Zig Zag: Roman Britain
Roman Britain is a unit of the BBC Schools TV series Zig Zag from the 1990s, covering history for primary school pupils.
Presenter David goes to find out about Romans in Britain by visiting historical sites. In an ancient box he encounters a virtual guide called Marcus, who shows him pictures and maps, and explains how Rome itself started, the invasion of Britain, the Roman army, and life for people in Roman times. A lamp with magical powers allows David to meet other figures from Roman times who explain what they did.
Primary History
In 2002 this unit was repeated as part of the new series Primary History, with amended opening titles but otherwise intact.
After this final repeat run it was replaced by a new Primary History series on Romans in Britain in 2003.
Episode List
# | Title | Broadcast |
---|---|---|
1. | Invasion | 20 Sep 1993 |
2. | Fighters and Builders | 27 Sep 1993 |
3. | Town Life | 4 Oct 1993 |
4. | Country Life | 11 Oct 1993 |
5. | Gods, Games and Goodbye | 18 Oct 1993 |
Broadcasts
Year | Term | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Channel | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1993-94 | Autumn 1993 | Monday, 11:00am | Wednesday, 1:40pm | BBC2 | ||||
1994-95 | Spring 1995 | Monday, 11:00am | Wednesday, 1:25pm | BBC2 | ||||
1997-98 | Summer 1998 | Monday, 11:20am | Thursday, 11:15am | BBC2 | ||||
2002-03 | Autumn 2002 | Thursday, 12:10pm | BBC2 | Primary History |
CBBC Channel
Also broadcast on the CBBC Channel 'Class TV' service of schools programmes:
- 2002-03: Autumn 2002
- 2003-04: Autumn 2003
(This list may be incomplete)
Credits
Presenters | David Rubin Gary Hope as Marcus |
With | Peter Quilter as Manrix Jem Wall as Felix |
Music | Wayne Unwin |
Consultants | Jenny Hall & Christine Jones |
Series Producer | Nicholas Whines |
Executive Producer | Frank Flynn |
Producer | David Meldrum |
Resources
There were teacher's notes, a Video Plus Packs, a Factfinders book and software for Acorn computers available.
Links
- BBC Education - The Romans (archived 2002)
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