Landmarks - Episode List
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This list is an overview of every episode of Landmarks, from 1988 to 2002, including repeats from Near and Far and Now and Then with their original broadcast dates noted.
| # | Unit | # | Title | Landmarks Broadcast | Original Broadcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buildings and Builders | |||||
| - | Buildings and Builders | (1) | The Age of Wood | 19 Sep 1988 | 21 Oct 1986 |
| - | Buildings and Builders | (2) | Timber | 26 Sep 1988 | 18 Oct 1984 |
| - | Buildings and Builders | (3) | The Age of Brick | 3 Oct 1988 | 7 Oct 1986 |
| - | Buildings and Builders | (4) | Bricks | 10 Oct 1988 | 20 Sep 1984 |
| - | Buildings and Builders | (5) | Concrete | 17 Oct 1988 | 4 Oct 1984 |
| Changing Landscapes | |||||
| 1. | Changing Landscapes | (1) | The Docks Today | 31 Oct 1988 | - |
| - | Changing Landscapes | (2) | All Change at the Docks (1986) | 7 Nov 1988 | 25 Nov 1986 |
| 2. | Changing Landscapes | (3) | Modern Mining | 14 Nov 1988 | - |
| - | Changing Landscapes | (4) | The Rise and Fall of King Coal | 21 Nov 1988 | 11 Nov 1986 |
| Christmas | |||||
| - | Christmas | (1) | A History of Christmas | 28 Nov 1988 | 30 Nov 1987 |
| Weather Watch | |||||
| 3. | Weather Watch | (1) | Weather Watch | 9 Jan 1989 | - |
| 4. | Weather Watch | (2) | Living with the Weather | 16 Jan 1989 | - |
| Transport | |||||
| - | Transport | (1) | On the Road | 23 Jan 1989 | 28 Apr 1987 |
| - | Transport | (2) | On the Water | 30 Jan 1989 | 12 May 1987 |
| - | Transport | (3) | On the Rails | 6 Feb 1989 | 2 Jun 1987 |
| Planet Earth | |||||
| - | Planet Earth | (1) | Earth in Action | 13 Feb 1989 | 29 Apr 1976 |
| - | Planet Earth | (2) | Life Must Go On | 20 Feb 1989 | 13 May 1976 |
| Nations and Boundaries | |||||
| - | Nations and Boundaries | (1) | Nations and Boundaries | 27 Feb 1989 | 16 May 1985 |
| - | Nations and Boundaries | (2) | Exploring the Rhine | 6 Mar 1989 | 6 Jun 1985 |
| - | Nations and Boundaries | (3) | Exploiting of the Rhine | 13 Mar 1989 | 20 Jun 1985 |
| Egypt | |||||
| 5. | Egypt | (1) | The Gift of the Nile | 17 Apr 1989 | - |
| 6. | Egypt | (2) | The Pharaohs | 24 Apr 1989 | - |
| 7. | Egypt | (3) | Life Under the Pharaohs | 4 May 1989 | - |
| 8. | Egypt | (4) | Life in Cairo Today | 8 May 1989 | - |
| 9. | Egypt | (5) | Life in Luxor Today | 15 May 1989 | - |
| Holidays | |||||
| - | Holidays | (1) | Beside the Seaside | 22 May 1989 | 10 Mar 1987 |
| - | Holidays | (2) | Out in the Country | 5 Jun 1989 | 24 Mar 1987 |
| Over to You | |||||
| 10. | Over to You | (1) | Over to You (1989) | 12 Jun 1989 | - |
| Children at War | |||||
| 11. | Children at War | (1) | The Evacuees | 18 Sep 1989 | - |
| 12. | Children at War | (2) | The Blitz | 25 Sep 1989 | - |
| 13. | Children at War | (3) | Occupation | 2 Oct 1989 | - |
| 14. | Children at War | (4) | Victory… for Some | 9 Oct 1989 | - |
| 15. | Children at War | (5) | Defeat… for Others | 16 Oct 1989 | - |
| People and the Elements | |||||
| - | People and the Elements | (1) | When the Wind Blows | 30 Oct 1989 | 13 Nov 1975 |
