The Open University

Original ident. 5.30, Saturday morning, waiting for the cartoons to start, then this comes on and you brick it to THAT jingle

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Entertainment

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• Open
• Univeristy
• ident
• tv
• television
• bbc
• THAT
• jingle

[stepahead2be]

Why did the BBC stop showing the Open University? These programmes were great and educational to watch.

[afuzzyduck]

It was mainly down to the OU not needing the airtime any more - most of their course materials are done through DVDs and the Internet these days. The OU still makes a few "proper" programmes though

[zaftra]

which piece of music by Janacek (sp?) is that.

[afuzzyduck]

it's the start of Leonard Salzedo's Divertimento

[ianucci]

Um why does she say good afternoon?

[afuzzyduck]

because this was taken from an afternoon. other than the announcement, it's exactly the same as what you'd get at 5.30 in the morning

[amrj700]

More than any other video I have found, this music takes me back to when Britain was a nice gentle place.

[BillyJimOMFG]

...as opposed to the crime of "murder against the family roadkill"

[LinuxManUK]

i used to love these black & white ones especially, the dull, grey hue of the 'show' the matter o fact, and rather 'stiff' presentations, the Eric Illet style illustrations, the tank tops and the weird esoteric names of the presentation , something like U103 - Reverse Polish notation - module 7 or whatever it was LOL

[matelot95]

No way was I frightened by this music. It was the discoverance that there was telly hours before proper programmes started that made it special. That and Stuart Freake!

[superteacher1000]

I admit to being scared by this too! I was walking past the TV at my nan and grandad's house when it came on - absolutely terrified me!

[glatbaby007]

To those who were scared by this...I'll join the club! It's that noisy horn at the end of the jingle that still gets me at the tender age of 38!!

[quackhandles]

I loved Open University, not because I was interested in Mathematics but because the professors had brilliant flares and massive collars you could go hangliding with. My favourite was Dave Sargent and Lans Aleeson.

[mrscruffy]

STILL sends a shiver down my spine, and I'm 36 now.

[mrscruffy]

@mrdoofa It did. Lots.

[mrscruffy]

@VelvetVoixdeVille No I'm right with you.

[VelvetVoixdeVille]

I remember hiding under my Mum's Formica kitchen table and screaming because I thought the OU logo was going to get me. Other phobias included the 'dots' shown before schools programmes and the Playschool clock. Am I alone here?