Landmarks: Follow the River Severn
Follow the River Severn is a unit of the BBC Schools TV series Landmarks from the 1990s & 2000s, covering geography for primary school pupils.
A survey of the river Severn including its physical features, how people use it, how its is managed and its water quality is managed. Each episode looks at a different aspect of the river from source to mouth, allowing viewers to compare the presenter's findings about the Severn with investigations of their own local rivers.
Episode List
| # | Title | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Course of the River | 6 Jan 1997 |
| 2. | Places on the River | 13 Jan 1997 |
| 3. | Travelling on the River | 20 Jan 1997 |
| 4. | Water from the River | 27 Jan 1997 |
| 5. | Caring for the River | 3 Feb 1997 |
Broadcasts
| Year | Term | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Channel | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-97 | Spring 1997 | Monday, 1:25pm | Thursday, 11:35am | BBC2 | from 6 Jan | |||
| Monday, 10:30am | BBC2 | from 10 Feb, with subtitles | ||||||
| 1998-99 | Summer 1999 | Monday, 11:40am | Friday, 11:10am | BBC2 | from 19 Apr | |||
| 1999-2000 | Autumn 1999 | Friday, 12:10pm | BBC2 | from 24 Sep | ||||
| weekdays, 1:10pm | BBC2 | from 29 Nov | ||||||
| 2000-01 | Autumn 2000 | weekdays, mostly 11:30am | BBC2 | from 13 Nov | ||||
| 2006-07 | Spring 2007 | Tuesday, 10:50am | BBC2 | from 9 Jan | ||||
CBBC Channel
Also broadcast on the CBBC Channel 'Class TV' service of schools programmes (this list may be incomplete):
- 2001-02: Summer 2002 (from Monday 10 June 2002, 10:20am)
- 2002-03: Autumn 2002 (from Monday 4 November 2002, 10:20am)
- 2003-04: Autumn 2003 (from Monday 22 September 2003, 10:10am)
- 2004-05: Autumn 2004 (from Monday 1 November 2004, 9:00am)
- 2005-06: Autumn 2005 (from Monday 7 November 2005, 10:00am)
- 2006-07: Summer 2007 (Thursday 7 June 2007 from 9:00am)
Credits
| Presenter | Vanessa Collingridge |
| Music | Irfan Nathoo |
| Graphics | Adams Trainor |
| Eexcutive Producer | Liz Cleaver |
| Producer | Peter M. Evans |
Resources
Teacher's Notes
Video Plus Pack & DVD Plus Pack
On video as a Follow the River Severn Video Plus Pack also including the resource pack.
On DVD as part of a Mountains, Coasts and Rivers two disc pack, with the Primary Geography unit Mountains and Coasts.
Resource Pack
Follow the River, written by Howard Lisle
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