| - | People and the Elements | (2) | The Sea at Work | 6 Nov 1989 | 8 Mar 1979 |
| - | People and the Elements | (3) | Flood | 13 Nov 1989 | 22 May 1986 |
| - | People and the Elements | (4) | Drought | 20 Nov 1989 | 12 Jun 1986 |
| - | People and the Elements | (5) | Using the Elements | 27 Nov 1989 | 22 Mar 1979 |
| Tropical Rainforests | |||||
| 16. | Tropical Rainforests | (1) | The Living Forest | 15 Jan 1990 | - |
| 17. | Tropical Rainforests | (2) | People of the Forest | 22 Jan 1990 | - |
| 18. | Tropical Rainforests | (3) | Destroying the Forest | 29 Jan 1990 | - |
| 19. | Tropical Rainforests | (4) | Saving the Forest | 5 Feb 1990 | - |
| All About Food | |||||
| - | All About Food | (1) | Working the Land | 12 Feb 1990 | 11 Jan 1988 |
| - | All About Food | (2) | The Dairy Farm | 26 Feb 1990 | 18 Jan 1988 |
| - | All About Food | (3) | Superstore | 5 Mar 1990 | 8 Feb 1988 |
| - | All About Food | (4) | Fast Food | 12 Mar 1990 | 15 Feb 1988 |
| - | All About Food | (5) | History of the Kitchen 1 | 19 Mar 1990 | 25 Jan 1988 |
| - | All About Food | (6) | History of the Kitchen 2 | 26 Mar 1990 | 1 Feb 1988 |
| Victorian Children | |||||
| - | Victorian Children | (1) | A Victorian Day | 30 Apr 1990 | 29 Feb 1988 |
| - | Victorian Children | (2) | Queen Victoria's Children | 10 May 1990 | 7 Mar 1988 |
| - | Victorian Children | (3) | The Country Child | 14 May 1990 | 14 Mar 1988 |
| - | Victorian Children | (4) | Going to School | 21 May 1990 | 21 Mar 1988 |
| Life at Sea in the 16th Century | |||||
| - | Life at Sea in the 16th Century | (1) | The Search for the 'Mary Rose' | 4 Jun 1990 | 20 Jan 1987 |
| - | Life at Sea in the 16th Century | (2) | The Secrets of the 'Mary Rose' | 11 Jun 1990 | 3 Feb 1987 |
| - | Life at Sea in the 16th Century | (3) | The Spanish Armada | 18 Jun 1990 | 17 Feb 1987 |
| Over to You | |||||
| 20. | Over to You | (2) | Over to You (1990) | 25 Jun 1990 | - |
| Life in the 17th Century | |||||
| - | Life in the 17th Century | (1) | The Gunpowder Plot (1985) | 17 Sep 1990 | 27 Sep 1985 |
| - | Life in the 17th Century | (2) | Prisoner in the Tower | 24 Sep 1990 | 11 Oct 1985 |
| - | Life in the 17th Century | (3) | Plague! | 1 Oct 1990 | 25 Oct 1985 |
| - | Life in the 17th Century | (4) | Fire! | 8 Oct 1990 | 15 Nov 1985 |
| Earthwatch | |||||
| 21. | Earthwatch | (1) | The Water We Use | 15 Oct 1990 | - |
| 22. | Earthwatch | (2) | The Air We Breathe | 29 Oct 1990 | - |
| 23. | Earthwatch | (3) | The Land We Live In | 5 Nov 1990 | - |
| 24. | Earthwatch | (4) | The Food We Eat | 12 Nov 1990 | - |
| 25. | Earthwatch | (5) | The Waste We Make | 19 Nov 1990 | - |
| 26. | Earthwatch | (6) | The World We Share | 26 Nov 1990 | - |
| Over to You | |||||
| 27. | Over to You | (3) | Over to You on Egypt | 11 Feb 1991 | - |
| People on the Move | |||||
| 28. | People on the Move | (1) | Moving House | 25 Feb 1991 | - |
| 29. | People on the Move | (2) | Moving Away | 4 Mar 1991 | - |
| 30. | People on the Move | (3) | Moving There | 11 Mar 1991 | - |
| 31. | People on the Move | (4) | Moving Here | 18 Mar 1991 | - |
| 32. | Buildings and Builders | (6) | Stone | 9 May 1991 | - |
| 33. | Buildings and Builders | (7) | Castle | 10 Jun 1991 | - |
