Zig Zag: Geography UK

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	BBC Schools Radio
	1991-1997
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📺BBC Schools TV

companyBBC

started18th Sep 1995

ended16th Oct 1995

last rpt16th May 2003on CBBC

8 school years

episodes5

duration20 mins

subject 🌏Geography

age rangeAge 7-9

languageenIn English

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Geography UK is a unit of the BBC Schools TV series Zig Zag from the 1990s, covering geography for primary school pupils.

Presenters in each of the four nations of the United Kingdom explore the links between the landscape and the local people in distinct ways - looking at a Scottish river, the weather in Wales, a village, town and city in Northern Ireland, and environmental issues in England.

Four presenters in four nations

Episode List

#	Title	Broadcast	Clips
1.	Introducing the UK	#1995-09-18-00-00-0018 Sep 1995	BBC
2.	A River in Scotland	#1995-09-25-00-00-0025 Sep 1995
3.	Weather in Wales	#1995-10-02-00-00-002 Oct 1995
4.	Living in Northern Ireland	#1995-10-09-00-00-009 Oct 1995
5.	Changing Environments in England	#1995-10-16-00-00-0016 Oct 1995

Broadcasts

Year	Term	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Channel	Details
1995-96	Autumn 1995	Monday, 11:05am		Wednesday, 1:20pm			BBC2
1997-98	Autumn 1997	Monday, 11:20am			Thursday, 11:15am		BBC2

Learning Zone

The episode Weather in Wales was broadcast as part of the overnight Learning Zone broadcasts on BBC2, at 3:40am on Thursday 12th February in Spring 1998, with extra audio description for blind viewers, known at the time as 'audetel'.

CBBC Channel

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

2002-03: Summer 2003

Credits

Presenters	Dougie Vipond (Scotland) Kevin Owen (Wales) Shauna Lowry (Northern Ireland) Jeremy Dry (England)
Producer	Peter M. Evans

Resources

There were teacher's notes, a resource pack, a Factfinders book (United Kingdom) and a Video Plus pack available.

Links

BBC Programmes page for Geography UK

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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