Landmarks: Portrait of Britain
Portrait of Britain is a unit of the BBC Schools TV series Landmarks from the 1990s, covering Geography for primary school pupils.
Case studies of life in five contrasting parts of modern Britain in the 1990s, through footage of local children and families going about their business. Each episode has a different narrator.
A version of this unit with British Sign Language was also shown in 1997-98, see Signed Landmarks.
Skye
Peterborough
Episode List
| # | Title | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Skye: A Scottish Island | 16 Jan 1995 |
| 2. | Stoke: An Industrial City | 23 Jan 1995 |
| 3. | Peterborough: A New Town | 30 Jan 1995 |
| 4. | London: A Capital City | 6 Feb 1995 |
| 5. | Folkestone: Gateway to Europe | 13 Feb 1995 |
Broadcasts
| Year | Term | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Channel | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-95 | Spring 1995 | Monday, 1:25pm | Thursday, 11:30am | BBC2 | from 16 Jan | |||
| 1996-97 | Autumn 1996 | Monday, 1:25pm | Thursday, 11:35am | BBC2 | from 28 Oct |
CBBC Channel
Also broadcast on the CBBC Channel 'Class TV' service of schools programmes (this list may be incomplete):
- 2002-03: Summer 2003 (from Monday 19 May 2003, 10:10am)
- 2003-04: Autumn 2003 (from Monday 3 November 2003, 10:10am)
Credits
| Narrators | Cathy MacDonald Terry Hilton Neana Singh Mark Holness Rachel Spencer |
| Executive producer | Frank Flynn |
| Producer | Peter M. Evans |
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There were teacher's notes available.
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