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THE Open University was today celebrating the 40th anniversary of its first lecture broadcast on BBC television. The ground-breaking transmission, which aired on BBC2 on January 3, 1971, paved the way for four decades of partnership between the university and the broadcaster which have produced 7,000 TV and 4.000 radio programmes.
Credited with making the University a household name, the initial black-and-white broadcasts catered for the OU's first enrolment of 25,000 students taking courses in the arts, social sciences, science or maths.See the full content of this document
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Open University Celebrates 40 Years of Tv Lectures
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