THE WORLD AROUND US
History
TRUE STORIES (TV)
BBC2
12mins
age: 5-7
2012
Stories of children who, when they grew up, changed the world.
TW 0012A
TW 0012B
TW 0012C
TW 0012D
TW 0012E
Florence Nightengale
Alexander Graham Bell
Harriet Tubman
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Mary Anning
TW 0012F
TW 0012G
TW 0012H
TW 0012I
TW 0012J
Grace Darling
Edward Jenner
Rosa Parks
Thomas Barnardo
Elizabeth Fry
TI 1413
Toys and games
TN 0392
Clothes
WHAT? WHERE? WHEN? WHY? (TV)
BBC2
15mins
age: 6-7
Popular themes to support classroom work.
PEOPLE IN THE PAST: (1900)
TI 1229
In the kitchen
TI 1301
Keeping clean
2001
EARLY PEOPLE
2004
TN 0277
Shelter
TN 0338
Food
AROUND SCOTLAND: VICTORIAN SCOTLAND (TV)
BBC2
20mins
age: 8-11
2010
A group of teenagers become history detectives as they assess the evidence surrounding Victorian Stirling, with
research experts on hand to discuss Victorian photography, oral history and how to organise research.
TT 0121
TT 0136
Looking for evidence
Assessing the evidence
LISA LOOKS BACK (TV)
CH4
15mins
age: 6-8
TT 0152
Telling the story
2000
Lisa uncovers a wealth of stories and memories about life in the recent past from her grandparents.
TH 1647
TH 1716
TH 1798
Going to Granny’s
Fun and games
O’Donnell’s farm
EUREKA: ANCIENT EGYPT (TV)
CH4
15mins
age: 7-11
TH 1872
TH 1944
Are we nearly there?
Back to school
TT 0259
TT 0260
Egyptian women
The weighing of the heart
2008
Source material to tie in with the National Curriculum
TT 0256
TT 0257
TT 0258
The gift of the Nile
Homes and hieroglyphs
Death of a pharaoh
108
GRUESOME GREAT BRITAIN (TV)
BBC1
25mins
age: 8-11
2010
‘Blue Peter’ specials delving into Britain’s gruesome past.
TV 10837A
TV 10837B
The Vikings
Medieval life
TV 10837C
TV 10837D
Tudor Britain
The Victorians
TK 1272
TK 1332
A castle banquet
A castle at leisure
SKARA BRAE
2008
TQ 0442
The evidence
TQ 0467
The discovery
ROMANS
TT 0139
2010
Romans in Scotland 1
TT 0155
Romans in Scotland 2
THE 1960s
TG 1272
TG 1350
TG 1428
1999
Entertainment
Home life
School life
TG 1506
TG 1583
Shops and money
Transport
VIKINGS
TH 0336
TH 0355
TH 0368
2000
The sea
Invaders
Homes and settlements
TH 0380
TH 0392
Women and girls
Trading and crafts
TN 0298
TN 0299
Transport: James Watt
Medicine: Alexander Fleming
SEE YOU, SEE ME (TV)
BBC2
20mins
age: 7-9
A range of programmes produced by BBC Education Scotland.
CASTLES
TK 1095
TK 1159
TK 1213
2003
Building a castle
Living in a castle
Under siege
SCOTLAND’S INVENTORS
2002
TN 0296
Communication: John Logie
Baird
HOW WE USED TO LIVE (TV)
CH4
20mins
age: 7-14
This series is structured to meet the requirements of the National Curriculum.
THE FIFTIES (family drama in 10 parts)
TM 5626
Land of plenty
TM 5696
Home before nine
TM 5763
Keeping Britain great
TM 5832
Commercial breaks
TM 5897
Easter holidays
1989
THE SIXTIES (family drama in 10 parts)
TM 6298
Mini on the motorway
TM 6367
Last train from the mill road
TM 6431
Amazing reductions
TM 6597
Eyes down at Roxy
TM 6665
Flower power
1990
TM 5964
TM 6031
TM 6100
TM 6100
TM 6233
Separate schools
Women’s wrongs
Rising high
Strangers on the shore
Our kind of music
TM 6726
TM 6792
TM 6859
TM 6929
TM 6994
The big clean up
No fun being old
On the moon
Twin towers
Coming of age
109
HOW WE USE TO LIVE (TV) (continued)
A TUDOR INTERLUDE
1995
TD 0030
Hide and seek
TD 0116
Dangerous journeys
TD 0200
Disguises in the dark
TD 0285
TD 0368
A murder and a mystery
The search for Shakespeare’s
England
ISAAC NEWTON: UNDER THE STUARTS 1997
TE 1315
Plots, plagues and pyrotechnics
TE 1398
Pestilence and rainbow
TE 1495
The last magician
TE 1584
TE 1675
Fire and crucible
A cabinet of curiosities
FROM IRON WAYS
1999
TG 0850
The iron cradle
TG 0925
Geordie lads and Cornish men
TG 1003
Horses on the wagon way
TG 1080
TG 1156
The Quaker railway
Great Britons and local heroes
TA 0408
TA 0490
TA 0568
TA 0646
TA 0722
1895, half a century on
A model village
A bible and a rose
The hidden tenth
Utopia limited
BRITONS AT WAR
1998
TH 0897
The road to war
TH 0965
Nelson’s eye
TH 1044
Run rabbit, run
TH 1112
TH 1181
The admiralty regrets
Never again
THE SPANISH ARMADA
2000
TJ 0537
First encounter
TJ 0625
Family against family
TJ 0692
Victory
TUDOR TIMES
2002
TK 0077
Housing, hygiene and health
TK 0138
Word and education
TK 0197
Food, drink and entertainment
VICTORIANS (A family drama in 10 parts)
TG 1234
1845, a time of change
TG 1311
Family cares
TG 1390
Proper jobs
TG 1468
Fatal mixture
TG 1546
Rights and wrongs
1999
TONY ROBINSON’S LOCAL HISTORY SEARCH
TK 0258
Farming
TK 0328
Industry
A GIANT IN ANCIENT EGYPT
2003
TK 0484
Strong man on the Nile
TK 0566
Rameses the great
ALL CHANGE: The UK - 1945-1970
TL 0678
Home - prosperity
TL 0693
Work – field, factory, office
TL 0702
Travel – trains and cars
2003
TK 0367
TK 0420
Transport
Defence
TK 0649
Secrets of the tomb
TL 0713
TL 0726
Leisure – holidays and shopping
Technology – space race
2004
110
PRIMARY HISTORY (TV)
BBC2
20mins
age: 9-11
A series about major periods in history.
