PROGRAMMES OFF AIR OFF OFF AIR OFF New for 2012: The Story of Wales Off Air Recording Scheme 2012 Innovative peak-time and course related programmes for schools, colleges and universities to use in the classroom or library. The Open University Licensed Off Air Recording Scheme High quality programmes, including popular series not available on video/DVD. Record programmes from TV, make up to four additional copies for library or classroom and obtain copies of missed The Code programmes. With discounts on a huge back catalogue and an unprecedented number of prime time series, The Open University can help bring your teaching to life. The Off Air Licence entitles educational, health and training establishments to record Open University broadcasts throughout the year. Made in collaboration with the BBC, prime time programmes are now broadcast on BBC 1 and BBC 2, with an increasing number available on BBC 3 and 4. The Open University alerts licence holders to Open University programmes by e-mail and, in the event that you miss a programme, The Open University can usually Destination Titan provide a copy. The back catalogue also holds copies of programmes from The Learning Zone for previous years, including course specific series and popular programmes. Never miss a programme: for regular updates e-mail [email protected] Primary and middle schools Annual licence: £28 plus VAT Secondary schools Annual licence: £78 plus VAT Further and Higher Education (including sixth form colleges and non-educational organisations): no licence Women in Religion fee. Pay each year only for the programmes you record and retain for use during that year, on a sliding scale of between £7 and £20 per programme, per year, depending upon the number you record. Missed Recordings Programme up to 30 minutes: £35 plus VAT Programme over 30 minutes: £50 plus VAT Course Related Programmes For 2012, a 20% discount applies to all course related Shock and Awe: The Story recordings of Electricity Programme up to 30 minutes: Discount price: £28 plus VAT Programme over 30 minutes: Discount price: £40 plus VAT Open University Worldwide Off Air Recording Scheme Broadcast Booklet 2012 A guide to Open University television programmes The Open University Licensed Off Air Recording Scheme Transmission Times Missed Recording Scheme Most Open University programmes are now Should a programme be missed for recording broadcast in peak viewing times. As such, The off-air, licensees can usually obtain a copy from Open University cannot guarantee transmission Open University Worldwide at a cost of £35 plus times in this booklet. For regular updates and VAT (for programmes up to 30 minutes long) or timely alerts, please ensure that Open University £50 plus VAT (for longer programmes). Worldwide has a current e-mail address for you by contacting [email protected]. Course Related Programmes The Open University holds a large back Open2.net meets OpenLearn catalogue of course specific programmes, For ten years, give or take, Open2.net was previously broadcast as part of The Learning the online home of Open University and BBC Zone. With a 20% discount on all titles for 2012, programming. Over the last few months, these are now available at £28 plus VAT (for Open2.net has been moving into OpenLearn, programmes up to 30 minutes long) or £40 plus creating one home for all The Open University’s VAT (for longer programmes). See pages 28 and free learning content. Open University/BBC 29 for a full listing of available programmes. programme content now shares a home with LearningSpace, the Open University’s iTunesU Operational Guidelines and YouTube channels, and much more besides. The operational guidelines contain essential The new website has lots on offer, including links information about recording, reporting and fees. to more content, specially commissioned essays, For a copy of the operational guidelines, please interviews, games, videos and more. You can contact [email protected]. also have a look at The Open University’s free For further information on the off-air recording courses in LearningSpace. To find out more, scheme or any of the programmes, please visit www.open.edu/openlearn. contact: Why charge? 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Open University Learning Resources To download extra copies of this booklet, visit Open University books, DVDs, videos, study www.ouw.co.uk and click on Record TV. packs and CD ROMs to support learning and teaching are available from www.ouw.co.uk. 2 Visit www.ouw.co.uk for more details Index of Series New Peak Time Viewing in 2012 Page 5 BBC1 The Story of Wales Empire BBC2 Protecting Our Children Stargazing Women in Religion BBC4 The Measure of All Things …and more to be confirmed throughout the year. Make sure we have your current email address so that we can send you new programme alerts. Extra Programmes from 2011 Page 8 Destination Titan Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words How to Build… Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity Peak Time Highlights from 2006-11 Page 9 Watch out for repeats. Peak time programmes are also available to licensees via the Missed Recording Scheme. Alternative Therapies The Art of Dying Bang Goes the Theory: Series One to Four The Barristers Berlin Business Nightmares Can Gerry Robinson Fix the NHS? Can Gerry Robinson Fix the NHS? The Diagnosis Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life Chinese School Coast: Series Four Coast: Series Five The Code The Cosmos: A Beginner’s Guide Crime and Punishment Darwin’s Dangerous Idea For regular programme updates e-mail [email protected] Destination Titan Discovering Tchaikovsky Electric Dreams Ever Wondered About Food Series Five Ever Wondered About Food: Series Four Explosions: How We Shook the World Eyewitness The Foods That Make Billions Fossil Detectives Frozen Planet The Gene Code Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words The Hidden Slave Trail The History of Christianity History Detectives History of Scotland: Parts One and Two How to Build… Indian School Inside the Medieval Mind In Their Own Words: 20th Century British Novelists James May’s Big Ideas James May’s 20th Century Jimmy Doherty in Darwin’s Garden Lenny’s Britain Made in Britain Meet the Immigrants Mental: A History of the Madhouse The Money Programme (three series) Nation on Film: Series Two Nobody’s Normal Paris Richard Wilson: Two Feet in the Grave Sacred Music Saving Britain’s Past Sectioned The Search for Life: The Drake Equation The Seven Ages of Britain Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity Silverville The Story of Maths Syrian School Theo’s Adventure Capitalists Town with Nicholas Crane The Virtual Revolution (was Digital Revolution) Featured Series: Made in Britain Course Related Programmes Page 28 Index of programmes no longer available for broadcast, but available to licensees via the Missed Recording Scheme at a special 20% discounted price. 4 Visit www.ouw.co.uk for more details Peak Time Viewing for 2012 BBC 1 Please note: programmes not yet broadcast are subject to change. Title Transmission The Story of Wales 6 x 60 mins January 2012 Beginning with a reconstruction of the earliest known human burial in Western Europe - the “Red Lady” of Paviland, this landmark series tells the story of Wales from pre-history to modern times. Its epic tale runs through Hywel Dda’s uniting Wales under one law, the Welsh at the heart of the Tudor court, through the immense pace of change in the country as coal mines and iron works flourished - with technological and educational innovations putting Wales ahead of the world in the Industrial Revolution - and right up to present day devolution. BBC News at Ten presenter Huw Edwards tells this compelling story of the nation, showing how influential Wales has been down the ages. In addition to the heroes and battles, the series reveals how so often, through the turbulent centuries, Wales has been at the cutting-edge of change and innovation. Empire 5 x 60 mins February 2012 Jeremy Paxman tells the remarkable story of the British Empire, once the largest in history. This five-part series traces not only the Empire’s rise and fall, but explores the complex effects it had on the modern world – political, technological and social – and the effects of the Empire on Britain. Jeremy travels the globe in search of the extraordinary characters, burning ambitions and surprising principles which created an empire that has so influenced the shape of the world we see today. From India to Canada, the Far East to Africa, he finds out how the Empire began as a pirates’ treasure hunt and grew into the largest global financial network the world had ever seen; how the British created a particular idea of home wherever they conquered and settled; how Britain spread the gospel of sport, laying the foundations for almost all the major sports of today; and at the many different ways in which Britain took and held power in the Empire. Finally he asks: did the British Empire do any good? For regular programme updates e-mail [email protected] BBC 2 Please note: programmes not yet broadcast are subject to change.