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, 28, Programme 2. Election and adultery specialOn the day after the election, Tim Harford hosts a live edition of More or Less. We bring together...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Stories behind immigration / Winner of the Ethnography AwardThis year, the BBC's Thinking Allowed, in association with the British Sociological Association,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 20 episode 5 - Angel investorsHow to spot the next Google, Paypal or LinkedIn? Three successful entrepreneurs tell Evan Davis how...
audio record of Inside science : Goshawk; Cosmic Renaissance; Carl Djerassi and Charles TownesAs Helen MacDonald's "H is for Hawk" secures 2014's Book of the Year at the Costa Awards, a paper...
audio record of A history of ideas. 45, Philosopher Barry Smith on Descartes and consciousnessRene Descartes, one of the most influential philosophers ever, thought the mind was like an open...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Citizenship ceremonies / Family ties and geneticsMaking citizens: how countries make public rituals out of endowing new citizens with citizenship.
audio record of Thinking allowed: Love, money and HIV in Kenya / MicrobreweriesLove, Money and HIV in Kenya. Laurie Taylor talks to Sanyu Mojola, Assistant Professor of Sociology...
audio record of The Philosopher's Arms : series 3 episode 4 - Moral blamePints and philosophical puzzles with Matthew Sweet. Each week Matthew goes to the pub to discuss a...
audio record of Thinking allowed: The gym: a social history; Tattoos at workThe gym: Laurie Taylor explores the social history of the gymnasium with the writer and...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Inside the Muslim BrotherhoodInside the Muslim Brotherhood - The first in-depth study of the relationship between the Egyptian...
audio record of A history of ideas. 47, Historian Justin Champion on tolerationProfessor Justin Champion examines Locke's theory of Toleration through the inhabitants of...
audio record of A history of ideas. 44, Philosopher Jules Evans on Jung and the mindPhilosopher Jules Evans explores Jung and the shadow inside all of us. With archive contributions...
audio record of The bottom line : series 19 episode 7 - Going globalWhether you're selling breakfast cereals, criminal tags or excavator buckets, expanding your...
audio record of Thinking allowed: The British in South Africa / Romanian economic migrants in LondonMigration: the complexities of transnational movement, identity and belonging.
audio record of Mary Taylor : feminist and friend of Charlotte BronteMarv Taylor was born in Yorkshire in 1817. She met Charlotte Bronte while at school and they became...
audio record of Women composers past and presentJenny Lecoat talks to the musician and composer Nicola LeFanu about the apparent lack of women...
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 8
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 6
audio record of New curiosity shop 10 (1992) : fungi
audio record of The Raj - 50 years on : Onion bhajis and Bombay duck
audio record of New curiosity shop 4 (1993) : something succulent
audio record of The Raj - 50 years on : The changing face of Hinduism
audio record of Sound of HistoryCharles Cooper talks to historian Dr. Tony Aldgate about the use of sound archives for research on...
audio record of New Curiosity Shop 1(1991) : poison
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 1(1992)
audio record of The National GalleryProfessor Tim Benton of the Open University talks to his predecessor at the O.U., Dr. Erika...
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 2 (1991)
audio record of Whats a nice writer like you doing in BirminghamCicely Havely, Senior Lecturer in Literature at the OU, asked three writers who live and work in...
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 11(1991)
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 1(1991)
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 7 (1991)
audio record of New curiosity shop 11(1991) : silver
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 12(1991)
audio record of ContraceptionBetty Talks looks at the history of contraceptives - from Boswell's account of his amorous...
audio record of New curiosity shop 12 (1991)
audio record of Sir Henry Wood
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 10(1991)
audio record of New curiosity shop 10(1993) : plant conservation
audio record of From Macbeth to the Men's room : an interview with Harriet WalterLizbeth Goodman, Lecturer in Literature at the OU, talks to Harriet Walter about her work with...
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 7 (1992)
audio record of New curiosity shop 2(1995) : can a piano fly?
audio record of Mathematics miscellany (1995) : Christmas lecture; time travel
audio record of New curiosity shop 7(1992) : coming clean in a dirty world
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 9 (1992)
audio record of New curiosity shop 8 (1992) ; PCBs and polar bears
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 3(1995) : gambling
audio record of Theatre
audio record of New Curiosity Shop 1(1994) : the Nobel prize
audio record of Women's art behind barsThere is a rich variety of dramatic and creative" work going on both inside prisons and among...
audio record of New Curiosity Shop 7(1994) : The invasion of an alien