Zig Zag: Winter Festival

	Sain, Cerdd a Chân
	BBC Schools Radio
	1959-1985
	Music

	Culaidh Mhìogais
	BBC Schools Radio
	1975-1989
	Miscellany

	Jigsaw
	BBC Schools Radio
	1976-1984
	Miscellany

📺BBC Schools TV

companyBBC

started17th Nov 1986

ended1st Dec 1986

last rpt30th Nov 1988

3 school years

episodes3

duration20 mins

subject 🙏Religion

age rangeAge 7-9

languageenIn English

Zig Zag

Previous unit: MordicusNext unit: Canada

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

Films about how children take part in Christmas-related celebrations in three different European countries, covering the Festival of Lucia in Sweden, 'Sinterklass Day' in the Netherlands, and traditions in Finland.

Episode List

#	Title	Broadcast
1.	Sweden	#1986-11-17-00-00-0017 Nov 1986
2.	Holland	#1986-11-24-00-00-0024 Nov 1986
3.	Finland	#1986-12-01-00-00-001 Dec 1986

Broadcasts

Year	Term	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Channel	Details
1986-87	Autumn 1986	Monday, 11:00am		Wednesday, 2:15pm			BBC2
1988-89	Autumn 1988	Monday, 10:58am		Wednesday, 1:40pm			BBC2

Credits

Presenter	Sheelagh Gilbey
Producer	Tom Stanier

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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Festivals

Christmas

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