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OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Comic snobs and the work-life boundaryCreative Commons Image Patricil under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

06 July 2011

Did alternative comedy leave a sense of comedy snobbery? And are our jobs bleeding into every aspect of our lives? Laurie Taylor and guests investigate.  Read more : OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Comic snobs and the work-life boundary

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Punchlines and conclusionsphotos.com

By Professor Marie Gillespie (The Open University)

19 January 2009

During the Lenny's Britain series, we asked for your help with some research. We wanted to understand British humour - and you responded with your...  Read more : Punchlines and conclusions

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Look out there’s a banker behind you!Creative Commons Image sleepymyf under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

By Richard Skellington (The Open University)

17 December 2008

Richard Skellington predicts that bankers will be cast as the villain in pantomimes this Christmas  Read more : Look out there’s a banker behind you!

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Just a bit of fun: A survey of British jokesProduction team

By Professor Marie Gillespie (The Open University)

11 June 2007

Jokes may be just a bit of fun in our day-to-day lives, lightening a moment or breaking the ice, but they can also offer us...  Read more : Just a bit of fun: A survey of British jokes

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OU on the BBC: Lenny's Britain - Family MattersProduction team

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

05 June 2007

We begin the series in the bosom of the family. Here, humour is a way of dealing with tensions, especially those arising from the rights...  Read more : OU on the BBC: Lenny's Britain - Family Matters

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OU on the BBC: Lenny's Britain - A Labour of LaughsBBC

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

05 June 2007

How do we use humour in the workplace? We now work longer hours than any other country in Western Europe, so are we using a...  Read more : OU on the BBC: Lenny's Britain - A Labour of Laughs

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OU on the BBC: Lenny's Britain - Mind The GapProduction team

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

05 June 2007

In the last of the series, Lenny criss-crosses Britain to discover how humour can draw boundaries between some communities - and how it can also...  Read more : OU on the BBC: Lenny's Britain - Mind The Gap

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OU on the BBC: Lenny's Britain - Something For The WeekendProduction team

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

05 June 2007

Whether it's a day at the seaside, DIY, gardening, having a drink or going out on the town, we Brits like to have a laugh...  Read more : OU on the BBC: Lenny's Britain - Something For The Weekend

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Joke booth: My own two feet Featuring: video, OU

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

04 June 2007

Frances from London and friends enjoy a moment of childish independence  Read more : Joke booth: My own two feet

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A last word from Lenny Featuring: video, BBC

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

04 June 2007

Lenny shares his final thoughts about the Joke Booth, from the BBC/OU series Lenny's Britain  Read more : A last word from Lenny

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