ANCIENT EGYPT
2005
TO 0975
Time and place
TO 0989
Nile food and farming
TO 1012
Everyday lives
TO 1035
TO 1058
Pyramids and temples
Pharaohs and gods
ANCIENT GREECE 2008
TQ 0629
Athens: school and geography
TQ 0652
Philosophy and medicines
TQ 0676
TQ 0700
Theatre and storytelling
Citizenship: Spartans and sport
THE AZTECS
2005
TQ 0801
In search of the Aztecs
TQ 0814
The end of the Aztec’s empire
BLACK HISTORY
2004
TO 0185
Ghandi
TO 0205
Black Britons from the abolition
of the slave trade to WW2
CHILDREN IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
TO 0223
Evacuation
CHILDREN IN VICTORIAN BRITAIN
TP 0247
Children at work
TP 0279
Children at school
2004
TO 0262
Daily life
2005
TP 0308
Children at play
HENRY’S WIVES
2008
TT 0023
Catherine of Aragon
TO 0308
Anne Boleyn
TO 0334
Jane Seymour
TO 0362
TO 0271
TO 0424
Anne of Cleves
Katherine Howard
Catherine Parr
INDUS CIVILISATION
2008
TQ 0577
Mohenjo-Daro
TQ 0599
Harappa
PYRAMID
TL 0283
TL 0285
The great pyramid of Khufu
TL 0189
TL 0241
TL 0323
The Thatcher years 1980 – 89
Towards a new millennium 1990
– 99
Writing about Britain since 1948
TL 0420
TL 0469
TL 0511
The Romans have landed
Roman roads and cities
Time travel express
TP 0662
TP 0683
Valiant Vikings
Viking voyagers
2004
In the name of the king
BRITAIN SINCE 1948
2004
TL 0021
A better Britain for all
TL 0043
Never had it so good 1952 - 59
TL 0097
The swingin’ sixties 1960 - 69
TL 0138
Trouble and strife 1970 – 79
THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN
TO 0336
The roman army
TO 0337
Roman relaxation
TL 0369
A walk through time
SAXONS AND VIKINGS
2007
TP 0625
Signs of the Saxons
TP 0647
Saxon settlers
2004
111
PRIMARY HISTORY (TV) (continued)
TIMELINES
2005
TO 0461
Recording the times
TO 0504
Home
TO 0540
Work
TUDOR LIFE
2004
TO 0881
Children – a girl’s story
TO 0903
Homes – a yeoman’s story
TO 0919
Food – a housewife’s story
WALK THROUGH TIME
2003
(Roman, Viking, Tudor, Victorian and 1950’s Britain)
TO 0974
Work
TO 0988
Food
TO 1011
Health
PRIMARY HISTORY SHORTS (TV)
BBC2
10mins
age: 9-11
TO 0563
TO 0587
Travelling
Children
TO 0933
TO 0947
Street – a merchant’s story
Entertainment – an actor’s story
TO 1034
TO 1057
Fashion
Entertainment
2009
An introduction to the life and times of Nelson Mandela.
TR 0177
Mandela
WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM - HISTORY (TV)
BBC2
20mins
age: 7-11
2007
Linked to the BBC primary history series ‘Saxons and Vikings’ this programme shows pupils how to write a historical
report.
TQ 0413
Writing about Saxons and Vikings
MIDDLE ENGLISH – UNDER THE HAWTHORN TREE (TV)
CH4
20mins
age: general
1999
A film version of Marita Conlon-McKenna’s novel which recreates the Great Famine through the lives of Eily, Michael
and Peggy.
TG 1340 – TG 1754
LANDMARKS (TV)
BBC2
20mins
4 programmes
age: 9 - 12
A stimulating variety of geography and history units.