| 34. | Buildings and Builders | (8) | Cathedral | 17 Jun 1991 | - |
| Special Reports | |||||
| 35. | Special Reports | (1) | Espoo, Finland | 20 May 1991 | - |
| 36. | Special Reports | (2) | Sheffield, England | 21 May 1991 | - |
| 37. | Special Reports | (3) | Wunnewill, Switzerland | 3 Jun 1991 | - |
| 38. | Special Reports | (4) | Wijk aan Zee, Holland | 10 Jun 1991 | - |
| 39. | Special Reports | (5) | Colne, England | 17 Jun 1991 | - |
| The History of Writing and Printing | |||||
| 40. | The History of Writing and Printing | (1) | Early Writing | 16 Sep 1991 | - |
| 41. | The History of Writing and Printing | (2) | Early Printing | 23 Sep 1991 | - |
| 42. | The History of Writing and Printing | (3) | Writing and Printing Up-to-Date | 30 Sep 1991 | - |
| 43. | The History of Writing and Printing | (4) | Newspapers | 7 Oct 1991 | - |
| 44. | The History of Writing and Printing | (5) | The Future of the Word | 14 Oct 1991 | - |
| 45. | Victorian Children | (5) | The City Child | 18 Nov 1991 | - |
| Treasures of the Landscape | |||||
| 46. | Treasures of the Landscape | (1) | Mountains and Minerals | 13 Jan 1992 | - |
| 47. | Treasures of the Landscape | (2) | Caverns and Clay | 20 Jan 1992 | - |
| 48. | Treasures of the Landscape | (3) | Gateway to the North | 27 Jan 1992 | - |
| 49. | Treasures of the Landscape | (4) | Wading in the Wash | 3 Feb 1992 | - |
| 50. | Children at War | (6) | War in the Channel Islands: The Story of Guernsey | 23 Mar 1992 | - |
| 51. | Transport | (4) | On the Canal | 11 May 1992 | - |
| 52. | Transport | (5) | All Change at the Docks (1992) | 25 May 1992 | - |
| Exploration and Encounters | |||||
| 53. | Exploration and Encounters | (1) | The 15th Century World | 14 Sep 1992 | - |
| 54. | Exploration and Encounters | (2) | The World of the Aztecs | 21 Sep 1992 | - |
| 55. | Exploration and Encounters | (3) | Voyages of Exploration | 28 Sep 1992 | - |
| Christopher Columbus: The Man Who Dared | |||||
| 56. | Exploration and Encounters | (4) | drama Christopher Columbus, Part 1: Across the Ocean Sea | 5 Oct 1992 | - |
| 57. | Exploration and Encounters | (5) | drama Christopher Columbus, Part 2: For God and for Gold | 12 Oct 1992 | - |
| Further episodes | |||||
| 58. | Exploration and Encounters | (6) | The Spanish Conquest | 19 Oct 1992 | - |
| Pakistan and Its People | |||||
| 59. | Pakistan and Its People | (1) | Introduction to Pakistan | 11 Jan 1993 | - |
| 60. | Pakistan and Its People | (2) | The Swat Valley | 18 Jan 1993 | - |
| 61. | Pakistan and Its People | (3) | A Village in the Punjab | 25 Jan 1993 | - |
| 62. | Pakistan and Its People | (4) | A Family in Lahore | 1 Feb 1993 | - |
| Over to You | |||||
| - | Over to You | (4) | Over to You (1988) | 4 Jun 1993 | 20 Jun 1988 |
| - | Over to You | (5) | Over to You (1987) | 18 Jun 1993 | 16 Jun 1987 |
| Tudors and Stuarts | |||||
| 67. | Tudors and Stuarts | (1) | Henry VII | 20 Sep 1993 | - |
| 68. | Tudors and Stuarts | (2) | Henry VIII | 27 Sep 1993 | - |
| 69. | Tudors and Stuarts | (3) | The 'Mary Rose' | 4 Oct 1993 | - |
| 70. | Tudors and Stuarts | (4) | Elizabeth I | 11 Oct 1993 | - |
