Landmarks: Rivers of the World
Rivers of the World is a unit of the BBC Schools TV series Landmarks from the 1990s & 2000s, covering geography for primary school pupils.
Case studies of five rivers around the world, exploring their physical geography, how people use them, and the environmental impact of that use.
Mississippi basin
The Angara
Primary Geography
From autumn 2002 the unit was shown as part of the replacement series Primary Geography with replaced opening titles.
Landmarks
Primary Geography
Episode List
| # | Title | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Orinoco: The Natural River | 20 Apr 1998 |
| 2. | The Angara: Power from the River | 27 Apr 1998 |
| 3. | The Danube: Transport on the River | 8 May 1998 |
| 4. | The Nile: River of Life | 11 May 1998 |
| 5. | The Mississippi: Taming the River | 18 May 1998 |
Broadcasts
| Year | Term | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Channel | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-98 | Summer 1998 | Monday, 11:40am | Friday, 11:10am | BBC2 | from 20 Apr | |||
| 1998-99 | Summer 1999 | Monday, 11:40am | Friday, 11:10am | BBC2 | from 24 May | |||
| 1999-2000 | Autumn 1999 | Friday, 12:10pm | BBC2 | from 5 Nov, with Audetel audio description | ||||
| 2000-01 | Autumn 2000 | Monday, 11:30am | BBC2 | from 20 Nov | ||||
| 2001-02 | Autumn 2001 & Spring 2002 | various days & times | BBC2 | 18 Oct, 14 Dec, 5 Feb | ||||
| 2002-03 | Autumn 2002 | various days & times | BBC2 | Primary Geography, from 15 Oct | ||||
| 2005-06 | Autumn 2005 | Tuesday, 10:50am | BBC2 | Primary Geography, from 13 Sep | ||||
CBBC Channel
Also broadcast on the CBBC Channel 'Class TV' service of schools programmes (this list may be incomplete). As part of Landmarks:
- 2001-02: Summer 2002 (from Monday 27 May 2002, 10:20am)
And as part of Primary Geography:
- 2003-04: Autumn 2003 (from Monday 29 September 2003, 10:10am)
- 2004-05: Autumn 2004 (from Monday 8 November 2004, 9:00am)
- 2005-06: Autumn 2005 (from Monday 14 November 2005, 10:00am)
- 2006-07: Autumn 2006 (Wednesday 20 September 2006 from 9:00am)
Credits
| Narrator | Vanessa Collingridge |
| Music | Ivo Fanfair Orinoco Jazz Trio Orinoco White Fort Joseph Friedman |
| Graphics | Steve England |
| Director | Lloyd Miller Peter Lee-Wright Linda Waddell Chris Kendall |
| Producer | Lloyd Miller |
Resources
There were teacher's notes available, plus a Video Plus Pack, later a DVD Plus Pack, and a resource pack.
Links
- BBC Schools: Rivers and Coasts (archived 2003)Pupils' website
- BBC Programmes page for Rivers of the World
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