BUILDINGS AND BUILDERS
TM 8916
The age of wood
TM 9031
Timber
TM 9136
Stone
TM 9158
The age of brick
1991
VICTORIAN CHILDREN
1991
TM 9899
A Victorian day
TM 9974
Queen Victorian’s children
TM 10050
The country child
TM 9229
TM 9300
TM 9363
TM 9428
Brick
Concrete
Castles
Cathedrals
TM 10124
TM 10197
The city child
Going to school
112
LANDMARKS (TV) (continued)
EGYPT
1993
TA 1075
The gift of the Nile
TA 1163
The Pharaohs
TA 1215
Life under the Pharaohs
TA 1286
TA 1403
Luxor today
Over to you on Egypt
EXPLORERS AND ENCOUNTERS 1992
TC 1601
Early civilisation
TC 1664
The Aztec empire
TC 1757
Voyages of exploration
TC 1783
TC 2083
TC 2084
The Spanish conquest
Columbus 1
Columbus 2
TUDORS AND STUARTS
1996
TD 1657
Henry VII
TD 1698
Henry VIII
TD 1739
The Mary Rose
TD 1780
Elizabeth 1
TD 1832
The Spanish Armada
TD 1907
TD 1976
TD 2018
TD 2040
TD 2021
The gunpowder plot
Charles 1
The plague
Charles II
The fire of London
TJ 0838
TJ 0908
School life
Achievements
TJ 2041
TJ 2113
TJ 2150
TJ 2174
A better Britain for all
Never had it so good
The swinging sixties
Trouble and strife
VICTORIAN BRITAIN
TJ 0626
Country life
TJ 0693
Home life
TJ 0759
Town life
2001
BRITAIN SINCE 1930
2002
TJ 1806
The hungry thirties
TJ 1876
Evacuation
TJ 1947
The blitz
TJ 1984
Victory
PRIMARY FOCUS HISTORY (TV)
BBC2
20mins
age: 9-11
Will increase children’s interest, awareness, knowledge and experience of life in their local environment. See also
Ulster in Focus.
1998
TF 1333
TF 1484A
Boyne valley
Standing stones
TF 1484B
A slice of time
2000
TQ 0858
TQ 0859
TU 0135
Belfast Blitz
Nendrum
Emigration
TQ 0396
TQ 0860
Life in Victorians times
Housing through the ages – from
mud hut to semi-detached
TP 0389
TP 0390
New Stone-Age (Neolithic)
The Metal Ages (Iron Age)
TP 0396
Victorian times
LIFE IN EARLY TIMES
1998
TP 0388
Hunters and gatherers
(Mesolithic)
BUILDING A PICTURE OF LIFE IN….
TP 0394
Early Times
TP 0395
Viking Times
1997.
113
VICTORIAN SCOTS (TV)
CH4
15mins
age: 10-12
2000
A series of short dramas about the life and times of leading members of Victorian society in Scotland.
TI 0059
TI 0114
TI 0170
Alexander Graham Bell
John Muir
Elsie Inglis
ULSTER IN FOCUS (TV)
BBC2
20mins
TI 0244
TI 0323
Andrew Carnegie
David Livingstone
age: 9-11
Will increase children’s interest, awareness, knowledge and experience of life in their local environment. See also
Primary Focus Geography and History.
THE NORMANS
1989
TM 4481
The Normans in France
TM 4614
The Normans in England
TM 0747
The Normans in Wales
TM 7881
TM 5015
TM 6672
The Normans in Scotland
The Normans in Ireland
The Normans in Ulster
THE ULSTER WAY 1989
TM 5639
Belfast to Red Bay
TM 5775
Cushendall to Causeway
TM 5908
Portstewart to Sperrins
TM 6043
Sperrins
TM 6177
Fermanagh to Tyrone
TM 9546
Tyrone to Armagh
TM 9695
Lough Neagh to Carlingford
Lough
TM 9849
Mourne country
TM 10000
Newcastle to Scrabo
TM 10149
Pettigo Falcarragh
TM 0013
Pothooks and not spiders
TM 3246
TM 3485
TM 3623
TM 3969
TM 4110
TM 6805
TM 6940
TM 8975
TM 9242
TM 4779
TM 10589
The Armada in Ireland
Tyrone Crystal
Apples in Armagh
The winding banks of Erne
Fairs and markets
The Boyne valley
The battle of Boyne
Bicycles – history
Big house – Castlecoole
Warp and weft – linen
Big house – Florencecourt
ARCHIVES
TB 1623
TB 1784
TB 1899
Dusty bluebells – children’s games
1970’s
TK 0393
Life in the city – Victorian
Belfast
TE 1421
TE 1607
Great expedition
Olaf’s house
1994
Beyond Errigal – Donegal 1960s
The island – Belfast shipyard 1960s
LIFE IN VICTORIAN TIMES
TK 0391
The Great Hunger
TK 0392
The Way West
2002
LIFE IN VIKING TIMES
1997
TE 0895
The Vikings in Scandinavia
TE 0984
Ireland in Viking times
TE 1249
The Vikings in Ireland
FACT OR FICTION (TV)
CH4
60mins
age: 9-11
2009
Tony Robinson searches for the truth about some of Britain’s heroes.
TR 0465
TR 0467
King Harald
Boudicca
TR 0469
TR 0471
William Wallace
Robin Hood
114
HISTORY FILE: THE FIRST WORLD WAR (TV)
BBC2
20mins
age 9-11
2010
Archive footage and detailed documentary evidence to bring home to students the real effects of the First World War.
TU 0035A
TU 0035B
TU 0035C
The approach of war
Stalemate
The Home Front
STUCK ON SHEEP MOUNTAIN (TV)
BBC1
30mins
age: 9-11
TU 0035D
TU 0035E
TU 0035F
Living and dying
Making peace
Make Germany pay
2011
Two families give up their modern lives and go back to the year 1890, to live as Victorian hill farmers in Snowdonia.