| 71. | Tudors and Stuarts | (5) | The Gunpowder Plot (1993) | 1 Nov 1993 | - |
| 72. | Tudors and Stuarts | (6) | Charles I | 8 Nov 1993 | - |
| 73. | Tudors and Stuarts | (7) | Charles II | 15 Nov 1993 | - |
| Coping with the Climate | |||||
| 74. | Coping with the Climate | (1) | The World's Weather | 10 Jan 1994 | - |
| 75. | Coping with the Climate | (2) | Coping with the Cold | 17 Jan 1994 | - |
| 76. | Coping with the Climate | (3) | Coping with the Wet | 24 Jan 1994 | - |
| 77. | Coping with the Climate | (4) | Coping with the Heat | 31 Jan 1994 | - |
| 78. | Coping with the Climate | (5) | Our Climate | 7 Feb 1994 | - |
| Britain Since 1930 | |||||
| 79. | Britain Since 1930 | (1) | Life Keeps Changing | 19 Sep 1994 | - |
| 80. | Britain Since 1930 | (2) | The Hungry Thirties? | 26 Sep 1994 | - |
| 81. | Britain Since 1930 | (3) | A Better Britain for All? | 7 Nov 1994 | - |
| 82. | Britain Since 1930 | (4) | Never Had It So Good? | 14 Nov 1994 | - |
| 83. | Britain Since 1930 | (5) | The Swinging Sixties? | 21 Nov 1994 | - |
| 84. | Britain Since 1930 | (6) | Trouble and Strife? | 28 Nov 1994 | - |
| Portrait of Britain | |||||
| 85. | Portrait of Britain | (1) | Skye: A Scottish Island | 16 Jan 1995 | - |
| 86. | Portrait of Britain | (2) | Stoke: An Industrial City | 23 Jan 1995 | - |
| 87. | Portrait of Britain | (3) | Peterborough: A New Town | 30 Jan 1995 | - |
| 88. | Portrait of Britain | (4) | London: A Capital City | 6 Feb 1995 | - |
| 89. | Portrait of Britain | (5) | Folkestone: Gateway to Europe | 13 Feb 1995 | - |
| 90. | Pakistan and Its People | (5) | The Indus Citilization | 27 Mar 1995 | - |
| Victorian Britain | |||||
| 91. | Victorian Britain | (1) | Country Life | 18 Sep 1995 | - |
| 92. | Victorian Britain | (2) | Town Life | 25 Sep 1995 | - |
| 93. | Victorian Britain | (3) | Home Life | 2 Oct 1995 | - |
| 94. | Victorian Britain | (4) | School Life | 9 Oct 1995 | - |
| 95. | Victorian Britain | (5) | Achievements | 16 Oct 1995 | - |
| Portrait of Europe | |||||
| 96. | Portrait of Europe | (1) | Southern Spain | 15 Jan 1996 | - |
| 97. | Portrait of Europe | (2) | Alpine France | 22 Jan 1996 | - |
| 98. | Portrait of Europe | (3) | Germany by the Rhine | 29 Jan 1996 | - |
| 99. | Portrait of Europe | (4) | The Netherlands by the Sea | 5 Feb 1996 | - |
| 100. | Portrait of Europe | (5) | Arctic Sweden | 12 Feb 1996 | - |
| Investigating Local History | |||||
| 101. | Investigating Local History | (1) | The Romans on Hadrian's Wall | 16 Sep 1996 | - |
| 102. | Investigating Local History | (2) | The Tudors in Shropshire | 23 Sep 1996 | - |
| 103. | Investigating Local History | (3) | The Victorians in Sheffield | 30 Sep 1996 | - |
| 104. | Investigating Local History | (4) | The 1930s in Perivale | 7 Oct 1996 | - |
| 105. | Investigating Local History | (5) | How Old Is Basingstoke? | 14 Oct 1996 | - |
| Follow the River Severn | |||||
| 106. | Follow the River Severn | (1) | The Course of the River | 6 Jan 1997 | - |
| 107. | Follow the River Severn | (2) | Places on the River | 13 Jan 1997 | - |
| 108. | Follow the River Severn | (3) | Travelling on the River | 20 Jan 1997 | - |
