Landmarks: Weather Watch
Weather Watch is a unit of the BBC Schools TV series Landmarks from the 1980s & 1990s, covering Geography for primary school pupils.
TV weatherman John Kettley presents two programmes about professional weather forecasting, and the impact of weather events including the UK's Great Storm of 1987.
These programmes were subsequently repeated as part of the environmental issues unit Earthwatch.
Episode List
# | Title | Broadcast |
---|---|---|
1. | Weather Watch | 9 Jan 1989 |
2. | Living with the Weather | 16 Jan 1989 |
Broadcasts
Year | Term | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Channel | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1988-89 | Spring 1989 | Monday, 1:40pm | Thursday, 11:20am | BBC2 | from 9 Jan | |||
Summer 1989 | Tuesday, 1:40pm | Friday, 10:05am | BBC2 | from 6 Jun, Subtitle Slot | ||||
1992-893 | Summer 1993 | Monday, 1:40pm | Thursday, 11:10am | BBC2 | from 26 Apr, not Bank Holiday Mon 3 May, billed as part of Earthwatch |
Credits
Narrator | John Kettley |
Producer | Judith Miles |
Resources
There were teacher's notes available.
Related programmes
- Zig Zag: WeatherA decade later the series for younger pupils also looked at weather with the help of a BBC TV forecaster.
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