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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video record for Open Mind 5(1994) Open Mind 5(1994)
video record for Ten years of pulsars Ten years of pulsars'Ten years ago the first pulsating star, or pulsar, was picked up by a radio telescope in...
video record for Open Mind 3(1995) : Mirror with a memory Open Mind 3(1995) : Mirror with a memoryOpen University series Open Mind. Programme follows a researcher who is looking at how images are...
video record for Open Mind 6(1995) : worms Open Mind 6(1995) : wormsInternational Festival of Worm Charmers at Black Awton Devon. Research into the value of...
video record for Open Mind 5(1995) : the education superhighway Open Mind 5(1995) : the education superhighwayThe programme looks at how multi media packages work for students studying with the OU. John...
video record for Open Mind 7(1995) : the true geometry of nature Open Mind 7(1995) : the true geometry of nature A look at 100 years research in mathematics and fractors. Michael Barnsley looks at the...
video record for Open Mind 8(1995) : OUPD blue ; an historian pounds the beat Open Mind 8(1995) : OUPD blue ; an historian pounds the beat
video record for Mind Bites 39 : Health ; viagra Mind Bites 39 : Health ; viagra
video record for The eye of faith The eye of faithProfessor Mary Beard broaches the controversial, sometimes dangerous, topic of religion and art....
video record for Our children, ourselves : Children and new technology ; Wideworld programme 44 Our children, ourselves : Children and new technology ; Wideworld programme 44Anglia Television/Channel 5 series Wideworld.;N.B. this series consists of a re-versioning of OU...
audio record of Inside science: Sweet scienceResearchers from London’s Francis Crick Institute have found a type of artificial sweetener is...
audio record of Inside science: Science superpower?The government has launched a new 10-point plan designed, it said to “cement the UK’s place as...
audio record of Buses, with Stagecoach UK MDThis week we have been finding out how getting more of us onto buses is key to cutting transport...
video record for Rough science 4 : Impact Rough science 4 : ImpactThe scientists in this programme have to calculate the size of the meteor that caused meteor...
audio record of Inside science: Covid leaks and conspiraciesThree topics are discussed in this weeks episode: Covid- Leaks and conspiracies; Helium shortage-...
audio record of Boy gets New Skin, The York Gospels, Stephen Hawking's ThesisResearchers in Italy and Germany have saved the life of a boy with a life threatening genetic skin...
audio record of Trophy hunting, Gene drives, Nuclear lightning, Peregrine falcons and dronesTrophy hunters are always after the lion with the largest darkest name and the stag with the most...
audio record of Antisense RNA therapy, Fossils vs Trump, Printing mini-kidneys, Electric eel powerPromising results from a small clinical trial of Huntingdon’s disease patients have led to...
audio record of Inside science: African swine fever, Oil spill update, CRISPR gene editing, Rat eradication in New...African Swine fever is deadly to pigs and is spreading west from Russia across Europe. The virus...
audio record of Inside science : North Korea Bomb Tests, Warming Antarctic Sea Life, the Microbiome, Cuckoo ChuckleThe Democratic People’s Republic of Korea claims to have successfully tested a thermonuclear...
audio record of Inside science : Farewell to Cassini, the epic 20 year mission to Saturn
audio record of Colliding Neutron Stars, Krakatoa, Centigrade vs CelsiusAdam Rutherford talks to astrophysicists about the astronomical discovery of the year, if not the...
audio record of All in the mind: Sarah's runners, Avatars and eyewitness testimony, Untranslatable wordsIn the first of a new series Claudia Hammond meets the first of the nine finalists for the All in...
audio record of All in the mind: Changing mindsets, Exercise to prevent depression, Nathan and JudithHow do our minds view policies that we don't really like, once they become a reality? New research...
audio record of All in the mind: Why is yawning catching? And the nurse who went the extra mile to help her cancer...Claudia hears from Fiona who nominated the nurse who gave her treatment for bladder cancer for the...
