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 Shared planet : episode 6 - Living with carnivoresMonty Don presents Shared Planet, the series that looks at the crunch point between human...
audio record of All in the mind : series 54 episode 1 - 25th Anniversary programme (1)The first ever edition of All in the Mind was broadcast in October 1988. For its 25th anniversary,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 17 episode 9 - RecallsThe 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 2 - Business of warThe 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 7 - Second-hand tradeThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of The bottom line : series 14 episode 6 - Managing in a crisisThe view from the top of business. Presented by Evan Davis, The Bottom Line cuts through confusion,...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Russia's upper class / Flip flopsFlip flops: the world wide trail of an everyday commodity. Laurie Taylor talks to Caroline Knowles,...
audio record of A history of ideas. 4, Theologian Giles Fraser on religious freedomTheologian Giles Fraser thinks freedom is overrated. It has become a kind of tyranny or obsession....
audio record of Arts review 2This radio programme is the second of sixteen in the general interest series 'Arts Review 1988'. It...
audio record of New courses 1989 2This is the seventh of sixteen radio programnes 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 4 : of maggots and men
audio record of New curiosity shop 12 : pressure effects
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 2 (1991)
audio record of ContraceptionBetty Talks looks at the history of contraceptives - from Boswell's account of his amorous...
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 11(1991)
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 6 (1991)
audio record of Mathematics miscellany 1(1992)
audio record of Comedy is a Serious Business
audio record of Women in the TheatreA discussion with Jill Greenhalgh, director of a women's theatre group, and Professor Susan...
audio record of Finding a Voice : Women singers from Zimbabwe
audio record of New curiosity shop 4(1997) : the farm that time forgot
audio record of New curiosity shop 4(1999)
audio record of Journeys in Thought : WittgensteinIn the spring of 1948, Ludwig Wittgenstein abandoned his post as Chair of Philosophy at Trinity...
audio record of Material World 2 : NanotechnologyNanotechnology or nanoscience is an umbrella term that covers a wide range of scientific...
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 1 : British Association Festival of Science in DublinBBC/Open University series Material World. This is the first in a series of seven special editions...
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 3 : 1. Pensions Sod's Law Speed cameras DevolutionPensions : This week we examined the recent row over pensions reform, perhaps the biggest public...
audio record of Things we forgot to remember 2: Jack the Ripper'We remember Jack the Ripper - the top-hatted, knife-wielding psychopath - but what has our...
audio record of The Rules of Life : 7. The twilight years : 8. Changing the rulesProgramme 7: The Twilight Years. The process of getting old is now of great interest to scientists...
audio record of The Rules of Life : 5. Happy families : 6. Food is not for freeProgramme 5: Happy Families. A scene of domestic bliss: mum and dad busily bringing food to the...
audio record of Looking for democracy 4 : Bahrain ; Islamic democracyLike several Arab states, Bahrain has a limited form of democracy. It also has the veneer of a...
audio record of Connecting : call waiting'Carol is worried: she can't contact her husband, who was sent to Uzbekistan by his company, a...
audio record of Click on Episode 3Click On is topical, taking the listener behind the week's most intriguing technology. This week...
audio record of Click on Episode 4Click On is topical, taking the listener behind the week's most intriguing technology. This week...
audio record of The Essay: Greek and Latin voices: Herodotus 2BBC Radio 3's The Essay strand explores the origins of Western culture. Greek and Latin voices is...
audio record of The Essay: Greek and Latin voices: Herodotus 1BBC Radio 3's The Essay strand explores the origins of Western culture. Greek and Latin voices is...
audio record of The Essay: Greek and Latin voices: Horace 2BBC Radio 3's The Essay strand explores the origins of Western culture. Greek and Latin voices is...
audio record of The Essay: Greek and Latin voices: Virgil compilation 1-4BBC Radio 3's The Essay strand explores the origins of Western culture. Greek and Latin voices is...
audio record of More or less 7: Programme 2
audio record of The Essay: Greek and Latin voices: Augustine compilation 1-4BBC Radio 3's The Essay strand explores the origins of Western culture. Greek and Latin voices is...
audio record of The Essay: Greek and Latin voices: Cicero 3BBC Radio 3's The Essay strand explores the origins of Western culture. Greek and Latin voices is...
audio record of More or less 9: Programme 3The programme that investigates the numbers everywhere; in the news, in politics, in life. Topics...
audio record of Material world: Mount EtnaIn this programme Quentin Cooper visits the erupting eastern flank of Mount Etna in Sicily, meeting...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 10Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 4Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of Saving species : series 1 - programme 23Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 explores biodiversity, conservation and natural history, both in the...
audio record of More or less 15: Programme 3Tim Harford narrates "A More or Less Christmas Carol" in which Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the...
audio record of Thinking allowed: Gentrification in HarlemThis programme discusses the regeneration of Harlem, once dubbed the 'capital of black America',...