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TitleDescriptionDateThe Open University first broadcast on 3 January 1971 on BBC Two. The new university reached out to its first students through the innovative use of television and radio, and swiftly proved...
- Moving Image, Audio and Related Documentation Holdings
- Catalogues
- Additional Information
- Main Contact
- Alternate Contact
Sound
1. Over 6,000 programmes. Open University only, from the early 1970s onwards.
Still Images
1. Slide collection.
Video/Film
1. Video: Over 10,000 reels/cassettes. Television and non-broadcast materials. Expansion rate of 200 programmes per year. Video components: DigiBeta, Beta/BetaSP, VHS Video, lo-band U-Matic, DVD. Film: 1,000,000 feet. Early Open University television programmes.
Computerised database
1. Available.
Online catalogue
1. http://voyager.open.ac.uk/
Digitised catalogue
1. Partially. 80 hours digitised video using Informedia system. The DiVA project has digitised a further 70 hours approximately.
Notes
1. From 1984 material transferred to computer database. Text searching on subject terms possible.
Other information
1. Transcripts, synopses.
Conservation policy
1. Endeavour to maintain one master copy of each OU television and radio programme, and the video and audio cassettes which are an integral part of many courses.
Name
1. Mrs. Christine Tucker
Job title
1. Teaching Materials Officer
Telephone
1. 01908-652366
Name
1. Mrs. Non Scantlebury
Job title
1. Learning Resources Development Manager
Telephone
1. 01908 652367
Britain’s Open University is an innovative and highly successful distance-learning programme that utilises a variety of media, including television and online computer resources, to extend college and graduate-level education to nontraditional, non-local students.
Oct 6, 2004 · 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.
A selection of TV programmes broadcast between 1971 and 1993 to support OU students and inform them and other viewers about the University. Includes programmes with OU founders Jennie Lee and Harold Wilson.
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Long before 24 hour Television, from the late 1970’s all the way through to the early 1990’s, if you happened to get up in the middle of the night, or at the crack of dawn, there is every chance you would have seen Open University Programming.
