Zig Zag: The Channel Tunnel

	Dilyn y Ddraig
	BBC Schools TV
	1988-1990
	History

	Gather Round
	ITV Schools
	1982-1990
	Religion

	Let's Listen
	BBC Schools Radio
	1984-1990
	Miscellany

📺BBC Schools TV

companyBBC

started2nd Nov 1987

ended16th Nov 1987

last rpt13th Jun 1990

3 school years

episodes3

duration20 mins

subject 🌏Geography

age rangeAge 7-9

languageenIn English

Zig Zag

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The Channel Tunnel is a unit of the BBC Schools TV series Zig Zag from the 1980s & 1990s, covering Miscellany for Primary pupils.

Three topical programmes about building the Channel Tunnel - still several years from completion at the time of broadcast. Looking at the historical importance of the English Channel, how animals and humans build tunnels, and the opinions of people against and in favour of the Channel Tunnel.

Episode List

#	Title	Broadcast
1.	The English Channel	#1987-11-02-00-00-002 Nov 1987
2.	The Tunnel	#1987-11-09-00-00-009 Nov 1987
3.	A Link to Europe?	#1987-11-16-00-00-0016 Nov 1987

Broadcasts

Year	Term	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Channel	Details
1987-88	Autumn 1987	Monday, 11:00am		Wednesday, 1:38pm			BBC2
1989-90	Summer 1990	Monday, 11:00am		Wednesday, 1:40pm			BBC2

Credits

Presenter	Sheelagh Gilbey
Producer	John Chapple

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

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