Zig Zag: Invaders
Invaders is a unit of the BBC Schools TV series Zig Zag from the 1990s & 2000s, covering history for primary school pupils.
Different periods of British history are explored through time travel and short dramas.
In modern times a boy called Rory encounters Maud, a time-travelling student from the future. Together they find out about historical invaders of the British Isles, chronologically the Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings.
Maud has a computer-based tutor to help her study the past, who can show maps and diagrams to the two children, and uses evidence of the past to show reconstructions of how people might have lived. These dramatised reconstructions, telling stories from the various time periods, form the bulk of each programme.
Episode List
| # | Title | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Celts | 3 Nov 1997 |
| 2. | The Romans | 10 Nov 1997 |
| 3. | The Anglo Saxons | 17 Nov 1997 |
| 4. | The Vikings | 24 Nov 1997 |
| 5. | The Normans | 1 Dec 1997 |
Broadcasts
| Year | Term | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Channel | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-98 | Autumn 1997 | Monday, 11:20am | Thursday, 11:15am | BBC2 | ||||
| 1998-99 | Autumn 1998 | Monday, 11:20am | Thursday, 11:15am | BBC2 | ||||
| 1999-2000 | Autumn 1999 | weekdays, 1:10pm | BBC2 | from 4 Oct & 22 Nov | ||||
| 2000-01 | Spring 2001 | Tuesday, 12:10pm | BBC2 | |||||
| 2001-02 | Spring 2002 | Tuesday, 11:30am | Thursday, 12:10pm | BBC2 | ||||
CBBC Channel
Also broadcast on the CBBC Channel 'Class TV' service of schools programmes:
- 2002-03: Summer 2003
- 2003-04: Autumn 2003 , Spring & Summer 2004
- 2004-05: Autumn 2004
- 2005-06: Autumn 2005 & Spring 2006
- 2006-07: Autumn 2006
Credits
| Starring | Roy Marsden as Tutor's voice Lisa Rigby as Maud Christopher Lynch as Rory |
| Music | Trevor Sewell |
| Writer | Steve Chambers |
| Executive Producer | Moira Scott |
| Producer | Sarah McCarthy |
Resources
There were teacher's notes, a resource pack, a Factfinders book and a Video Plus pack available.
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