Zig Zag: Water

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	BBC Schools TV
	1990-1994
	Geography

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	BBC Schools Radio
	1999
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📺BBC Schools TV

companyOpen Mind

started17th Sep 1990

ended29th Oct 1990

last rpt17th Feb 1993

3 school years

episodes6

duration20 mins

subject 🌏Geography

age rangeAge 7-9

languageenIn English

Zig Zag

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Water is a unit of the BBC Schools TV series Zig Zag from the 1990s, covering geography for primary school pupils.

Various approaches to the subject of water, including the water cycle, hydraulic power, canals and erosion.

Episode List

#	Title	Broadcast
1.	Water for Life	#1990-09-17-00-00-0017 Sep 1990
2.	Moving Water	#1990-09-24-00-00-0024 Sep 1990
3.	Sink or Swim	#1990-10-01-00-00-001 Oct 1990
4.	Land and Sea	#1990-10-08-00-00-008 Oct 1990
5.	Water at Work	#1990-10-15-00-00-0015 Oct 1990
6.	Back to the Future	#1990-10-29-00-00-0029 Oct 1990

Broadcasts

Year	Term	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Channel	Details
1990-91	Autumn 1990	Monday, 11:00am		Wednesday, 1:40pm			BBC2
1992-93	Spring 1993	Monday, 11:00am		Wednesday, 1:40pm			BBC2

Credits

Presenters	Paul Coia Sheelagh Gilbey
Series Producer	Tom Stanier
Education Officer	Frank Flynn
Director	Chris Ellis
Producer	Roland Tongue

Resources

Video Plus notes

There were teacher's notes, a Video Plus Pack and a Factfinders book available.

Related programmes

Primary Geography: Managing WaterA replacement unit on water presented by Steve Backshall was made in 2003, by which time Zig Zag was superseded by the new parent series Primary Geography.

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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