Stop, Look, Listen: People Who Help Us
People Who Help Us is a unit of the Channel 4 Schools series Stop, Look, Listen from the 1990s, covering topics for primary school pupils.
Documentaries using reenactments with children, actors and real workers to show how services operate, and provide a historical perspective on how they developed.
Service workers had been a frequent topic for Stop, Look, Listen since the early 1970s, and this new unit replaced the various Stop, Look, Listen films which had been shown and updated over the previous two decades, with much of the same production team from Central Independent Television which had been recently purchased by Carlton Television.
Episode List
| # | Title | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Police Officer | 17 Jan 1995 |
| 2. | Firefighter | 24 Jan 1995 |
| 3. | Postal Officer | 31 Jan 1995 |
| 4. | Refuse Collector | 7 Feb 1995 |
| 5. | Mountain Rescue | 14 Feb 1995 |
Broadcasts
| Year | Term | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Channel | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-95 | Spring 1995 | Tuesday, 9:45am | Friday, 9:45am | Channel 4 | ||||
| 1995-96 | Spring 1996 | Tuesday, 9:45am | Friday, 9:45am | Channel 4 | ||||
| 1996-97 | Autumn 1996 | Tuesday, 9:45am | Friday, 9:45am | Channel 4 |
Also broadcast overnight, all five episodes one after the other for easy recording:
- Autumn 1998 - Tuesday 1st December 1998 from 4:00am
Credits
| Commentary | Ruth Curtis |
| Researchers | Lisa Williams Vikki Worthington |
| Music | Jeff Mearns |
| Graphic design | John Hunt |
| Advisers | Irene Holt Cottia Howard |
| Producer | Paul Martin |
Resources
There were teacher's notes available, plus an activity book, and the unit was released on video.
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