The German Programme: Partner Video Sequences
Partner Video Sequences is a unit of the ITV Schools series The German Programme from the 1980s, covering German language for Secondary pupils.
A set of programmes for beginners studying German, mostly in the early years of secondary school, following a German family in their everyday life, with some explanations in English.
The unit follows the Brandt family living in Celle
as they live at home, the children go to school, and then they all go on holiday to Goldegg in Austria.
These were the first programmes produced for Thames TV's planned partnership with the publisher Longman on a German language course to be called Partner. Three further units of Partner programmes followed later in the 1980s.
Episode List
| # | Title | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Programme 1 | 28 Feb 1984 |
| 2. | Programme 2 | 6 Mar 1984 |
| 3. | Programme 3 | 13 Mar 1984 |
| 4. | Programme 4 | 20 Mar 1984 |
| 5. | Programme 5 | 27 Mar 1984 |
Broadcasts
| Year | Term | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Channel | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-84 | Spring 1984 | Tuesday, 10:21am | Thursday, 11:39am | ITV | ||||
| 1984-85 | Spring 1985 | Tuesday, 10:37am | Friday, 10:26am | ITV |
Credits
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| Education Officer | Mary Law |
| Director & Producer | Tony Davenall |
Resources
Teacher's Notes
Teacher's notes including transcripts of the German sequences in the programmes were available for £1.50. In order to include accurate transcriptions of the finished programmes the notes were not sent to schools until just before the first broadcasts in spring 1984.
Video
Thames Television International released the unit on VHS video around 1986, priced £25 plus VAT according to an advert in the Times Educational Supplement of 31/10/1986, p.34.
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