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 More or less 15: Programme 6This week in More or less - street grooming, bank taxes, 'Loxleygate' and why, despite repeated...
audio record of More or less 15: Programme 3Tim Harford narrates "A More or Less Christmas Carol" in which Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the...
audio record of The Climate connection: 3. Consumption on the couchWhat's stopping us from taking action on climate change? Can research from other fields help us...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 36Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 10Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: White collar crimes - 1. Culture of crimeIn a series of special programmes in association with the Open University, Laurie Taylor explores...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 23Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Becoming yellow Journalistic impartialityLaurie Taylor explores impartiality in TV political interviewing and he examines how the colour...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 17Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Surnames Average income - median income War, politics and superheroesLaurie Taylor talks to Marc DiPaolo and Matthew Sweet about the relationship between war, politics...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Catholic police officers in Northern Ireland Facebook cultureIn the wake of the murder of Ronan Kerr, a Catholic police officer in Omagh, Laurie talks to Dr...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 40Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 31Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 29Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 30Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of The Climate connection: 4. The new leadersWhat's stopping us from taking action on climate change? Can research from other fields help us...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 19Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 32Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of More or less 16: Programme 6The blogosphere has been awash with accusations of a climate change conspiracy. The UN, it's...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 4Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 26Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 12Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 21Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 24Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
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 More or less 13: Programme 6Tim Harford and the More or Less team explain numbers in the news, look out for misused statistics...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Power restoration after Hurricane Ike White middle class identity in urban schoolsLaurie Taylor explores new research examining the motives of middle class parents who deliberately...
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...
audio record of More or less 15: Programme 2Local government funding: why everything depends on Wokingham. Inflation: who came up with the 1-3%...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 39Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Craft and communityIs DIY culture and home improvement linked to the ideals of John Ruskin? David Gauntlett, author of...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 37Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 8Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Grammar schools and social mobility The opera fanaticLaurie Taylor explores opera fanatics at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires and compares them to fans...
audio record of More or less 10: Programme 2Tim Harford examines how the arithmetic behind sustainable energy adds up, asks whether putting in...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 38Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Migration Music and politicsLaurie Taylor explores impartiality in TV political interviewing and he examines how the colour...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 27Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 16Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 22Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of More or less 14: Programme 2Tim Harford presents the magazine which explains the numbers behind the news.
audio record of More or less 15: Programme 1We look at the numbers behind the increase in the cap on undergraduate tuition fees in England. Are...
audio record of More or less 16: Programme 5This week we present a cornucopia of wedding-related numbers, including: Why we predict a jump in...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Street life Performing politics in the squareIn 1905 Russians gathered at 6 different points to march on the Winter Palace and the streetscape...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 13Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of More or less 13: Programme 4Will the new government focus more on evidence-based policy - and evaluation - than the last? Does...
audio record of More or less 13: Programme 3Will the new government focus more on evidence-based policy - and evaluation - than the last? Does...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 28Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...