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OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Live music 1950 to 1967

OU on the BBC: Thinking Allowed - Live music 1950 to 1967 New content Creative commons imageCredit: The Open University
Introductory Level Updated 21 May 2013
This week's Thinking Allowed looks at the social history of live music from 1950 to 1967
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OU on the BBC: Bankers - Episode 3

OU on the BBC: Bankers - Episode 3 New content Copyrighted imageCredit: BBC
Introductory Level Updated 20 May 2013
The final episode in the Bankers series looks at how Britain's multi-billion pound financial mis-selling scandal came about
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OU on the BBC: Living with Poverty - Country kids

OU on the BBC: Living with Poverty - Country kids New content Copyrighted imageCredit: BBC
Introductory Level Updated 20 May 2013
 The north Norfolk market town of Holt is the focus of this episode
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OU on the BBC: Living with Poverty - The Queen of North Shields

OU on the BBC: Living with Poverty - The Queen of North Shields New content Copyrighted imageCredit: BBC
Introductory Level Updated 20 May 2013
This episode studies the relative poverty in Tyneside and Zimbabwe
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OU on the BBC: Living with Poverty - Peas and pay packets

OU on the BBC: Living with Poverty - Peas and pay packets New content Copyrighted imageCredit: BBC
Introductory Level Updated 20 May 2013
A film-maker's personal journey through Hull helps him discover the impact of low wages and the casual jobs market
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OU on TV and radio this week

OU on TV and radio this week New content Creative commons imageCredit: Marcio Cabral de Moura under CC-BY-NC-ND
Introductory Level Updated 17 May 2013
By The OpenLearn team
The Bankers series comes to an end, while BBC One regions take a look at poverty around the country.
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OU on the BBC: Living with Poverty - Mind the gap

OU on the BBC: Living with Poverty - Mind the gap New content Copyrighted imageCredit: BBC
Introductory Level Updated 17 May 2013
This episode of the hard-sitting documentary series Living with Poverty hones in on London 
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Bang Goes The Theory: Series 6, Episode 5

Bang Goes The Theory: Series 6, Episode 5 Updated content Copyrighted imageCredit: BBC
Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 16 May 2013
By The Bang Goes The Theory web team
This week the Bang team reveals how our lives are affected by the wireless signals that surround us
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OU on the BBC: Timewatch - Last Day of World War One

OU on the BBC: Timewatch - Last Day of World War One Updated content Copyrighted imageCredit: BBC
Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 16 May 2013
By The Timewatch team
Michael Palin joins the Timewatch team to discover why troops were still dying after the peace had been signed.
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OU on the BBC: History of Scotland

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 16 May 2013
By The History of Scotland web team
Neil Oliver returns to Scotland to explore its dramatic history.
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