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 10: Programme 1Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 6Saving 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 Saving species : series 1 - programme 11Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of More or less 10: Programme 4Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics 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 More or less 10: Programme 5Tim Harford takes apart a rogue statistic on domestic violence which has been circulating since the...
audio record of More or less 13: Programme 2Which would win in a fight - a shark or a toaster? Tim Harford finds out in this week's More or...
audio record of More or less 10: Programme 3Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and...
audio record of More or less 10: Programme 6Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and...
audio record of More or less 14: Programme 6
audio record of Thinking allowed: Household breakup in New Orleans Remembering CommunismHurricane Katrina led to the compulsory evacuation of all the residents of New Orleans. They were...
audio record of Writing the century: 1948-1953 starting from scratchA series written for the drama slot in Woman's Hour on Radio 4, telling the story of the twentieth...
audio record of Click: Openness special - Part 7. The future of opennessClick concludes its 'openness' series in collaboration with the Open University with a special...
audio record of Digital planet: Cape Town - South Africa specialAs the World Cup gets underway in South Africa, Gareth Mitchell travels to Cape Town to explore how...
audio record of Thinking allowed: H. G. Wells, utopias ParaphernaliaHG Wells was so involved in establishing sociology in this country that he wrote to Prime Minister...
audio record of Saving species : series 2 - programme 12Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Writing the century : 1948-1953 starting from scratch : episode 1A series written for the drama slot in Woman's Hour on Radio 4, telling the story of the twentieth...
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...