TU 0169A
TU 0169B
TU 0169C
TU 0169D
TU 0169E
THE TIME OF MY LIFE (TV)
CH4
15mins
age: 9-14
2000
Young interviewers talk to people of all ages and from different parts of the UK about housing, leisure, sport, work, the
World Wars social class and living in a multi-racial society.
TI 0033
TI 0084
TI 0137
TI 0200
TI 0278
East end of London 1910s and
1920s
West Yorkshire mill towns 1930s
Belfast 1930s
Fraserburgh during WW2
The D – Day landings 1944
THE 1900 HOUSE (TV)
CH4
30mins
TI 0377
TI 0441
TI 0505
TI 0576
TI 0648
Tiger Bay, Cardiff 1950s
Rural Dorset after WW2
Migration to Bradford 1960s
Liverpool 1960s
The protest generation in London
1970s
1999
age: general
A documentary series on the transformation of London terraced house into an authentic Victorian family residence.
The Bowler family live without any of their normal conveniences and attempt to eat, clean and socialise over a period
of three months in the manner of a late Victorian family.
TV 6001
TV 6017
TV 6034
TV 6046
TV 6067
TV 6085
TV 6088
The time machine – the house
A rude awakening – first days
Cleanliness is next to godliness
How to be a Victorian
Upstairs, downstairs – servants
EVACUEES (TV)
ITV
30mins
age: general
TV 7003
Women’s liberation – suffragettes
The good old days –
entertainment
Back to the future – conclusions
1991
The experiences of people who were evacuated from Belfast after the German air raids of April 1941.
TV 0078
THE GREAT FAMINE (TV)
ITV
30mins
age: general
1995
Two programmes on the origins of the potato famine of 1845 – 48 and the effects in Ireland.
TV 2509A
Blight
TV 2509B
Emigration
115
A NATION WHICH LIVES ON POTATOES (TV)
ITV
30mins
age: general
1995
A programme about the Great Famine in Ireland with special reference to the experiences of people in the Northern
counties.
TV 2155
TITANIC - MADE IN BELFAST (TV)
BBC1
40mins
age: general
2002
A documentary about the building of the ship and on its significance.
TV 4789
VICTORIAN FARM (TV)
BBC2
60mins
age: general
2009
Six part series in which the life of a farmer from 1885 is re-lived, using materials and implements from the period.
TV 10446
TV 10777
TV 10778
Re-visiting 1885
Winter approaches
The new year
TV 10779
TV 10780
TV 10781
Animal husbandry
Sheep shearing, hay harvest
The wheat harvest
Radio
INFANT HISTORY (RADIO)
BBC
10mins
age: 5-7
1997
Share the adventures of a group of children as they find out about he past – within living memory and beyond, close to
home and far away.
GRANNY’S BOX
RE 0071
Coming to stay
RE 0072
To the museum
RE 0073
Where we used to live
RE 0074
RE 0075
Tell me, sing me
The new baby
OUT AND ABOUT
RE 0076
The street
RE 0077
The upstairs family
RE 0078
Who lived downstairs
RE 0079
RE 0080
School
Holidays
RE 0392
RE 0393
The ironing board – Sarah Boone
The traffic light – Garett A
Morgan
INVENTORS
RE 0389
Lego – Old Kirk Christiansen
RE 0390
The steam locomotive – George
Stevenson
RE 0391
The telephone – Alexander
Graham Bell
116
HISTORY 9 –11 (RADIO)
BBC
20mins
age: 9-11
Aims to reinforce pupil’s knowledge and understanding of the past in accordance with the requirements of the National
Curriculum for history.
INVADERS AND SETTLERS – THE ROMANS
RE 0035
The Saxons invade
RE 0036
Saints and Saxons
ANCIENT GREECE
1998
RF 0667
The first Greeks
RF 0668
Classical childhood
VICTORIAN BRITAIN
1998
RF 0671
The local connections
RF 0672
Behind closed doors
1997
RE 0037
King Alfred
RF 0669
RF 0670
Eureka!
