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 : 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 Breaking science : Planets, midges, flu...This week the team investigates how planets came to be, lighting that brings midges thick and fast,...
audio record of Inside science : Listeners' science questionsAdam Rutherford and guests oceanographer Dr Helen Czerski, cosmologist Dr Andrew Pontzen and...
audio record of Inside science : the making of the MoonIt's the nearest and most dominant object in our night sky, and has inspired artists, astronauts...
audio record of More or less : Is it worth targeting non-voters?Can you rely on non-voters? During the election for the leadership of the Labour Party in the UK...
audio record of A history of ideas. 55, Writer Lisa Appignanesi on the love of childrenHow should we love our children? Can we build on the feelings we experience when we see them for...
audio record of Inside science : Scottish GM ban, Earth's magnetic field, OCD, birth of a new galaxyAs Scotland announces its ban on GM crops and with the current post of chief scientific adviser for...
audio record of A history of ideas. 57, Lawyer Harry Potter on eye-witness testimonyBarrister Harry Potter asks whether we can believe the evidence of our own eyes. It's a vital...
audio record of The climate connection 2009 : episode 3 - Is big energy stupid?Hita Unnikrishnan, a Masters student in Life Sciences at the Mount Carmel College in Bangalore and...
audio record of Breaking science : Stress, fish, financial success...The Breaking Science team explore how fish play an important role in the marine inorganic carbon...
audio record of Breaking science : Darwin, evolution and natural selection...In the final programme of the series, the Naked Scientists bring you a Darwin bicentenary special...
audio record of Breaking science : Malaria, volcanoes...This week the Breaking Science team examines the reality of hydrogen powered cars, how to listen to...
audio record of More or less, 24, Programme 5. Fact-checking obesity crisis claimsEstimates that half the UK population will be obese by 2050 "underestimate" the problem, according...
audio record of Inside science : Pluto images, space elevator, insect migration, imagination appThis summer, the spaceship New Horizons sped past Pluto at 30,000mph, snapping photographs as it...
audio record of The educators 6 : Sugata MitraProfessor Sugata Mitra, Professor of Educational Technology at Newcastle University, imagines a...
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 A history of ideas. 21, What makes us human?A new history of ideas presented by Melvyn Bragg but told in many voices.Melvyn is joined by four...
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 Breaking science : Bad taste, arsenic and blue skies...The Naked Scientists explore the discovery that super hot, burning chillies can be used for pain...
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 Breaking science : HIV and superstitionsThe latest research on the origin of the HIV virus, how superstitions are formed and why we think...
audio record of Inside science : Neanderthals ; Plague ; Wind tunnel ; Music timing ; Stem cellsWe now know that Neanderthals and our ancestors interbred over 40,000 years ago. Recent research...
audio record of Inside science : European ancestry; Cern at 60; Graphene plasters; PenguinsEuropean AncestryNew genetic investigation of ancient human remains, combined with archaeological...
audio record of More or less, 19, Programme 6. Would firing staff 'at will' boost the economy?Fire "at will"?The Beecroft Report has been stirring up controversy all week. But is there any...
audio record of All in the mind : series 54 episode 6 - 1712/2013Why rituals like blowing out candles on a birthday cake table before eating it can improve the...
audio record of Inside science : US shutdown ; Nobels ; New climate science ; Airport heart attack headlinesThe US has shut down government science with potentially devastating results for American and...
audio record of More or less, 23, Programme 5. Are patients 45% more likely to die in NHS hospitals than US ones?Health service patients are 45% more likely to die in hospital than in the US, the news headlines...
audio record of More or less, 24, Programme 1. Britain's 80,000 homeless childrenEighty thousand children will wake up homeless on Christmas Day, according to the housing charity...
audio record of All in the mind : series 54 episode 7 - The mind, the brain and musicClaudia takes a musical journey inside the brain looking at the very latest neuroscientific...
audio record of More or less, 21, Programme 4. The Census, and what is 'rare'?This week Tim Harford asks why the estimate for the number of Eastern Europeans likely to come to...
audio record of Inside science : Engineering for floods ; Neanderthal genes ; Switching senses ;Genes in Space gameThe warning that floods are likely to become more common, or more severe, won't be a high priority...
audio record of Inside science : Women, Science and the Royal Society ; Open access researchRoyal Society investigates the decline in their awards to female scientists. Last week, the UK's...
audio record of More or less, 19, Programme 1. How many species are going extinct?It's been claimed that we are experiencing the greatest wave of extinction since the disappearance...
audio record of Inside science : Brain machine interfaces ; Question on gay genes ; Studying drinking behaviourNeuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis is one of the world's leading researchers into using the mind to...
audio record of More or less, 20, Programme 2. The Tour de France and the statistics of cheatingHas the Tour cleaned up? The Tour de France reaches its climax this week. Cycling, we are told, has...
audio record of A history of ideas. 30, Archaeologist Matt Pope on tools and human evolutionThere's a tiny bone needle at Creswell Crags in Derbyshire. For archaeologist Matt Pope it's hugely...
audio record of Inside science : Bacteriophages ; Breath-detecting disease ; Our bees electric ; DNA barcodingProfessor Alice Roberts talks bacteriophages: viruses that infect the bacteria that infect us. With...
audio record of More or less 18: Programme 7Tim Harford looks at the arguments for high speed rail with railway consultant Chris Stokes and...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Prostitution in community / Drinking and moderationProstitution in the community: The criminologist, Sarah Kingston, discusses her study of the impact...
audio record of All in the mind : series 56 episode 8 - Hypnotism ; Automatic writing ; Magic and memoryA show with a touch of magic, as Claudia discovers how magicians and conjurers use the power of our...
audio record of The bottom line : series 17 episode 5 - Single product companiesThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of All in the mind : series 54 episode 5 - 10/12/2013Claudia goes behind the scenes of the Science Museum's new psychology exhibition, Mind Maps. How do...
audio record of The bottom line : series 16 episode 1 - The sharing economyThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 17 episode 1 - Cyber securityThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 15 episode 7 - ShippingThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Make-up in Iran / OffshoringOffshoring - the economy of secrecy. The concealment of wealth in tax havens is part of public...
audio record of The bottom line : series 18 episode 2 - Celebrities and fansSocial advertising: Evan Davis and guests discuss the growing power of celebrities, the rise of the...
audio record of All in the mind : series 56 episode 4 - Airport security ; Attitudes to psychosis ; Walking happyHome Secretary Theresa May says the UK is facing a terror threat "perhaps greater than it has ever...
audio record of All in the mind : series 56 episode 6 - Hoarding disorder ; Unfitness to plead ; Mood phone appsStockpiling possessions and collecting obsessively can tip into Hoarding Disorder, a condition...
audio record of All in the mind : series 56 episode 2 - 1:4 and stigma ; Emotional brain training ; Clio Barnard"One in Four" has been a prominent slogan in campaigns to reduce stigma and discrimination against...