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 Breaking science : Rainforests, earthquakes and liquid glassThe Naked Scientists explore archaeologists' revelation that people have been riding on, eating and...
audio record of The climate connection 2009 : episode 1 - Are there too many people on the planet?As the global population approaches seven billion, concerns are growing that our population may...
audio record of The understanding / by P. G. MorganThe Afternoon Play presents three dramas which get inside the emotional realities of dealing with...
audio record of A history of ideas. 60, Neuropsychologist Paul Broks onWittgensteinPaul Broks looks at the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and the problem of "other minds". How do I...
audio record of Breaking science : Use or lose your dopamineThe team investigates the latest developments in global warming, stem cell research and the effect...
audio record of One planet : Copenhagen Climate SummitAnd then it was over. The Copenhagen summit lasted longer than expected, half a day longer in fact....
audio record of The ravens / Alana ValentineOpen University/BBC World Drama. A play by Alana Valentine, winner of the English as a First...
audio record of Inside science : Hiroshima radiation, Anthropocene, Bonobo noises, Physicist Henry MoseleyIn the 70 years since the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, what are the long term effects of...
audio record of New curiosity shop 6(1991) : music of the spheres
audio record of New curiosity shop 4(1991) : the year of the dinosaur
audio record of Greek epic poems : two modern versionsThere has been a revival of interest in Greek Epic poetry. In this programme, 'Kings' (Books 1 and...
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 6 (1992)
audio record of Mathematics miscellany Christmas lecture 2(1996) : two mathematical toys
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 3(1996) : one of our scientists is missing
audio record of Mathematics miscellany Christmas lecture 1(1996) : Early mathematical recreations
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 4(1997) : the Wizard of Oz
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 6 (1997) : the pleasure curve
audio record of Click on Episode 6Click On is topical, taking the listener behind the week's most intriguing technology headlines -...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 19. The disease is its own preventativeThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of More or less 2 : 1 PovertyPoverty - This programme looks at the statistics surrounding poverty and the attempts to alleviate it.
audio record of More or less 5: 7. Monitoring patient treatments Age perceptions Odometer accuracyIn the shadow of Harold Shipman, the serial killing GP, BBC Radio 4's More or Less reported on...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 14. Changing disease identityThis 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 : 17. The dark side of obstetricsThis 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 : 8. Learning from the illiterateThis 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 : 27. It looks like a miracleThis 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 : 1. OpeningsIan McMillan introduces a series of entertaining and inspirational fifteen minute programmes aimed...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 4. Paracelsus and the people's medicineThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of The size of borrowing 'Masters of measurement' Healthy workout Mean mistakesThe size of borrowing - In More or Less this week we asked a simple question about Gordon Brown's...
audio record of The Rules of LifeThis audio CD accompanies The Open University/BBC Radio 4 series 'The Rules of Life', Emeritus...
audio record of Material World 2 : NanotechnologyNanotechnology or nanoscience is an umbrella term that covers a wide range of scientific...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 21. Culturing the germ theoryThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of More or less 2 : 3 Medical trials 'Fantasy savings' Gun crime Maths and languagesMedical trials - Professor of Clinical Neurology at Oxford University, George Ebers, explained why...
audio record of More or less 5: 5. The perversity of randomnessMore or Less took an almost random walk through random numbers. There is enough order to our list...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 10. Anatomy and the invisible handThis 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 : 24. Flinging the Tropics open to civilisationThis 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 : 3. For the stageIan McMillan introduces a series of entertaining and inspirational fifteen minute programmes aimed...
audio record of The making of modern medicine : 15. Sisters of charityThis Radio 4 series covers over 2000 years of medical history and draws on a vast range of original...
audio record of More or less 2 : 4 Cutting the cost of health care Worthy facts Visualising measurementsCutting the cost of health care - In this week's More or Less, we looked at a financial health...
audio record of Myths and Realities, Fads 'n' PhasesThis programme looks behind some the myths and realities of sex. Under discussion are such diverse...
audio record of The Other Medicine : A marriage made in heaven?Sometimes known as 'the Prince Charles approach' or 'why don't we all just work together', the new...
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 7
audio record of Arts Review Round-upJenny Lecoat presents and talks to Cicely Palser Havely, Senior Lecturer in Literature at the Open...
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 8
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 6
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 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 Maths into the nineties 3 : where's the moon?
audio record of Anglo Dutch Science in the seventeenth centuryThis is the fifth of sixteen radio progranrmes in the general interest series, Arts Review 1988....
audio record of William III and Holland after 1688This is the sixth of sixteen radio progrannmes in the general interest series Arts Review 1988....
audio record of New curiosity shop 12 : pressure effects