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 16: Programme 7Are public sector workers paid 43 per cent more than those in the private sector, as the think tank...
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 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 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 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 Saving species : series 3 - programme 19Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 9Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Chavs Ageing GothsHave the working class in modern Britain become objects of fear, scorn and ridicule? That's the...
audio record of Inside the Ethics Committee : series 6, episode 1: mentally ill and refusing surgeryA Radio 4 series in which a panel of experts discuss real-life cases to explore the workings of...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Privacy Parenting by mobile phoneWhat is personal, what is confidential and what is private? These are all questions which are...
audio record of The bottom line : series 14 episode 1 - The App industryThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Class and commuting Engaging with climate changeClimate change - what lies beneath its widespread denial? Laurie Taylor talks to Sally Weintrobe,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 11 episode 6The view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
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 Digital planet: Openness special - Part 1. Openness specialWhat do we mean by openness in a digital world? How is it fostered, who benefits, and what happens...
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 Digital planet: DIY specialElectronic DIY including Create your own font, Maker Faire UK, Photosynth 3D pictures.
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 13Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Women and the armed forcesWomen in combat - the US secretary of defence announced in January 2013 that, from 2016, women will...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Welfare reform Crime in the armed forcesCrime in the armed forces - Laurie Taylor talks to Emeritus Professor of History, Clive Emsley,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 14 episode 5 - Start upsThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 10Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Birth of Neo-Liberalism Music, race and differenceNeo liberalism - its genesis and development. Laurie Taylor talks to Daniel Stedman Jones, the...
audio record of The bottom line : series 14 episode 4 - FoodThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 14Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Organised crime in the UKOrganised crime in the UK - how has it changed? Professor Dick Hobbs, joins Laurie Taylor, to...
audio record of Shared planet : episode 1 - The problem of populationMonty Don presents Shared planet, the series that looks at the crunch point between human...
audio record of The bottom line : series 12 episode 9 - Planet newThe 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 9 - WineThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 10 episode 10 - RuthlessnessThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Thinking allowed: British class survey Tribute to Geoff PearsonLaurie Taylor discusses the 'Great British Class Survey', a unique piece of research conducted by...
audio record of Inside the ethics committee : series 9 episode 2 - End of life and IslamMr Khan is brought into A&E with a cardiac arrest and has emergency surgery to clear a blockage in...
audio record of Click : A Route 66 of the future episode 3 New cities summitMore than one million new people move to cities each week. It is an accelerating trend that has...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Middle class drug dealers / Globalisation of white collar workMiddle class drug dealers: Laurie Taylor discusses a study into suburban drug selling amongst well...
audio record of Inside science : El Niño, sphagnum moss and peatlands, inside CERN and measuring air pollution...Tracey Logan investigates the latest science news. Roland Pease reports on recent warnings that...
audio record of Saving species : series 2 - programme 20Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Boxing styles UK vs US Why nations failWhy do some nations remain mired in poverty whilst others thrive? A new book argues that the clue...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Why love hurtsThe agony of love is a classic trope of romantic literature and popular journalism. The suffering...
audio record of A history of ideas. 56, How can I know anything at all?A history of ideas. Presented by Melvyn Bragg but told in many voices. Each week Melvyn is joined...
audio record of The educators 7 : Jo BoalerIs our attitude towards maths killing the subject for children? Professor Jo Boaler believes a...
audio record of Breaking science : Mice memory, X-ray tape ...On this week's show, science fiction becomes reality as Dr Chris discovers that it's possible to...
audio record of The climate connection 2009 : episode 4 - Travel - good for humanity; bad for the planet?The travel industry – and air travel in particular - is at the sharp end of the emissions...
audio record of The educators 2 : John HattieWhat really works in schools and classrooms? How much difference can homework and class size make...
audio record of Saving species : series 3 - programme 8Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of The climate connection 2009 : episode 2 - Does the world need meat?Rebecca Davies, a student from the Earth Institute at Columbia University explores the suggestion...
audio record of Breaking science : Mind control, TB...The team discovers how being a silver surfer can help you keep your marbles, how proteins can be...
audio record of More or less, 21, Programme 6. Numbers of 2012A guide to 2012 in numbers - the most informative, interesting and idiosyncratic statistics of the...