The golden age of Athens
RF 0673
The scandal of Andover
workhouse
RO 0220
Part two
WORLD WAR II SOUND RESOURCES (RADIO)
BBC
20mins
age: 7-11
2007
Sound effects from the period
RO 0219
Part one
SCOTTISH RESOURCES: 10-12 (RADIO)
BBC
20mins
age: 10 –12
Key features of history, environmental studies and English language at level D
THE STORY AND THE SONG: BURNS
2000
RH 0186
Rantin, rovin Robin
RH 0187
Up in the morning early
RH 0188
O, whistle an I’ll come to ye, my
lad
SCOTLAND: QUIZ
2000
RH 0481
Geography
RH 0482
People and work
RH 0483
Famous people
SOUNDS OF THE 80s
2000
RH 0486
Mrs Thatcher and all that
RH 0487
Technology and health
RH 0488
Lifestyle – food and fashion
CITIZENSHIP
2001
RI 0443
Representation
RI 0444
The elderly
SCOTLAND AT WAR
2001
RI 0446
Rash (rationing)
RI 0447
Evacuees – a stranger in my
house
RH 0189
RH 0190
The Deil’s awa wi the exciseman
O’ wet thou in the cauld blast
RH 0484
RH 0485
Hobbies and sport
Entertainment
RH 0489
RH 0490
Political change – the walls come
down
Music and entertainment
RI 0445
Conversation
RI 0448
RI 0449
RI 0450
Bombed oot (the children’s war)
I spy (internet)
Cowboy (women at war)
117
SCOTTISH RESOURCES: 10-12 (RADIO) (continued)
A PARCEL OF ROGUES (1715 Jacobite Rising)
2002
RJ 0530
The white rose
RJ 0533
RJ 0531
Awa wi’ the exiseman
RJ 0534
RJ 0532
The deer hunt
WALLACE’S SCOTLAND
2004
RL 0185
A blow for freedom
RL 0186
Taking up the sword
RL 0187
Skinning the English
RL 0188
RL 0189
SCOTLAND DURING THE TIME OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
RL 0190
Programme 1
RL 0191
Into the battle
The chill of winter
Raising the dragon
The golden lion
2004
Programme 2
PEOPLE IN THE PAST
2004
RL 0192A
Part 1: In the mill
RL 0192B
Part 2: In the vennell
VOICES OF WAR
2005
RM 0191
We’ll meet again
RM 0192
When the world is free
RELATIONSHIPS
2005
RM 0193
Living in a box
RM 0194
Should I stay or should I go
RI 0442
Chez nous
SOUND PICTURES 2005
RM 0199
The mysterious journey
RM 0200
The Y files
HEALTH: RISK
2006
RN 0460
Heroes and chickens
RN 0461
Storm warning
FOOD
RN 0462
RN 0463
Crumbs of comfort
EUROPE – FRANCE
RI 0441
A l’ecole
2001
2006
Dying to eat
A HISTORY IN A STONE: AN OLD EDINBURGH BUILDING
RN 0464
The seventeenth century: street
RN 0466
life
RN 0465
1745: Bonnie Prince Charlie
THE BATTLE OF THE AIRWAVES
RN 0467
Programme one
RN 0468
Programme two
HISTORY LOST AND FOUND (RADIO)
BBC
20mins
age: 10-12
2006
The eighteenth century: the new
town
2006
RN 0469
Programme three
1992
The children do the detective work of a real historian moving back through time to discover how people use to live, and
what major events affected their lives.
THE SECOND WORLD WAR
EM 3698
Teacher’s programme
EM 3743
Home Front
EM 3784
EM 0828
Evacuees
If it wasn’t for the wireless
118
HISTORY LOST AND FOUND (RADIO) (continued)
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
EM 3915
Life in the eighteenth century
EM 4043
EM 3958
Gentlemen of the road
EM 4086
EM 4001
Ploughing the ocean
VICTORIAN BRITAIN
EM 4196
Victorian children
EM 4244
Two country families
EM 4291
Two town families
EM 4339
EM 4385
Puddings and smouch
A day for fireworks
The forgotten women
Henry Mayhew’s London
TODAY AND YESTERDAY IN NORTHERN IRELAND (RADIO)
BBC
20mins
age: 9-11
Draws on a wide range of material, including geography, history, folklore and topics of current interest
LEGENDS
EM 3701
EM 3745
EM 0787
1992
Fionn McCool
Setanta
Tall tales
THE LAST WAR
1992
EM 6345
Run rabbit run (evacuees)
HISTORY THE VIKINGS
1994
RB 0288
Dublin settlements
RB 0289
A Viking legend
EM 5923
EM 5950
EM 5977
The birth of Oisin
The children of Lir
The Navan dragon
EM 6375
The Blitz
RB 0290
Raid on the north coast
119
Geography
THE ADVENTURES OF WILLIAM WHISKERSON (TV)
BBC2
30mins
age: 5-8
2012
Geography programme for Key Stage 1 following the adventures of William Whiskerson, a mouse explorer
TW 0024
Island, farm, city
JUST SO DARWIN (TV)
BBC2
15mins
age: 5-7
2009
Granddad Charlie tells Sam remarkable stories
TR 0490
TR 0525
TR 0547
Camel, Polar Bear, Crocodile
Camouflage, Ostrich, Elephant
Platypus, Cactus, Tortoise
TR 0557
Puffer fish, Giraffe, Lonely
tortoise
TI 0514
Living in a home
TI 0905
The happy gang game
TI 1132
In the past
TL 0653
Life in the forest
TN 0943
People of the night
WHAT? WHERE? WHEN? WHY? (TV)
BBC2
15mins
age: 6-7
Popular themes to support classroom work.
HOMES
TI 0450
2000
Building a home
TOYS
TI 0760
TI 0833
2001
Hoops a daisy
Gangway
PEOPLE WHO HELP US
TI 0976
In school
TI 1049
Out of school
TREES
TL 0598
2001
2004
The oak
IN THE DARK
2005
TN 0821
Dark is friendly
TN 0890
Creatures of the night
FINANCIAL CAPABILITY: THE NATURE OF MONEY
2001
TO 0252
The big money programme
TO 0320
TO 0284
Old junk, new junk
Lots of lolly!
PETS AND ANIMALS
2001
TO 0877
Mini beasts
TO 0898
Caring for a pet
TO 0915
Animals which help us
TALKING RUBBISH
2007
TQ 0019
What is rubbish?
