Zig Zag: The Arabs

📺BBC Schools TV

companyBBC

started17th Sep 1984

ended15th Oct 1984

last rpt20th Mar 1991

7 school years

episodes5

duration20 mins

subject 🌏Geography

age rangeAge 7-9

languageenIn English

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Zig Zag

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The Arabs is a unit of the BBC Schools TV series Zig Zag from the 1980s & 1990s, covering social studies for primary school pupils.

A look at the Islamic religion, the historical influence of Arabic culture on the UK, and the modern Islamic world.

The unit was originally advertised as Out of the Desert: The Story of the Arabs and Islam, and the third episode was originally listed as The Crusades.

Episode List

#	Title	Broadcast
1.	Islam	#1984-09-17-00-00-0017 Sep 1984
2.	Sinbad the Sailor	#1984-09-24-00-00-0024 Sep 1984
3.	Sugar and Spice	#1984-10-01-00-00-001 Oct 1984
4.	Water for the Desert	#1984-10-08-00-00-008 Oct 1984
5.	Tomorrow's Arabs	#1984-10-15-00-00-0015 Oct 1984

Broadcasts

Year	Term	Mon	Wed	Channel
1984-85	Autumn 1984	Monday, 11:00am	Wednesday, 2:40pm	BBC2
1986-87	Summer 1987	Monday, 11:00am	Wednesday, 2:15pm	BBC2
1989-90	Summer 1990	Tue-Thu, various times		BBC2
1990-91	Spring 1991	Monday, 8:30am	Wednesday, 1:40pm	BBC2

Credits

Presenter	Sheelagh Gilbey Paul Coia
Series Producer	Tom Stanier

Resources

There were teacher's notes and a project book 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

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Human geography

Social studies

Life in Northern Africa

Life in the Middle East

Crusades

Islam

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Saudi Arabia

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