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"In 1969 change was in the air. Man stepped on the moon and Britain launched a revolutionary new kind of university - one where the lectures were televised and the students could study at home.... It was greeted with scepticism, both by politicians and academics, but went on to become a much loved, and often spoofed, British institution. The Open University (or OU) is now forty years old, and Lenny Henry tells its story and reveals how The OU changed his own life. "
"In 1969 change was in the air. Man stepped on the moon and Britain launched a revolutionary new kind of university - one where the lectures were televised and the students could study at home.... It was greeted with scepticism, both by politicians and academics, but went on to become a much loved, and often spoofed, British institution. The Open University (or OU) is now forty years old, and Lenny Henry tells its story and reveals how The OU changed his own life. "
| First transmission date: | 01-08-2009 |
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| Original broadcast channel: | BBC4 |
| Published: | 2009 |
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| Duration: | 01:00:00 |
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| Producer: | David Symonds |
| Contributors: | Sir David Attenborough; Anna Ford; Lenny Henry; Myleene Klass |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Subject terms: | Open University; Television in education--Great Britain; Television--History |
| Production number: | NINH20519 |
| Available to public: | no |
