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The Adventure Capitalists web team

The Open University, Programme and web teams

Theo Paphitis accompanied nine companies as they attempted to open up new markets overseas. Our web team brought together a range of advice and background information to support the programme.

Published 04 July 2010: Theo's Adventure Capitalists - Vietnam
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The Alternative Medicine webteam

The Open University, Programme and web teams

Alternative Medicine brought a scientific approach to the controversial subject of treatments outside mainstream Western medicine.

Published 04 July 2010: OU on the BBC: Alternative Medicine - Programme 2: Healing
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The Alternative Therapies webteam

The Open University, Programme and web teams

Alternative Therapies took a scientific look at a controversial subject. What, if anything, do approaches outside modern Western medicine have to offer? 

Published 04 July 2010: OU on the BBC: Alternative Therapies - Meditation
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The Background Brief team

The Open University, Programme and web teams

Background Brief: The Open University's guide to everything you needed to know about scientific debate. It ran on BBC Two from 1999; the last new episode aired in 2001.

Published 04 July 2010: OU on the BBC: Background Brief - Our Biggest Smallest Threat: The Story So Far
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The Bang Goes The Theory web team

The Open University, Programme and web teams

Bang Goes The Theory is BBC One's prime-time exploration of all things scientific. Here at The Open University, we take you further into the science beyond the Bang!

Published 25 February 2013: Bang Goes The Theory: Series 7, Episode 8
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Click on BBC World Service

The Open University, Programme and web teams

The Open University linked up the BBC World Service's technology programme - formerly known as Digital Planet - to bring you a series of special, themed episodes.

Published 10 May 2013: Click: A Route 66 of the future - Episode 2
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The Big Question team

The Open University, Programme and web teams

Across a full year on the BBC World Service, Emma Joseph and The Big Question team explored a range of questions at the heart of modern life.

Published 04 July 2010: What Is The Legacy Of The Enlightenment?
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The Cell City team

The Open University, Programme and web teams

This Open University programme explored the similarities between cities and the cells in all our bodies. It was first shown in 2002.

Published 09 August 2010: Cells are like cities [Simple version]
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The Child Of Our Time web team

The Open University, Programme and web teams

Launched in 2000, Child Of Our Time has been following the lives of children born at the start of the century. The Open University has offered you the chance to join in the surveys.

Published 28 October 2010: What's your personality profile?
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The Civil War team

The Open University, Programme and web teams

Presented by Tristram Hunt, The Open University - BBC Civil War programmes explored the most turbulent time in British political history.

Published 04 July 2010: Tremors - James VI / I and the Union of Crowns
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