TQ 0063
Good rubbish
TQ 0103
Bad rubbish
120
I DO THIS (TV)
BBC2
15mins
age: 7-8
2002
Some of the jobs that people do and some of the goods and services that people need
TR 0011
TR0037
TR0072
House and home
The Postman
Potatoes
SEE YOU SEE ME (TV)
BBC2
20mins
TR0106
TR0139
Vets and Pets
Rubbish
TQ 0537
Coastal birds
TN 0588
Sun and wind
TK 0934
TK 0995
The forest
The mountain
TN 0411
The farmer’s year
TK 1508
TK 1608
TK 1672
Materials
Forces and energy
Light and sound
TP 0014
TP 0015
Coping with the heat
Coping with our climate
age: 7-9
A range of programmes produced by BBC Education Scotland.
BIRDS
TQ 0491
TQ 0514
2008
Urban birds
Rural birds
WEATHER: PLACE AND PEOPLE
TN 0583
Rain and snow
ARE YOU ECO FRIENDLY?
TK 0746
The seashore
TK 0807
The river
TK 0873
The town
FARMING
TN 0410
2005
2003
2004
On the farm
PRIMARY GEOGRAPHY (TV)
BBC2
20mins
age: 7-11
A series which looks at the earth’s landscape and environment.
ART
TK 1368
TK 1406
TK 1457
2003
Countryside
Lough
Forest
COPING WITH THE CLIMATE
TP 0012
Coping with the cold
TP 0013
Coping with the wet
2006
ENVIRONMENT: WATER, AIR AND LAND
TK 1404
Environmental change
TK 1455
Using the world’s resources
TK 1506
Waste
INDIA
TQ 0435
TQ 0459
2008
India
Urban India – Mumbai
2003
TK 1607
TK 1670
TQ 0483
TQ 0507
Guarding the future
Conflicts
Desert India – Jodhpur
Tropical India - Kochi
121
PRIMARY GEOGRAPHY (TV) (continued)
KENYA
2005
TO 0550
Introduction to Kenya
TO 0551
Daily life in rural Kenya
TO 0572
Daily life in urban Kenya
TO 0573
TO 0574
Kenya and world food
Kenya and world tourism
POSTCARDS
2003
TL 0159
City and countryside
TL 0161
Distant localities Pakistan
TL 0212
Digging the landscape
MEXICO
TP 0719
TP 0736
TP 0753
Changing settlements
TQ 0382
TQ 0406
People and the coastline
Writing about the landscape
TR 0129
Journey down the Nile
TP 0665
TP 0666
Our land
Our changing environment
TO 0145
TO 0203
The Nile
The Mississippi
2010
TT 0222
A thirsty world
2006
Welcome to Mexico
Changing environments
MOUNTAINS AND COASTS
TQ 0254
Mountain landscapes
TQ 0301
Life in the mountains
TQ 0342
Coastal landscapes
THE NILE
TR 0096
2007
2008
The gift of the Nile
OUR PATCH
2006
TP 0663
Village, town and city
TP 0664
Our needs
RIVERS OF THE WORLD
TO 0010
The Orinoco
TO 0040
The Angara
TO 0083
The Danube
2005
WATER – BANGLADESH, USA, BRITAIN
TT 0194
Where does it come from?
TT 0208
Living with flood
WEATHER
TQ 0469
TQ 0496
2008
Temperature
Rain
WEATHER, PLACE AND PEOPLE
TP 0008
Weather
TP 0031
Tropical Grenada
TP 0058
Desert USA
TQ 0516
TQ 0539
Wind
Seasons
TP 0091
TP 0130
TP 0166
Arctic Lapland
Mountain landscapes
Life in the mountains
TR 0270
Using water
2006
PRIMARY GEOGRAPHY SHORTS (TV)
BBC2
10mins
age: 7-11
A series which looks at the earth’s landscape and environment.
BANGLADESH
2008
TR 0201
Living
TR 0234
Flooding
122
PRIMARY GEOGRAPHY SHORTS (TV) (continued)
FRANCE
2006
TP 0409
Paris
TP 0476
TP 0432
Brittany
TP 0497
TP 0455
The Camargue
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
TO 0430
Somerset
TO 0466
North Sea
TO 0509
Berlin
The Alps – dairy farming
The Alps – tradition and tourism
2005
USING THE LAND
2006
TP 0248
Growing settlements: rural
change: urban growth
TP 0280
Changing industry
TO 0544
TO 0566
Karkonosze
Colorado Drylands
TP 0309
TP 0347
TP 0365
Digging the landscape
Coastal neighbours
Inner city
WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM - GEOGRAPHY (TV)
BBC2
20mins
age: 9-11
2007
Linked to the BBC primary geography series ‘weather, place and people’.
TQ 0413
Writing about the weather
GEOGRAPHY JUNCTION (TV)
CH4
15mins
age: 7 – 11
A series about people who live in different parts of the world and throughout Britain.
TAKE TWO
TI 1100
TI 1197
TI 1268
2001
Our daily lives
How our cities grow
Harvesting the weather
TI 1382
TI 1453
Our links with each other
Sharing our earth
TK 0518
TK 0595
Energy
Planning
TK 0924
TK 0985
Wind
Hot
TK 1017
To the open sea
THE RHONE
2003
TK 1047
Birth of a river
TK 1086
Down from the hills
TK 1149
Meeting places
TK 1204
TK 1262
Water for life
Between land and sea
JAMAICA
TL 0283
TL 0338
TL 0386
TL 0437
TL 0483
So much water
The coastal environments
CHANGING CITIES
TK 0337
Housing
TK 0373
Transport
TK 0435
Recycling
2002
EXTREME WEATHER
TK 0736
Wet
TK 0797
Cold
TK 0863
Dry
2003
RIVERFLIGHT
2003
TK 0955
From the mountain spring
2003
Jamaica – A place to live
Port Antonio – The local people
People at work
123
BEING CHINESE (TV)
BBC2
40mins
age: 7-11
2011
Eight short stories about the everyday lives of children in China, offering insights into the life and culture of the country
as perceived by children.
