Landmarks: Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt is a unit of the BBC Schools TV series Landmarks from the 1990s & 2000s, covering History for primary school pupils.
The presenters investigate a set of questions, referred to as Landmarks Challenges, set by a museum curator which help them to understand life in Ancient Egypt. Which food wore down the teeth of Ancient Egyptians, and why was a beetle buried with a mummy?
Jamie Theakston travels to Egypt while Marcelle Duprey works in the British Museum with access to the "Landmarks Databank" computer to work out the answers. At the end of each episode a character from Ancient Egypt comes to life to explain things.
From 2003-04 the unit was advertised as part of Landmarks' replacement series Primary History, but the programmes were simply repeated without any changes, not even the addition of a Primary History title sequence.
Episode List
| # | Title | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Time and Place | 3 Nov 1997 |
| 2. | The Nile, Food and Farming | 10 Nov 1997 |
| 3. | Everyday Lives | 17 Nov 1997 |
| 4. | Pyramids and Temples | 24 Nov 1997 |
| 5. | Pharaohs and Gods | 1 Dec 1997 |
Broadcasts
| Year | Term | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Channel | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-98 | Autumn 1997 | Monday, 11:40am | Friday, 11:10am | BBC2 | from 3 Nov | |||
| 1998-99 | Autumn 1998 | Monday, 11:40am | Friday, 11:10am | BBC2 | from 2 Nov | |||
| 1999-2000 | Spring 2000 | Monday, 12:10pm | BBC2 | from 28 Feb | ||||
| 2000-01 | Spring 2001 | Monday, 12:10pm | BBC2 | from 15 Jan | ||||
| 2001-02 | Summer 2002 | Friday, 12:10pm | BBC2 | from 10 May | ||||
| 2003-04 | Summer 2004 | Friday, 11:20am | BBC2 | from 30 Apr | ||||
| 2004-05 | Summer 2005 | Tuesday, 10:50am | BBC2 | from 5 Apr | ||||
| 2005-06 | Summer 2006 | Friday, 11:10am | BBC2 | from 28 Apr | ||||
| 2007-08 | Autumn 2007 | Friday, 10:50am | BBC2 | from 9 Nov |
CBBC Channel
Also broadcast on the CBBC Channel 'Class TV' service of schools programmes (this list may be incomplete):
- 2002-03: Summer 2003 (from Monday 12 May 2003, 9:50am)
- 2003-04: Autumn 2003 (from Monday 10 November 2003, 9:50am), Spring (Wednesday 17 March 2004 from 9:30am) & Summer 2004 (Monday 26 April 2004 from 9:00am)
- 2004-05: Autumn 2004 (from Monday 8 November 2004, 9:30am), Spring (from Tuesday 4 January 2005, 10:10am) & Summer 2005 (Monday 18 April 2005 from 9:00am)
- 2005-06: Autumn 2005 (from Monday 10 October 2005, 10:40am) & Spring 2006 (Thursday 12 January 2006 from 9:30am)
- 2006-07: Autumn 2006 (Tuesday 10 October 2006 from 9:00am)
Credits
| Presenters | Jamie Theakston Marcelle Duprey |
| With | Frances Duca as Queen Hatshepsut & servant Michael Vivian as farmer & Ptah Hotep Fuman Dar as Tutankhamun |
| Music | Mark Blackledge |
| Graphic Design | Adams Trainor |
| Consultant | George Hart |
| Directors | Allan Johnston Elaine Mullings |
| Executive Producer | Clare Elstow |
| Assistant Producer | Allan Johnston |
| Producer | Elaine Mullings |
Resources
Teacher's Notes
Video Plus Pack & DVD Plus Pack
Resource Pack
Written by Harriet Martin
Software
'Time-child' simulation software, later re-released on CD-ROM, and Junior PinPoint 'Ancient Civilisations' data file
Links
Related programmes
- Landmarks: EgyptLandmarks' previous visit to Egypt, a decade earlier
- Landmarks: Portrait of EuropeAnother roaming investigation by Jamie Theakston
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