Zig Zag: Mordicus
Mordicus is a unit of the BBC Schools TV series Zig Zag from the 1980s, covering nature for primary pupils.
A two-part BBC wildlife film by John and Simon King, called Mordicus the Buzzard and originally shown for a general audience on 23rd and 30th November 1984 as part of the series Three in the Wild. It was edited down and repeated on Zig Zag with new introductions for school viewers.
In the third episode Simon King talks to Zig Zag's Sheelagh Gilbey about how the film was made.
These programmes were originally advertised as a continuation of the preceding unit on You and the Media.
Episode List
# | Title | Broadcast |
---|---|---|
1. | Mordicus Episode 1 | 20 Oct 1986 |
2. | Mordicus Episode 2 | 3 Nov 1986 |
3. | The Making of Mordicus | 10 Nov 1986 |
Broadcasts
Year | Term | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Channel | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1986-87 | Autumn 1986 | Monday, 11:00am | Wednesday, 2:15pm | BBC2 |
Credits
Presenter | Sheelagh Gilbey |
With | Simon King |
Mordicus the Buzzard film by | John & Simon King |
Resources
There were teacher's notes available.
Related programmes
- Zig Zag: Rush, the Fallow DeerAnother Simon King nature film shown on Zig Zag in the 1980s.
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