TU 0038
BEING ITALIAN (TV)
BBC2
30mins
age: 7-11
2010
Short stories about the everyday lives of young people in Italy all shot on location in and around Rome. The stories
offer an insight into the life and culture of the country as perceived by children.
TT 0168
CULTURE CLUB (TV)
BBC
20mins
age: 7-11
2008
Food and customs from different lands
TR 0644
TR 0645
India
China
TR 0646
TR 0647
Portugal
Jamaica
HUMAN PLANET: CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY (TV)
BBC2
60mins
age: 7-11
2011
10 stories from the Human Planet series, closely linked to the KS2 Geography curriculum, look at how humans have
learned to live with extremes of habitat.
TU 0116
EUREKA! (TV)
CH4
15mins
age: 7-11
2000
The life of an Inuit family seen though the eyes of a ten year old and with the experiences of older members of the family
which illustrates modern and traditional lifestyles.
INNUIT: PEOPLE OF THE ICE
TI 1716
Inuit geography
TI 1779
Inuit science
LANDMARKS (TV)
CH4
20mins
TI 1843
TI 1909
Inuit technology
Inuit art
age: 9-11
A stimulating variety of geography units.
CARIBBEAN ISLANDS (Trinidad and Dominica)
TH 1290
Landscape
TH 1366
People
TH 1431
Work
RIVERS OF THE WORLD
2000
TI 0564
The Orinocco, what are rivers
TI 0582
The Anagra, power of rivers
TI 0599
The Danube, rivers and transport
2000
TH 1497
TH 1562
TI 0610
TI 0623
Climate
Buildings
The Nile, the source of the river
The Mississippi, taming the river
124
LANDMARKS (TV) (continued)
THE RIVER SEVERN
2000
TI 0494
The course of the river
TI 0510
Places on the river
TI 0525
Travelling on the river
TI 0536
TI 0549
Water from the river
Caring for the river
TI 1609
TI 1668
Cities
Drylands
TI 1627
TI 1686
A family in Lahore
Indus Valley civilisation
TI 1641
TI 1701
Coping with the heat
Coping with our climate
POSTCARDS
2001
TJ 0005
Rivers and waters
TJ 0042
Weather contrasting UK localities
TJ 0111
Settlements
TJ 0333
TJ 0423
Contrasting distant localities
World environment changes
PORTRAIT OF EUROPE
TJ 0981
Spain
TJ 1052
France
TJ 1122
Germany
TJ 1223
TJ 1332
Netherlands by the sea
Sweden
WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES
TI 1535
Woodlands and forests
TI 1564
Wetlands
TI 1592
The sea
PAKISTAN
TI 1554
TI 1573
TI 1608
2000
2000
Introduction to Pakistan
The Swat Valley
A village in the Punjab
COPING WITH THE CLIMATE
TI 1551
The world’s weather
TI 1579
Coping with the cold
TI 1614
Coping with the wet
PRIMARY FOCUS (TV)
BBC2
20mins
2001
2002
age: 9-11
A series of programmes to help pupils in their personal and social development.
THE WORLD AROUND US 2004
TL 0740
Changing places
TL 0797
Think local act global
ECO SCHOOLS
2005
TN 0796
Recycling
THE ENVIRONMENT: LOCAL HABITATS
TN 0922
Strangford Lough
CHINA STORIES (TV)
BBC2
20mins
age: 9-14
TL 0876
Rolling back the years
TN 0854
Wind farms
TN 0965
Lough Neagh
2005
2009
Life in modern China from the perspectives of people who live there.
TT 0020
TT 0033
Life in modern China
Ancient medicine; Kung Fu
TT 0047
TT 0063
Community leader
From farm life to clothes design
125
WHO ARE WE? (TV)
BBC2
20mins
age: 7-11
2010
Children from different parts of England present their lives, enthusiasms and how they see themselves.
TT 0177
TT 0190
Living in Shropshire
Muslim in Coventry/Jamaican
origins
WORLD CUP STORIES (TV)
BBC2
30mins
age: 7-11
TT 0205
Caring for a disabled
sibling/Living on a dairy farm
2010
A window into the world of six very different South African children as the nation becomes the first in Africa to host the
FIFA World Cup finals.
TT 0261
YOUR WORLD (TV)
CH4
10mins
age: 9-14
1995
A data bank of memorable moving pictures, such as a flash of lightning in slow motion or time lapse film of seeds
germinating.
TD 0050
TD 0137
TD 0221
TD 0305
TD 0389
Land formation
Land erosion
Volcanoes
Water
Weather
RAGING PLANET (TV)
CH4
60mins
age: general
TD 0476
TD 0557
TD 0641
TD 0725
TD 0810
Plants
Environments
Animals
Sun and moon
Stars and planets
TV 4666
TV 4710
TV 4736
TV 4767
Flood
Blizzard
Lightning
Earthquake
1997
Graphic footage of extreme weather around the world.
