Landmarks: Investigating Local History
Investigating Local History is a unit of the BBC Schools TV series Landmarks from the 1990s, covering history for primary school pupils.
Presenter Mark Evans teams up with children from a local school to investigate an aspect of history in their local area, by visiting museums and old houses, looking at newspapers and meeting local historians.
Mark Evans
Investigating in a library
Roman on Hadrian's Wall
Episode List
| # | Title | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Romans on Hadrian's Wall | 16 Sep 1996 |
| 2. | The Tudors in Shropshire | 23 Sep 1996 |
| 3. | The Victorians in Sheffield | 30 Sep 1996 |
| 4. | The 1930s in Perivale | 7 Oct 1996 |
| 5. | How Old Is Basingstoke? | 14 Oct 1996 |
Broadcasts
| Year | Term | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Channel | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-97 | Autumn 1996 | Monday, 1:25pm | Thursday, 11:35am | BBC2 | from 16 Sep |
CBBC Channel
Also broadcast on the CBBC Channel 'Class TV' service of schools programmes (this list may be incomplete):
- 2001-02: Summer 2002 (from Wednesday 8 May 2002, 9:20am)
- 2002-03: Autumn 2002 (from Wednesday 4 September 2002, 9:20am), Spring (from Wednesday 15 January 2003, 9:20am) & Summer 2003 (from Monday 28 April 2003, 9:50am)
- 2003-04: Summer 2004 (from Tuesday 27 April 2004, 9:00am)
- 2004-05: Summer 2005 (from Tuesday 19 April 2005, 9:00am)
- 2005-06: Summer 2006 (Monday 15 May 2006 from 9:30am)
- 2006-07: Autumn 2006 (from Friday 15 September 2006, 9:40am)
Credits
| Presenter | Mark Evans |
| Music Director | Jonathan Cohen |
| Consultant | Sallie Purkis |
| Series Producer for BBC | Peter M. Evans |
| Executive Producer for BBC | Elizabeth Cleaver |
| Producer & director | Rosalind Farrimond |
| A Felgate Media Midland Ltd production for BBC |
Resources
There were teacher's notes, a Video Plus Pack and a resource pack available.
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