Stop, Look, Listen: Famous People
Famous People is a unit of the Channel 4 Schools series Stop, Look, Listen from the 1990s & 2000s, covering history for primary school pupils.
Profiles of five famous historical figures. Key moments in their lives are dramatised in a stylised way against illustrated backdrops, while the presenter tells their stories, then finds a link to the past by exploring places or artefacts related to the person.
Five further figures were introduced in the follow-up unit, Famous People 2.
Episode List
# | Title | Broadcast |
---|---|---|
1. | George Stevenson - Steaming Away | 22 Sep 1998 |
2. | Grace Darling - To The Rescue | 29 Sep 1998 |
3. | Alexander Graham Bell - Ringing the Changes | 6 Oct 1998 |
4. | Mary Seacole - Battling to Save the Lines | 13 Oct 1998 |
5. | Neil Armstrong - Man on the Moon | 20 Oct 1998 |
Broadcasts
Year | Term | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Channel | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1998-99 | Autumn 1998 | Tuesday, 9:45am | Friday, 9:45am | Channel 4 | ||||
1999-2000 | Autumn 1999 | Tuesday, 9:45am | Friday, 9:45am | Channel 4 | ||||
2000-01 | Spring 2001 | Tuesday, 9:45am | Channel 4 | |||||
2002-03 | Spring 2003 | Tuesday, 9:45am | Channel 4 | |||||
2004-05 | Autumn 2004 | Tuesday, 5:20am | Wednesday, 5:20am | Channel 4 | ||||
Summer 2005 | Wednesday, 5:15am | Channel 4 |
Credits
Presenter | Caroline Milmoe |
Researcher | Belinda Arthur |
Illustrations | Harvey Dingwall |
Music | Gregor Philp |
Writer | Keith Brumpton |
Director | Brian Kelly |
Producer | Dominique Middleton |
Resources
There were teacher's notes and an activity book available.
The unit was released to schools on video. Later it was released on DVD alongside Famous People 2.
The two episodes on George Stevenson and Mary Seacole were also included on the DVD Famous Victorians alongside the series Victorian Scots and the Eureka! unit A Victorian Diary.
A series of story books telling the stories of each of the five people featured in the unit was also released. The book series was later expanded to include at least 16 more famous people including those from the follow-up unit Famous People 2.
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