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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video record for Life : 9. Plants Life : 9. PlantsDavid Attenborough looks at the extraordinary ends to which animals and plants go in order to...
video record for Life : 4. Fish Life : 4. FishDavid Attenborough looks at the extraordinary ends to which animals and plants go in order to...
video record for Someone to watch over me 6 Someone to watch over me 6This series follows a year in the life of Bristol Social Services and the concerns they have in...
video record for Someone to watch over me 5 Someone to watch over me 5This series follows a year in the life of Bristol Social Services and the concerns they have in...
video record for The nature of Britain: Secret Britain The nature of Britain: Secret BritainThe Nature of Britain is the definitive landmark television series on Britain's wildlife: a...
video record for The nature of Britain: Wilderness Britain The nature of Britain: Wilderness BritainThe Nature of Britain is the definitive landmark television series on Britain's wildlife: a...
video record for Lenny's Britain : Something for the weekend Lenny's Britain : Something for the weekendWhat makes us laugh? How do we use humour? Does humour unite or divide us? Is British humour...
video record for Lenny's Britain : Mind the gap Lenny's Britain : Mind the gapWhat makes us laugh? How do we use humour? Does humour unite or divide us? Is British humour...
video record for Lenny's Britain : Family matters Lenny's Britain : Family mattersWhat makes us laugh? How do we use humour? Does humour unite or divide us? Is British humour...
video record for Lenny's Britain : The labour of laughs Lenny's Britain : The labour of laughsWhat makes us laugh? How do we use humour? Does humour unite or divide us? Is British humour...
video record for Sport Relief : A mile in their shoes Sport Relief : A mile in their shoesThis programme follows three celebrities: Nick Knowles, Victoria Beckham and Patrick Kielty as they...
video record for All out for india : programme 2 All out for india : programme 2'The cricket tour pitches up in Chennai, where the team see how donations have transformed the...
video record for All out for india : programme 1 All out for india : programme 1'Phil Tufnell and a team of celebrities go to India to visit projects funded in the past by Sport...
video record for Meet the immigrants 1: programme 3 Meet the immigrants 1: programme 3Meet the Immigrants is a new, six-part, observational documentary series for BBC One, co-produced...
video record for Life in cold blood : Under the skin 2. Warning from the wild Life in cold blood : Under the skin 2. Warning from the wildFollowing on immediately after the main Life in Cold Blood programmes, Under the Skin - five...
video record for Life in cold blood : Under the skin 5. The end of an era Life in cold blood : Under the skin 5. The end of an eraFollowing on immediately after the main Life in Cold Blood programmes, Under the Skin - five...
video record for Life in cold blood : Under the skin 3. Family affairs Life in cold blood : Under the skin 3. Family affairsFollowing on immediately after the main Life in Cold Blood programmes, Under the Skin - five...
video record for Life in cold blood : Under the skin 1. Charismatic chameleons Life in cold blood : Under the skin 1. Charismatic chameleonsFollowing on immediately after the main Life in Cold Blood programmes, Under the Skin - five...
video record for Life in cold blood : Under the skin 4. Rattlesnake stakeout Life in cold blood : Under the skin 4. Rattlesnake stakeoutFollowing on immediately after the main Life in Cold Blood programmes, Under the Skin - five...
video record for The slavery business : breaking the chains The slavery business : breaking the chainsThis programme highlights the ambiguity of the William Wilberforce's position and the role of...
video record for The Slavery Business : Sugar dynasty The Slavery Business : Sugar dynastyThis programme tells the story of the Beckford family and how their fortune was based on slavery....
video record for The Victorians : Rural life 1 ; image and reality ; Wideworld programme 171 The Victorians : Rural life 1 ; image and reality ; Wideworld programme 171Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record for The Victorians : Intro to the Victorians ; Wideworld programme 163 The Victorians : Intro to the Victorians ; Wideworld programme 163Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record for The Victorians : Holidays by the sea ; Wideworld programme 170 The Victorians : Holidays by the sea ; Wideworld programme 170Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record for Who pays the piper... : Towns and patronage ; Wideworld programme 53 Who pays the piper... : Towns and patronage ; Wideworld programme 53Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record for The Victorians : Cragside ; Wideworld programme 165 The Victorians : Cragside ; Wideworld programme 165Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record for Creating Eve : Behind a mask 2 ; Wideworld programme 182 Creating Eve : Behind a mask 2 ; Wideworld programme 182Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record for Creating Eve : Behind a mask 1 ; Wideworld programme 181 Creating Eve : Behind a mask 1 ; Wideworld programme 181Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record for Creating Eve : Counting the threads ; Wideworld programme 174 Creating Eve : Counting the threads ; Wideworld programme 174Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record for Creating Eve : gendering the product ; Wideworld programme 175 Creating Eve : gendering the product ; Wideworld programme 175Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record for Creating Eve : taking the credit ; Wideworld programme 179 Creating Eve : taking the credit ; Wideworld programme 179Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record for Creating Eve : Lessons from Kerala ; Wideworld programme 180 Creating Eve : Lessons from Kerala ; Wideworld programme 180Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record for Creating Eve : a little film about Tivaevae ; Wideworld programme 178 Creating Eve : a little film about Tivaevae ; Wideworld programme 178Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record for Creating Eve : Ndebele ; women and art ; Wideworld programme 176 Creating Eve : Ndebele ; women and art ; Wideworld programme 176Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
video record for School Day School DayFrom one of the UK's most remote schools to a trainee teacher learning the ropes in one of the...
video record for Revolution RevolutionThe way of life of many animals was shaped by the industrial age. The canal network not only...
video record for Dinosaurs, deserts and volcanoes Dinosaurs, deserts and volcanoesFrom Jurassic Oxford to Scotland's Himalayas, Alan Titchmarsh explores the secret history hidden in...
video record for Our future Our futureA Mediterranean climate, an eternal winter or a devastating flood? Alan Titchmarsh examines the...
video record for Industrial Britain Industrial Britain
video record for Modern Times Modern TimesAlan tracks down red squirrels in Lancashire, a rare butterfly on the Norfolk Broads and plays with...
video record for Islands Apart Islands Apart
video record for Island Britain Island Britain
video record for African School : Programmes 5 - 8 African School : Programmes 5 - 8This series captures the daily lives, concerns and personalities of young Africans and their...
video record for Comic relief's great big celebrity red nose job Comic relief's great big celebrity red nose jobThis programme follows six celebrities as they help with three projects funded by Comic relief....
video record for Ice Age Ice Age
video record for Modern Times Modern Times
video record for Taming the Wild Taming the Wild
video record for African School : Programmes 1 - 4 African School : Programmes 1 - 4This series captures the daily lives, concerns and personalities of young Africans and their...
video record for The womaniser and the evangelist The womaniser and the evangelist"16 year old Dickson is a schoolboy womaniser in a puritanical country. He risks seven years...
video record for It's your comic relief It's your comic relief'It's Your Comic Relief, the first ever Red Nose Day documentary of its kind, will see members of...