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The OU has been in partnership with the BBC for over 40 years, co-producing up to 25 peak-time TV and radio series every year. Our broadcasts aim to inspire through innovative exploration of subjects and engaging teaching materials.

Patrick Kielty and Philip O'Sullivan, Dragonfly TV

Kielty talks exclusively to OU on Irish documentary themes

October 8, 2021

Broadcaster Patrick Kielty won plaudits for his reflections on the future for Northern Ireland in a recent BBC/OU co-production. Broadcast last month, Patrick Kielty: One Hundred…

OU/BBC series sees from the perspective of those with dementia

October 4, 2021

A new 2-part series co-produced by the BBC and The Open University will follow people with dementia and their families over two whole years, highlighting what it…

Spotlight on international law… and learning English

October 4, 2021

Thousands of people in parts of Africa and Asia are to benefit from a digital online series that not only helps them learn English but also…

Don't Exclude Me, photo credit: Peter Coventry

New OU/BBC series “Don’t exclude me” shines a light on how to keep children in the classroom

September 29, 2021

A new series co-produced by the BBC and The Open University (OU) will highlight how to help to keep children in schools using inclusive behaviour management…

New BBC/ OU co-pro ‘Nowhere to Run’ available to watch on iPlayer

September 21, 2021

A new programme co-produced by the BBC and The Open University (OU) explores broadcaster, Charlie Webster’s journey to uncover the truth about her past, when she and…

New OU/ BBC co-pro charts the rise of the Premier League

September 3, 2021

As English football entered the 1990s, the game was in crisis. The golden days of the post-war era had long gone. Attendances were in decline and…

New OU/BBC show allows armchair “travelling” through literature

August 3, 2021

Staycationing holidaymakers will have a chance to “travel” the globe in a new BBC and Open University (OU) co-production “Write Around the World with Richard E…

More secrets revealed at the museum

July 20, 2021

Five-inch-tall little Tommy Tittlemouse is 111 years old and for 50 of those years he’s been on display and looked after by curators at the world-famous…

TV cameras capture building of Britain’s biggest nuclear power station

June 2, 2021

A new series co-produced by the BBC and The Open University offers viewers a fascinating insight into the ambitious construction of Britain’s new nuclear power station,…

Plant Britain returns

May 21, 2021

Plant Britain returns to our screens this spring on BBC One. The Countryfile series, co-produced by The Open University and BBC, will air on Sunday 23…

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