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To visit the website supporting an OU/BBC programme, click on one of the images below. If you are interested in recording programmes, find out more about the Open University Off-Air Licence Recording Scheme by visiting the 'Buy Learning Resources' website.

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Ashley McKenzie Olympic Dreams

Gold costs - and right here is where the young athletes start paying for their Olympic Dreams.

 
 

listen online to Diamonds, Rust and a Handful of Sand Online Radio

Listen online to this unique radio series that outlines the history of electronics. From crystal sets to the microprocessor, hear from the pioneers as they talk about their discoveries. It's history with a technological edge.
 
 

listen online to the New Curiosity Shop Online Radio - Curiosity Shop

A series of downloadable radio programmes dealing with diverse topics such as "Can a Piano Fly?" to "Can you Really Dissolve a Human Body in Acid?". Join David Robinson as he presents The New Curiosity Shop.
 
 

Reading outdoors Open Advice

Thinking of studying but don't know where to begin? Follow our Open Advice.

 
 

Open Finance Open Finance

What can we learn from the financial crises of the past? Open Finance: Lessons from history.

 
 

Accessing OpenLearn OpenLearn: Free learning resources

Free learning resources from the Open University
 
 

The Other Medicine The Other Medicine

Complementary and Alternative Medicine is now a multi-million pound business. While mainstream doctors no longer reject it out of hand, how can we be sure CAM works? Join Anna Ford on Radio 4 to explore the debate.

 
 

The Open University 40 years inspiring learning

Four decades on, The Open University and the BBC are still creating thought-provoking content.

 
 

Hitler [Image: Walter Frentz Archive] OU Lecture 2005

Sir Ian Kershaw delivers the first OU Lecture for BBC FOUR. As we reach the 60th anniversary of Hitler's death, how will history judge him?

 
 

A Tajik child Open University Radio Lecture

Doreen Massey explains why the world might not be shrinking quite as much as you may have been told. Download the lecture mp3.

 
 

The Orion Nebula [Image: NASA] OU Lecture 2007

Watch or listen online to Professor John Zarnecki as he relives the first half-century of space exploration.

 
 

Professor Kaplinsky The Impact Of China

Its size alone makes China's economic growth significant. Professor Kaplinsky explores the impact of China.

 
 
 
 

Penguins Our Man in the Antarctic

The man coming in from the cold: Meet blogger Mark Brandon - our man in the Antarctic.
 

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Paris Paris

Join us for a look at the City of Light in a whole new light.

 
 

The People's War People's War

The Second World War was a total war - and it totally changed everything. As part of the the BBC People's War project, Open2 explores the lasting legacies of the conflict.

 
 

Camera lens Personal Passions

Find out the secret loves of the famous, as they reveal their Personal Passions.

 
 

David Dimbleby Picture of Britain

David Dimbleby explores the history of the British landscape through art for BBC ONE; while BBC FOUR's Digital Picture of Britain asks if modern photography can have the same impact.
 
 

Surgeon A Picture of Health

The BBC and the OU came together to take a snapshot of a typical day in the 21st-century NHS.

 
 

PY football PY's Rules of the Game

Wonder why economics matters to you? PY explains how it controls football, the car you drive - even how happy you are.

 
 

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