Zig Zag: Food and Farming

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📺BBC Schools TV

started16th Jan 1995

ended13th Feb 1995

last rpt10th Mar 2003on CBBC

9 school years

episodes5

duration20 mins

subject 👨‍🔬ScienceAgriculture

age rangeAge 8-10+Age 7-9 & Age 9-11

languageenIn English

Zig Zag

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Food and Farming is a unit of the BBC Schools TV series Zig Zag from the 1990s & 2000s, covering agriculture for primary school pupils.

Charting the history of agriculture from the prehistoric hunter-gatherers to modern farmers using satellite tracking.

The programmes visit Acton Scott Historical Farm in Shropshire at different times of the year, including in the spring when two newly born lambs are named Zig and Zag.

Presenter Jeremy Dry on a horse and cart

Acton Scott Historical Farm

Episode List

#	Title	Broadcast
1.	In the Beginning	#1995-01-16-00-00-0016 Jan 1995
2.	Winter	#1995-01-23-00-00-0023 Jan 1995
3.	Spring	#1995-01-30-00-00-0030 Jan 1995
4.	Summer	#1995-02-06-00-00-006 Feb 1995
5.	Into the Future	#1995-02-13-00-00-0013 Feb 1995

Broadcasts

Year	Term	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Channel	Details
1994-95	Spring 1995	Monday, 11:00am		Wednesday, 1:25pm			BBC2
1996-97	Autumn 1996	Monday, 11:10am		Wednesday, 1:25pm			BBC2

Learning Zone

Also broadcast overnight as part of BBC2's Learning Zone programmes for recording

1998-99: Autumn 1998, Winter on Wednesday 23rd September at 03:40, then Spring and Summer on Thursday 24th September from 02:00

CBBC Channel

Also broadcast on the CBBC Channel 'Class TV' service of schools programmes:

2002-03: Summer 2003
2003-04: Autumn 2003

Credits

Presenter	Jeremy Dry
Series Producer	Nicholas Whines

Resources

Teacher's Notes

There were teacher's notes, a Factfinders book and a timeline & farmer's year poster available.

Zig Zag (1983-2000)

Series Overview • Units • Episode List

Ancient Greece (1996) • The Anglo-Saxons (1992) • The Arabs (1984) • Art (1997) • Canada (1987) • Cathedrals (1989) • The Channel Tunnel (1987) • Computers (1983) • Danger Detectors (1996) • The Eskimos (1985) • Food and Farming (1995) • France (2000) • Gardens and Growth (1985) • Geography UK (1995) • Getting About (1988) • The Greeks (1986) • Hungry Times (1983) • Invaders (1997) • Kenya (1994-96) • Let's Face It (1990) • Making It Work (1997) • Mapmakers! (1993) • Mordicus (1986) • The Normans (1983) • The Odyssey (1990) • The Olympics (1984-92) • Over to You (1985-89) • Roman Britain (1993) • Rush, The Fallow Deer (1987) • The Saga of Gunnar Goldhair (1987) • Snapshots: Children in the Second World War (2000) • Space (1984-88) • Spaceship Earth (1986) • Tales from Europe (1992) • Tales from Europe (2000) • Technology (1991) • Topical Programmes (1985-89) • Trees (1993) • Trees and Man (1991) • Tudor Life (1998) • The Vikings (1987) • Village, Town, City (1997) • A Walk Through Time (1999) • Water (1990) • Water, Air, Land (1998) • Weather (1999) • Where You Live, Where I Live (1994) • Wildlife Safari (1989-91) • Winter Festival (1986) • World of Work (1989) • You and the Media (1986)

See also: Zig Zag Shorts • Landmarks • Primary Geography • Primary History

Topics

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Farming

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