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 7The Health Secretary says you're twice as likely to die from heart disease in the UK than in...
audio record of The Climate connection: 2. Lost in translationWhat's stopping us from taking action on climate change? Can research from other fields help us...
audio record of More or less 13: Programme 5Tim Harford and the More or Less team explain numbers in the news, look out for misused statistics...
audio record of More or less 9: Programme 8How do you break down the mass of data on fertility and make it meaningful to those seeking IVF...
audio record of More or less 14: Programme 1"Tim Harford and the More or Less team are back with a new series of the award-winning...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 35Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of More or less 16: Programme 1Tim Harford is back with a new series of More or Less, and the numbers behind the news. Are the...
audio record of More or less 14: Programme 5Claiming benefits has been described by the Chancellor as - for some - a "lifestyle choice". What...
audio record of The Climate connection: 1. The selfish apeWhat's stopping us from taking action on climate change? Can research from other fields help us...
audio record of Thinking allowed: White collar crimes - 3. Punishment of crimesIn a series of special programmes in association with the Open University, Laurie Taylor explores...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 7Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 1Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of More or less 15: Programme 5More or Less examines this week's claims and counter-claims about VAT. Also including sections on...
audio record of The Climate connection: 5. Debate - what's stopping us?What's stopping us from taking action on climate change? Can research from other fields help us...
audio record of More or less 14: Programme 4Tim Harford and the More or Less team investigate the numbers around us. Who earns more: private or...
audio record of More or less 14: Programme 3Tim Harford and the team investigate more numbers stories including how maths is taught in primary...
audio record of More or less 16: Programme 2We are frequently told that young people have never had it so bad. They can't get on the housing...
audio record of More or less 9: Programme 6Are 80% of prostitutes in the UK really controlled by traffickers, pimps and drug dealers? Plus,...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Kissing men Decline of violence in historyLaurie Taylor explores Professor Steven Pinker's notion of a decline in human violence with Anthony...
audio record of More or less 16: Programme 4David Cameron has asked the Office for National Statistics to investigate the prospects for...
audio record of More or less 16: Programme 3In the last series we looked at what changes to the tuition fee system in England will cost...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Demise of a Welsh steel town Sexual politics of ballroom dancingA special edition marking the British Sociological Association's 60th anniversary. Laurie Taylor...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 2Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 18Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Muslim women's basketball Still lifeIs tradition under threat from capitalism, or are we overly negative about the cultural impact of...
audio record of Digital planet: Education specialGareth talks to Vice Chancellor Martin Bean of the UK's Open University, the country's largest...
audio record of The Climate connection: Is big energy stupid?Hita Unnikrishnan, a Masters student in Life Sciences at the Mount Carmel College in Bangalore and...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 15Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 20Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 14Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: White collar crimes - 2. Regulation of crimeIn a series of special programmes in association with the Open University, Laurie Taylor explores...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 33Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of More or less 15: Programme 4Tim Harford and the More or Less team explore 2010 in numbers.
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 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 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 Saving species : series 1 - programme 5Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 34Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of More or less 9: Programme 7Tim Harford is joined by Vince Cable MP, Charles Clarke MP and the Spectator's political editor...
audio record of More or less 13: Programme 1Tim Harford and the team return with the first in a new series of More or Less, looking at the...
audio record of More or less 16: Programme 7Are public sector workers paid 43 per cent more than those in the private sector, as the think tank...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Liverpool riots Children and politics30 years ago riots broke out in Liverpool which lead to 160 arrests and 258 police officers needing...
audio record of Thinking allowed: The politics of sleep Women who killOne third of us now think we are sleep deprived. Why should that be? Who loses the most and how is...
audio record of Saving species : series 2 - programme 4Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Openness special - Part 2. Openness and ownershipWhat does it mean to own digital content and devices? As technology allows information and culture...
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 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...