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 5: 6. Flying awayThis week on More or Less we presented a "bundle" (that is a rarely-used technical term) of...
audio record of Material world : OU summer school - psychologyIn the last programme in the series, Quentin Cooper goes to Durham and joins an Open University...
audio record of Things we forgot to remember 1: the Spanish ArmadaSo you think Francis Drake and his bowls ended the Spanish Armada threat...? Actually, it's not...
audio record of Ian McMillan's writing lab : 4. Making use of the poetic formIan McMillan introduces a series of entertaining and inspirational fifteen minute programmes aimed...
audio record of More or less 5: 4. Still waiting for treatment US electionsOn More or Less this week, we reveal the data that asks questions of the government's record on...
audio record of More or less 6: Programme 2Topics covered include more on animal numeracy; rail safety, women and numbers and medical trials.
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 20. Stopping the rotThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of Ian McMillan's writing lab : 2. Life writingIan McMillan introduces a series of entertaining and inspirational fifteen minute programmes aimed...
audio record of Ian McMillan's writing lab : 6. ThrillersIan McMillan introduces a series of entertaining and inspirational fifteen minute programmes aimed...
audio record of Click on Episode 1Click On is topical, taking the listener behind the week's most intriguing technology headlines -...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 6. The early transfusion experimentsThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of Material world : Future of chemistry: special edition from OU's science summer school at York...Quentin Cooper reports on developments across the sciences. Each week scientists describe their...
audio record of Material world : Special edition from OU science summer school at Heriott-Watt UniversityQuentin Cooper reports on developments across the sciences. Each week scientists describe their...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 16. Science has no sexThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of More or less 5: 1. Diet and bad behaviour Economic perceptionsIn the start of a new series, we go behind a study investigating diet and criminal behaviour. Also,...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 2. God's house, the hospitalThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 28. Free at the point of needThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of The Essay: Greek and Latin voices: Herodotus 2BBC Radio 3's The Essay strand explores the origins of Western culture. Greek and Latin voices is...
audio record of Click on Episode 4Click On is topical, taking the listener behind the week's most intriguing technology. This week...
audio record of Click on Episode 3Click On is topical, taking the listener behind the week's most intriguing technology. This week...
audio record of Click on Episode 2Click On is topical, taking the listener behind the week's most intriguing technology. This week...
audio record of The Essay: Greek and Latin voices: Homer 3. Homer's worldBBC Radio 3's The Essay strand explores the origins of Western culture. Greek and Latin voices is...
audio record of The Essay: Greek and Latin voices: Tacitus compilation 1-4BBC Radio 3's The Essay strand explores the origins of Western culture. Greek and Latin voices is...
audio record of The Essay: Greek and Latin voices: Horace 2BBC Radio 3's The Essay strand explores the origins of Western culture. Greek and Latin voices is...
audio record of The Essay: Greek and Latin voices: Plato 1BBC Radio 3's The Essay strand explores the origins of Western culture. Greek and Latin voices is...
audio record of The Essay: Greek and Latin voices: Homer 1. Men, heroes and superheroesBBC Radio 3's The Essay strand explores the origins of Western culture. Greek and Latin voices is...
audio record of The Essay: Greek and Latin voices: Euripides 3BBC Radio 3's The Essay strand explores the origins of Western culture. Greek and Latin voices is...
audio record of Things we forgot to remember 4: TrafalgarNelson's victory of 1805 has lodged itself firmly in the popular imagination, but we have forgotten...
audio record of Things we forgot to remember 3: the SuffragettesSuffragettes are now remembered as the acceptable face of direct action, but parts of the...
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 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 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 More or less 9: Programme 4The programme that investigates the numbers everywhere; in the news, in politics, in life. Topics...
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 15: Programme 5More or Less examines this week's claims and counter-claims about VAT. Also including sections on...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Imagination and the cityThis programme discusses how our experience of the urban environment is shaped by both reality 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 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 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 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 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...