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: 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
audio record of Black women artists in 30's BritainDelia Jarrett Macauley talks about Black British poets and singers in the pre-war period.
audio record of CharlestonGillian Naylor, Senior Lecturer in Design History, and Peter Miall Curator, takes the listener on a...
audio record of Feminist book fortnight
audio record of Courses in productionArts Review '89: Courses in Production looks at some broader issues raised by the Arts Courses...
audio record of Mahler moves out of townBy tradition performances of Mahler are associated with big cities but two recent performances of...
audio record of Arts Review 89
audio record of Policing
audio record of New Curiosity Shop 1 : Voyager II to Neptune
audio record of The Making of FaustusFirst in a new series of Arts Review 89, presented by Jenny Lecoat looks at the recording of...
audio record of New curiosity shop 4 : of maggots and men
audio record of A very special pleasure"In 'A Very Special Pleasure' Diane Collinson attempts to distinguish our aesthetic response to...
audio record of New curiosity shop 3 : who bit who?
audio record of New curiosity shop 9 : Fullers earth
audio record of All in the mind: Self-care, Schadenfreude, How maths ability might relate to ball-catching skillsWhat is self-care and what's the evidence that it works for anxiety and depression in young people?...
video record for Icons: Artists and writers Icons: Artists and writersThis episode sees actress Lily Cole examine four of the 20th century's greatest artists and...
video record for Open Politics Open PoliticsA selection of 10 short videos covering different themes The Berlusconi effect BOU11424 Duration...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Conspiracy theoriesConspiracy theories: Laurie Taylor talks to Thomas Konda, Professor of Political Science at SUNY,...
video record for The Fires That Foretold Grenfell The Fires That Foretold GrenfellThis 60-minute documentary by AMOS Pictures tells the dramatic, haunting story of five fires that...
video record for Blithering nonsense [extended version] Blithering nonsense [extended version]This video consists of two programmes; the first, introduced by playwright Willy Russell, looks...
video preview image for Making Your Learning Count Making Your Learning CountA promotional animation advising students on their 'learning journey' at The Open University.