Stop, Look, Listen: Animals
Animals is a unit of the Channel 4 Schools series Stop, Look, Listen from the 1990s & 2000s, covering English for primary school pupils.
Animated stories about animals from different cultures: Ireland, India, the Caribbean, Ancient Egypt and England.
An animated Egyptian Sphinx presents the programmes, using a magic laptop to choose the stories, find out about the places they come from, and look at film of the animals involved in the stories.
Episode List
| # | Title | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Wren - The King of the Birds | 7 Jan 1997 |
| 2. | Biswas the Bull | 14 Jan 1997 |
| 3. | Anancy the Spider | 21 Jan 1997 |
| 4. | The Cat | 28 Jan 1997 |
| 5. | The Laidly Worm | 4 Feb 1997 |
Broadcasts
| Year | Term | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Channel | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-97 | Spring 1997 | Tuesday, 9:45am | Friday, 9:45am | Channel 4 | ||||
| 1997-98 | Spring 1998 | Tuesday, 9:45am | Friday, 9:45am | Channel 4 | ||||
| 1998-99 | Spring 1999 | Tuesday, 9:45am | Friday, 9:45am | Channel 4 | ||||
| 1999-2000 | Spring 2000 | Tuesday, 9:45am | Channel 4 | |||||
| 2000-01 | Spring 2001 | Tuesday, 9:45am | Channel 4 |
Credits
| Narrator | Nuala Hayes as Sphinx |
| Cartoon Voice | Owen Roe |
| Music | Jules Maxwell |
| Story consultant | Nuala Hayes |
| Executive Producer | Art O'Briain |
Resources
There were teacher's notes available, plus an activity book, a story book and a poster.
The unit was released on video to schools, and in 2013 it was released on DVD - making it the earliest unit of Stop, Look, Listen to reach DVD and also the last to be released.
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