Landmarks: Buildings and Builders
Buildings and Builders is a unit of the BBC Schools TV series Landmarks from the 1990s, covering history and geography for primary school pupils.
Programmes about the building materials wood, brick and concrete, from the perspective (in different programmes) of their historical development by humans, and also their environmental impact.
The historical episodes (The Age of Wood etc) had oiginally been shown on Now and Then in 1986, and the environmental programmes (Timber etc) had originally been shown on Near and Far in 1984, both as part of units called Builders and Buildings - the two parts of the title the other way round than Buildings and Builders - the latter was used by Landmarks from 1991 onwards. Landmarks brought both types of programmes together for repeats from 1988.
In 1991 three additional episodes were added, one covering the material Stone, historically and in current use in the Peak District.
Two other episodes shown in 1991 (and never again after that) cover the construction of a Welsh castle and a French cathedral through animated films, imported from the USA and based on well-known children's books by the architect David Macaulay.
Episode List
Including repeats from Near and Far and Now and Then, and new Landmarks episodes.
| # | Title | Landmarks Broadcast | Original Broadcast |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ | The Age of Wood | 19 Sep 1988 | 21 Oct 1986 |
| _ | Timber | 26 Sep 1988 | 18 Oct 1984 |
| _ | The Age of Brick | 3 Oct 1988 | 7 Oct 1986 |
| _ | Bricks | 10 Oct 1988 | 20 Sep 1984 |
| _ | Concrete | 17 Oct 1988 | 4 Oct 1984 |
| 1. | Stone | 9 May 1991 | - |
| 2. | Castle | 10 Jun 1991 | - |
| 3. | Cathedral | 17 Jun 1991 | - |
Broadcasts
| Year | Term | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Channel | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-89 | Autumn 1988 | Monday, 1:40pm | Thursday, 11:20am | BBC2 | from 19 Sep | |||
| 1990-91 | Summer 1991 | Monday, 1:40pm | Thursday, 11:00am | BBC2 | from 22 Apr, not Bank Holiday Mon 6 May | |||
| 1993-94 | Summer 1994 | Tuesday, 9:05am | Wednesday, 9:05am | BBC2 | 14 & 15 Jun | |||
| 1994-95 | Summer 1995 | Thursday, 11:15am | BBC2 | from 9 May |
Credits
Castle and Cathedral
Landmarks
| Stone narrator | Philip Hawthorn |
| Producer | Kerena Marchant |
Resources
There were teacher's notes available.
Related programmes
- The Way Things WorkMore animated films inspired by the architectural books by David Macaulay
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