Zig Zag: Spaceship Earth

	Sioe Gerdd
	BBC Schools Radio
	1986-2004
	Music

	Dilyn y Ddraig
	BBC Schools TV
	1988-1990
	History

	Let's See
	BBC Schools TV
	1971-1993
	Miscellany

📺BBC Schools TV

companyBBC

started10th Feb 1986

ended24th Feb 1986

last rpt9th Nov 1988

4 school years

episodes2

duration20 mins

subject 👨‍🔬Science

age rangeAge 7-9

languageenIn English

Zig Zag

Previous unit: Over to YouNext unit: The Greeks

Spaceship Earth is a unit of the BBC Schools TV series Zig Zag from the 1980s, covering Miscellany for Primary pupils.

A pair of programmes about the planet Earth, first its rocks, volcanos and mountains, and then its weather.

These two programmes supplement the earlier unit on Space, which involves the presenters taking a journey on the 'Spaceship Zig Zag', and was described in teacher's notes as the 6th & 7th episodes of that unit.

Episode List

#	Title	Broadcast
1.	The Rocks	#1986-02-10-00-00-0010 Feb 1986
2.	The Atmosphere	#1986-02-24-00-00-0024 Feb 1986

Broadcasts

Year	Term	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Channel	Details
1985-86	Spring 1986	Monday, 11:00am		Wednesday, 2:40pm			BBC2
1988-89	Autumn 1988	Monday, 10:58am		Wednesday, 1:40pm			BBC2

Credits

Presenter	Sheelagh Gilbey Paul Coia
The Atmosphere with	Michael Fish
Producer	Chris Ellis

Resources

There were teacher's notes available.

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

Topics

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Earth and atmosphere

Geology

Weather

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