| 109. | Follow the River Severn | (4) | Water from the River | 27 Jan 1997 | - |
| 110. | Follow the River Severn | (5) | Caring for the River | 3 Feb 1997 | - |
| Ancient Egypt | |||||
| 111. | Ancient Egypt | (1) | Time and Place | 3 Nov 1997 | - |
| 112. | Ancient Egypt | (2) | The Nile, Food and Farming | 10 Nov 1997 | - |
| 113. | Ancient Egypt | (3) | Everyday Lives | 17 Nov 1997 | - |
| 114. | Ancient Egypt | (4) | Pyramids and Temples | 24 Nov 1997 | - |
| 115. | Ancient Egypt | (5) | Pharaohs and Gods | 1 Dec 1997 | - |
| The Caribbean | |||||
| 116. | The Caribbean | (1) | Landscape | 12 Jan 1998 | - |
| 117. | The Caribbean | (2) | People | 19 Jan 1998 | - |
| 118. | The Caribbean | (3) | Work | 26 Jan 1998 | - |
| 119. | The Caribbean | (4) | Climate | 2 Feb 1998 | - |
| 120. | The Caribbean | (5) | Buildings | 9 Feb 1998 | - |
| Rivers of the World | |||||
| 121. | Rivers of the World | (1) | The Orinoco: The Natural River | 20 Apr 1998 | - |
| 122. | Rivers of the World | (2) | The Angara: Power from the River | 27 Apr 1998 | - |
| 123. | Rivers of the World | (3) | The Danube: Transport on the River | 8 May 1998 | - |
| 124. | Rivers of the World | (4) | The Nile: River of Life | 11 May 1998 | - |
| 125. | Rivers of the World | (5) | The Mississippi: Taming the River | 18 May 1998 | - |
| Time Lines | |||||
| 126. | Time Lines | (1) | Recording the Times | 21 Sep 1998 | - |
| 127. | Time Lines | (2) | Home | 28 Sep 1998 | - |
| 128. | Time Lines | (3) | Work | 5 Oct 1998 | - |
| 129. | Time Lines | (4) | Travelling | 12 Oct 1998 | - |
| 130. | Time Lines | (5) | Children | 19 Oct 1998 | - |
| World Environmental Changes | |||||
| 131. | World Environmental Changes | (1) | Wetlands | 11 Jan 1999 | - |
| 132. | World Environmental Changes | (2) | The Sea | 18 Jan 1999 | - |
| 133. | World Environmental Changes | (3) | Cities | 25 Jan 1999 | - |
| 134. | World Environmental Changes | (4) | Woodlands and Forests | 1 Feb 1999 | - |
| 135. | World Environmental Changes | (5) | Drylands | 8 Feb 1999 | - |
| Using the Land | |||||
| 136. | Using the Land | (1) | Growing Settlements | 17 Jan 2000 | - |
| 137. | Using the Land | (2) | Changing Industry | 24 Jan 2000 | - |
| 138. | Using the Land | (3) | Digging the Landscape | 31 Jan 2000 | - |
| 139. | Using the Land | (4) | Coastal Neighbours | 7 Feb 2000 | - |
| 140. | Using the Land | (5) | Redeveloping the Inner City | 14 Feb 2000 | - |
| Geography Postcards | |||||
| 141. | Geography Postcards | (1) | People, Places and Weather | 28 Feb 2001 | - |
| 142. | Geography Postcards | (2) | Rivers and Water | 7 Mar 2001 | - |
| 143. | Geography Postcards | (3) | City and Countryside | 14 Mar 2001 | - |
| 144. | Geography Postcards | (4) | World Environmental Change | 21 Mar 2001 | - |
| 145. | Geography Postcards | (5) | Distant Localities: Pakistan | 28 Mar 2001 | - |
| Children in Victorian Britain | |||||
| 146. | Children in Victorian Britain | (1) | Children at Work | 1 Mar 2002 | - |
| 147. | Children in Victorian Britain | (2) | Children at School | 8 Mar 2002 | - |
| 148. | Children in Victorian Britain | (3) | Children at Play | 15 Mar 2002 | - |
