Landmarks: Pakistan and Its People

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companyBBC
started11th Jan 1993
ended27th Mar 1995
last rpt15th May 2007
15 school years
episodes5
duration20 mins
subject 🌏Geography
age rangeAge 9-11
languageenIn English


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Pakistan and Its People is a unit of the BBC Schools TV series Landmarks from the 1990s & 2000s, covering geography for primary school pupils.

Documentaries about life in modern Pakistan, looking at the lives of people who live in dfferent parts of the country.

A version of this unit narrated in Urdu was broadcast separately, and clips from the unit were used for a Geography Postcards programme several years later.

Episode List

# Title Broadcast
1. Introduction to Pakistan #1993-01-11-00-00-0011 Jan 1993
2. The Swat Valley #1993-01-18-00-00-0018 Jan 1993
3. A Village in the Punjab #1993-01-25-00-00-0025 Jan 1993
4. A Family in Lahore #1993-02-01-00-00-001 Feb 1993
5. The Indus Citilization #1995-03-27-00-00-0027 Mar 1995

Broadcasts

Year Term Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Channel Details
1992-93 Spring 1993 Monday, 1:40pm Thursday, 11:10am BBC2 from 11 Jan
1994-95 Spring 1995 Monday, 1:25pm Thursday, 11:30am BBC2 from 27 Feb
1996-97 Spring 1997 Monday, 10:30am then 1:25pm Thursday, 11:35am BBC2 from 6 Jan (audetel) then 10 Feb
2000-01 Summer 2001 Tuesday, 12:10pm BBC2 from 24 Apr
2001-02 Summer 2002 Friday, 12:10pm BBC2 from 19 Apr
2006-07 Summer 2007 Tuesday, 10:30am BBC2 from 24 Apr


Nightschool TV

Also broadcast overnight on BBC2 for block recording as part of Nightschool TV and the Learning Zone:

  • 1995-96: Spring 1996 - Tuesday 16th January 1996 from 2:00am
  • 1996-97: Summer 1997 - Thursday 22nd May 1997 from 2:00am (audetel)
  • 1998-99: Spring 1999 - Wednesday 24th February 1999 from 2:00am (audetel)


Several broadcasts from 1997-1999 included "audetel", audio description for visually impaired viewers.


CBBC Channel

Also broadcast on the CBBC Channel 'Class TV' service of schools programmes (this list may be incomplete):

  • 2002-03: Autumn 2002 (from Monday 2nd September 2002, 10:20am)
  • 2003-04: Summer 2004 (Friday 18th June 2004 from 9:00am)
  • 2004-05: Spring 2005 (from Monday 24th January 2005, 9:50am)

Credits

Presenter Shahnaz Pakravan
Producer & director Peter M. Evans

Resources

Teacher's Notes

Teacher's Notes


Video Plus Pack

An 80-minute video containing the original four episodes.


Fact Finder Book

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