks at the crunch point between human...
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 1Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 2 - programme 19Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Remembering Diana Ethnography awardsRemembering Diana - did Princess Diana's death lead to a major shift in British culture? Professor...
audio record of The bottom line : series 12 episode 7 - PricingThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Madness - anti psychiatry and psychoanalysisThe Anti Psychiatry movement of the 1960s, pioneered by R.D. Laing, asserted that societal ills...
audio record of Thinking allowed: 'Ned pride' in Scotland Weapon dogsWeapon dogs - Laurie Taylor discusses the phenomenon of status dogs with Simon Harding, the author...
audio record of The bottom line : series 11 episode 7The view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Cosmetic tourism Debt - 5000 yearsIn Britain the market for cosmetic surgery is now estimated to be worth about ¬ £900 million per...
audio record of Thinking allowed: RubbishCivil partnershipsWe pay others to take away our household refuse from the front of our house whilst hoarding other...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Steeltown Life after BurberryWhen the factories close, what happens to the communities they leave behind?
audio record of Thinking allowed: Hebden Bridge NeighboursHebden Bridge was once a working class textile town shaped by a culture of chapel and self help....
audio record of Thinking allowed: Uniforms and status in hospital Cities under siegeHow important is the way we dress for work? Laurie speaks to Stephen Timmons who has studied the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Stag tourism Men and childbirthVomiting, urinating openly, dressing up as women and public nudity - some of the features of the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Recognising transexuals NationhoodWhat drives people to make the often difficult choices to change their bodies and change their...
audio record of Saving species : series 2 - programme 21Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 2 - programme 25Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Home at RIBAWhat does the idea of home mean to us in Britain? How is that changing, and are those new needs...
audio record of Saving species : series 2 - programme 24Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Crack cocaine users Boat raceWhat is the reality of life for a crack cocaine user in South London? Daniel Briggs' new...
audio record of Thinking allowed: The poor on poverty Radical gardeningGardening is the epitome of a peaceful pasttime, associated as it is with semi-somnolent suburban...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Politics of alcohol in EnglandCooperation'Sprezzatura' is an Italian word describing a nonchalant effortless style which conceals the skill...
audio record of Thinking allowed: KinshipKinship is a key term in Anthropology. It describes the genealogical and biological ties which bind...
audio record of Histories of Wales : 3. Wales and warfareSix historians show how a theme they feel passionate about has shaped Wales. Professor Chris...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Working class alienation Nottingham council estateLaurie Taylor explores new research from this year's British Sociological Association conference....
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 2Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Tipping pointsLaurie Taylor explores the idea of the tipping point using a multidisciplinary project at Durham...
audio record of A history of ideas. 29, Surgeon Gabriel Weston on medical technologySurgeons of the distant past were little more than skilled butchers, trying to minimise the agony...
audio record of More or less, 20, Programme 5. How to lose money, fast?High frequency trading.Last week Knight Capital lost a lot of money very quickly. It was the latest...
audio record of Inside science : Hiroshima radiation, Anthropocene, Bonobo noises, Physicist Henry MoseleyIn the 70 years since the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, what are the long term effects of...
audio record of A history of ideas. 27, Writer Tom Chatfield: Has technology rewired our brains?Is technology making us less human? Writer, Tom Chatfield is an enthusiastic downloader of the...
audio record of A history of ideas. 21, What makes us human?A new history of ideas presented by Melvyn Bragg but told in many voices.Melvyn is joined by four...