Zig Zag: France

📺BBC Schools TV

companyBBC

started17th Jan 2000

ended14th Feb 2000

last rpt7th Mar 2008on CBBC

9 school years

episodes5

duration20 mins

subject 🌏Geography

age rangeAge 7-9

languageenIn English

2 images from France

Zig Zag

Previous unit: A Walk Through TimeNext unit: Tales from Europe (2000)

France is a unit of the BBC Schools TV series Zig Zag from the 2000s, covering geography for primary school pupils.

An exploration of the city, mountains and coastlines of France as the presenter Josette travels around the country meeting local children and tradespeople in different areas.

Shorts

Extracts from this unit were also shown in shorter, 10-minute episodes giving just the highlights from each region as Zig Zag Shorts. These shorter programmes were also shown as part of Primary Geography from 2002.

Episode List

#	Title	Broadcast
1.	Paris: A City	#2000-01-17-00-00-0017 Jan 2000
2.	Brittany: The Coast	#2000-01-24-00-00-0024 Jan 2000
3.	Camargue: A River Delta	#2000-01-31-00-00-0031 Jan 2000
4.	The Alps	#2000-02-07-00-00-007 Feb 2000
5.	Maps and Mapping	#2000-02-14-00-00-0014 Feb 2000

Broadcasts

Year	Term	Mon	Tue	Wed	Channel	Details
1999-2000	Spring 2000	Monday, 11:10am		Wednesday, 11:20am	BBC2
2000-01	Autumn 2000	weekdays, 1:10pm			BBC2	13-17 Nov
2001-02	Spring 2002		Tuesday, 11:50am		BBC2

CBBC Channel

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

2001-02: Summer 2002
2002-03: Summer 2003
2004-05: Spring 2005
2005-06: Spring & Summer 2006
2006-07: Autumn 2006
2007-08: Spring 2008 - just episode 1, on 7th March

Credits

Presenter	Josette Aitman
Researcher	Marie-Sophie Reijers
Graphic Design	Adams Trainor
Education Consultants	Kathy Alcock Chris Durbin
Executive Producer	Clare Elstow
Series Producer	Elaine Mullings

Resources

There were teacher's notes and videos available.

Links

BBC Programmes page for France

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

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