audio record of All in the mind: The feel good garden at Chelsea Flower show, All in the mind awards, avoiding stress.Claudia Hammond visits the RHS Feel Good Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show. The garden is part of...
audio record of All in the mind: Psychosis and medication, All in the mind awards, Challenging antisocial behaviourIs it possible to take the guesswork out of the prescription of medication for psychosis?...
audio record of All in the mind: KIM in the Awards, Smell blindness, How to find help for your own mental health,...KIM stands for Knowledge, Inspiration and Motivation. It is a mental health group running...
audio record of All in the mind Predicting memory loss in Parkinson's, 22 The Avenue phoneline, Alexander Morison...As the population ages, Parkinson’s disease is the fastest growing neurodegenerative disease....
audio record of All in the Mind: Autobiographical memory loss, All in the Mind Awards, Gaming addiction, Depression...Susie McKinnon doesn't have amnesia but can't remember her own past. She has Severely Deficient...
audio record of All in the Mind: Awards ceremony from the Wellcome Collection in LondonClaudia Hammond hosts the All in the Mind Awards Ceremony from Wellcome Collection in London and...
audio record of Inside science : HiQuake, Plate Tectonics@50, Sonic Weapon Puzzle, The Chinese TypewriterGareth Mitchell talks to Gillian Foulger of Durham University about HiQuake, the world's largest...
audio record of Inside science : Gravity wave breakthrough, The antibiotic pipeline, Microbial waste recycling,...The gravitational waves produced by two massive black holes colliding have for the first time been...
audio record of Inside science : Insects disappearing, DNA Biosensor, Dog faces, Bandit dinosaurThe total biomass of flying insects in the environment has decreased by 75% in the last quarter of...
audio record of Inside science : Cassini's finale; Science and Technology Select Committee; Crick's lecture; Cave...After last week’s Inside Science’s edition devoted to Cassini ended, the Cassini spaceship...
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 8(1997) : the last equation
audio record of Poetry and Performance:Benjamin Zephaniah and Ahmed SheikhDr. Denis Walder from the Literature department at the Open University talks to Benjamin Zephaniah...
audio record of English is WickedDr. Denis Walder of the Open University talks to Benjamin Zephaniah and Ahmed Sheikh about the use...
video record for Open Mind 4(1995) : the planet doctors Open Mind 4(1995) : the planet doctorsThe programme follows three PhD students discussing their studies, projects and research work.
audio record of All in the mind: Citizens UK and mental health, Robin Ince, Film cuts and attentionA year ago a community organisation in Tyne and Wear called Citizens UK brought together people...
audio record of More or less: Debate, Reform, tax evasion and antsWere there any suspicious claims in the election debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer? Do...
audio record of Teenage business EntrepreneursAs children few of us have had experience of running a business. But this week we'll be hearing...
video record for Open Mind 2(1995) : Beautiful dreamers Open Mind 2(1995) : Beautiful dreamersThis programme looks into what young people want and how they see the future.
audio record of Is strategy necessary for success?What is strategy and why do businesses need it? What distinguishes a good strategy from a bad one...
audio record of Economics With Subtitles: How buying Cocaine helps the GovernmentThe surprising story of GDP and whether it's time to change how we measure our economy. Economics...
audio record of AgentsThis week the programme looks at the business of agents. What exactly do they do and are they...
audio record of All in the mind: Emotionally unstable personality disorder, Agreeableness and money, EmodiversityClaudia visits a specialist personality disorder clinic in South London where she meets Jo, Susan...
video record for Beagle 2: a search for life : animation Beagle 2: a search for life : animationThis film is the computer animation of the projected landing of the Beagle probe on Mars. NOTE:...
video record for Nation on film 1 : Private passions Nation on film 1 : Private passionsIn the years between the Great Depression and the outbreak of the Second World War there was a boom...
video record for Ever wondered? : Self image Ever wondered? : Self image