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Our collaboration with the BBC

The Open University Law School regularly collaborates with the BBC to create innovative and engaging programmes dealing with cutting edge legal and social issues. A few recent examples of our BBC TV broadcasts and internet content include:

Group of Police staff

The Met: Policing London

This series presents the wide range of pressures that the police force are facing in modern policing.

Prosecutors and client

The Prosecutors

This documentary series takes you on a 'behind the scenes' journey of the Crown Prosecution Service.

Darren McGarvey seated

Darren McGarvey: The State We’re In

This series explores the current state of the UK systems; from the NHS, education sector and the prison system.

3 members of the parole board

Parole

Expert leads involved in this series, Dr Neil Graffin senior lecturer and Dr Sophie Doherty lecturer in Law. This series looks at the complexities involved in the process of decision-making from a range of perspectives in the parole services.

Woman with lots of folders

Does it ever pay to represent yourself in court?

Led by Francine Ryan, Director of the Open Justice Centre, find out why it can be a risky approach to represent yourself in a court case.

Kirsty Wark photo

The Women Who Changed Modern Scotland

Kirsty Wark presents examples of influential women from Scotland who have been pioneering in a range of areas, from politics to activism since the 1960s.

BBC/OU showreel for the Faculty of Business and Law

Watch the video showreel on YouTube (5:00mins), showcasing a range of TV programmes and radio content produced alongside the OU Law School academics.

Find out more about informal learning with the OU Law School.

Select this link to view all the OU Law School related content on the OU BBC Partnerships website.

Visit the OU BBC Partnerships website to view all the latest content created as part our collaborations across The Open University.

Figure acknowledgements

  • Banner image, NASA
  • The Met: Policing London image, BBC
  • The Prosecutors image, Gold Star Productions
  • Darren McGarvey: The State We’re In image, Tern Television Productions Ltd
  • Parole image, Raw TV Ltd
  • Does it ever pay to represent yourself in court image, BBC Ideas
  • The Woman Who Changed Modern Scotland image, Two Rivers Media