Landmarks: Portrait of Europe
Portrait of Europe is a unit of the BBC Schools TV series Landmarks from the 1990s & 2000s, covering geography for primary school pupils.
Presenters Charlotte Avery and Jamie Theakston drive across Europe, stopping off to provide case studies and the geography of specfic, contrasting regions in different countries and the lives of people in each place.
Primary Geography
From 2003 this unit was repeated as part of Landmarks' replacement series Primary Geography, with the Primary Geography opening titles added to the beginning of each episode but otherwise unchanged, including the original Landmarks opening titles but with the word "Landmarks" removed.
Landmarks title
Primary Geography title
Titles & Theme Music
The original Landmarks version of the animated titles can be seen online.
Episode List
| # | Title | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Southern Spain | 15 Jan 1996 |
| 2. | Alpine France | 22 Jan 1996 |
| 3. | Germany by the Rhine | 29 Jan 1996 |
| 4. | The Netherlands by the Sea | 5 Feb 1996 |
| 5. | Arctic Sweden | 12 Feb 1996 |
Broadcasts
1998
2002
| Year | Term | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Channel | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-96 | Spring 1996 | Monday, 1:20pm | Thursday, 11:35am | BBC2 | from 15 Jan | |||
| 1997-98 | Spring 1998 | Monday, 11:40am | Friday, 11:10am | BBC2 | from 23 Feb | |||
| 1998-99 | Summer 1999 | Tuesday, 11:15am | BBC2 | from 8 Jun | ||||
| 1999-2000 | Autumn 1999 | weekdays, 1:10pm | BBC2 | from 15 Nov | ||||
| 2000-01 | Autumn 2000 | weekdays, 1:10pm | BBC2 | from 11 Sep | ||||
| 2001-02 | Spring 2002 | Thursday, 11:50am | BBC2 | from 10 Jan | ||||
| 2002-03 | Summer 2003 | Tuesday, 10:50am | BBC2 | Primary Geography, from 3 Jun | ||||
| 2003-04 | Spring 2004 | Friday, 11:40am | BBC2 | Primary Geography, from 5 Mar | ||||
| 2004-05 | Summer 2005 | Tuesday, 10:30am | BBC2 | Primary Geography, from 5 Apr | ||||
| 2006-07 | Spring 2007 | Tuesday, 10:50am | BBC2 | Primary Geography, from 27 Feb | ||||
Learning Zone
The unit was also broadcast overnight for easy recording as part of the Learning Zone broadcasts on BBC2, paired with an episode of Landmarks Special Reports on Finland.
- 1996-97: Autumn 1996 (Tuesday 26th November 1996 from 2:00am)
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 1 July 2002, 10:20am)
- 2002-03: Autumn 2002 (from Monday 16 September 2002, 10:25am)
And as part of Primary Geography:
- 2003-04: Autumn 2003 (from Monday 10 November 2003, 10:10am) & Spring 2004 (from Thursday 4 March 2004, 10:30am)
- 2004-05: Autumn 2004 (from Monday 11 October 2004, 9:00am) & Spring 2005 (from Tuesday 4 January 2005, 9:50am)
- 2005-06: Summer 2006 (Thursday 18 May 2006 from 9:30am)
- 2006-07: Summer 2007 (from Tuesday 12 June 2007, 10:00am)
Credits
| Presenters | Charlotte Avery Jamie Theakston |
| Graphics | Jonathan Hodgson |
| Series Producer | Peter M. Evans |
| Director & producer | Abigail Harvey |
Resources
There were teacher's notes, a resource pack, a Video Plus Pack and later a DVD Plus Pack available.
Links
Related programmes
- Landmarks: Ancient EgyptAnother roaming investigation by Jamie Theakston
- Landmarks: Portrait of Britain
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