TV 4497
TV 4528
TV 4554
TV 4595
TV 4628
Hurricane
Volcano
Tidal wave
Fire
Tornado
SAVAGE EARTH (TV)
ITV
60mins
age: general
1997
Dramatic coverage of earthquakes and volcanoes form around the world.
TV 4537
TV 4569
Hell’s crust – volcanoes
Restless planet – earthquakes
STORM FORCE (TV)
CH4
60mins
age: general
TV 4606
TV 4664
Out of inferno – volcanoes
Waves of destruction – tidal wave
1998
Programmes about extreme weather in Britain, Europe and around the world.
TV 5530
TV 5579
TV 5600
Tornado
Hurricanes
Big freezes
TV 5627
TV 6052
Global catastrophe
Flood
126
Radio
COME TO KOCHI (RADIO)
BBC
15mins
age: 7-11
2005
A study of the city of Kochi in Kerala state India.
RM 0319
RM 0320
RM 0321
RM 0322
RM 0323
RM 0324
RM 0325
RM 0326
RM 0327
RM 0328
Meet the family
Our district of Kochi
Meet my friends
Going shopping
Working for a living
Meet the fishermen
Getting around the city
Pollution problems
The new bridge to Vypin
The spice trade
Science
Television
STAGE ONE (TV)
CH4
15mins
age: 5-7
2001
Connects science and technology with everyday life. Children are shown how school investigations relate to the worlds
of commerce, industry and leisure.
MACHINES
TI 1307
TI 1419
Time technology
Diggers and dumpers
I WANT TO DO THAT
TI 1632
I want to fly
TI 1692
I want to swim
TI 1757
I want to go fast
FOUR SEASONS
TJ 0061
Spring: the season of rebirth
TJ 0129
Summer: the season of warmth
TJ 0253
Autumn: the season of wild fruit
and fungi
TI 1490
Musical machines
TI 1821
TI 1885
I want to be loud
I want to be big
TJ 0352
Winter: the season of ice and
snow
All year round: contrasting
environments
TJ 0442
NATURAL INVENTIONS
TJ 0523
Sticky things
TJ 0603
Building blocks
TJ 0669
What’s around me?
TJ 0735
TJ 0814
Getting about
Seen or hidden
GROWING PLANTS
TJ 0958
What makes a plant?
TJ 1029
How do plants grow and change?
TJ 1099
Where do plants come from?
TJ 1403
TJ 1473
Animal puppets
Super food
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
TJ 1200
Pop up pictures
TJ 1309
Wheels galore
127
CATS EYES (TV)
BBC2
30mins
age: 5-7
Scientific investigation to help develop children’s understanding of science.
TYPES OF MATERIAL
2000
TI 0227
Protection/Sorting
TI 0305
Building materials/Waterproofing
LIGHT AND SOUND
2000
TI 0396
Light and dark/Colour
TI 0464
Sound/Music
TI 0601
Bending/Giving thing shape
TI 0716
Floating and sinking/Natural
forces
ELECTRICITY
2001
TI 1065
Electricity helps/Electric shocks
TI 1148
Electricity: past and
present/Magnets
THE ENVIRONMENT
2002
TJ 1790
Eating plants
TJ 1860
Life in the water
TJ 1931
TJ 1977
Habitat and humans
Litter
TJ 2143
TJ 2169
Weather
Seasons
TK 0067A
TK 0067B
Growing up
Senses
PLANTS AND ANIMALS
2002
TK 0410
Is it living?
TK 0475
Flowers, seeds and plants
TK 0557
TK 0640
Animal families
Animal care
LIVING
TK 0683A
TK 683B
TK 0712A
TK 0712B
Movement
Survival
CHANGING MATERIALS
2000
TI 0527
Freezing and melting/The effects
of heat
FORCES
TI 0678
2000
Push and pull/Falling
THE EARTH AND BEYOND
TJ 2026
Rocks
TJ 2098
Sun and water
PEOPLE
TK 0017A
TK 0017B
2002
2002
Body parts
Faces
2002
Night-life
Being Healthy
LITTLE STARGAZING (TV)
BBC2
30mins
age: 5-7
30mins
Four short films in which children aged five and six, and their families, marvel at the wonders of space.
TW 0048
128
KEYSTAGE ONE SCIENCE CLIPS (TV)
BBC2
10mins
age: 5-7
2004
A series using footage from other programmes to illustrate aspects of the National Curriculum.
TO 0444
TO 0445
TO 0446
TO 0482
TO 0483
TO 0484
TO 0524
TO 0525
TO 0526
TO 0553
TO 0554
TO 0555
Ourselves
Health and growth
Growing plants
Plants and animals
Variation
Sorting and using materials
CURIOUS CAT’S SCIENCE (TV)
BBC2
10mins
age 5-8
Grouping and changing materials
Pushes and pulls
Forces and movement
Light and dark
Sounds and hearing
Using electricity
2012
An introduction to the world of materials, science and discovery.
TW 0011A
TW 0011B
TW 0011C
TW 0011D
TW 0011E
TW 0011F
TW 0011G
TW 0011H
TW0011I
What happens to our sewage?
How is electricity made?
How is television made?
How is glass made?
How is paper made?
SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS (TV)
BBC2
10mins
age: 5-11
How is steel made?
How is wool made?
How are bricks made?
How are crayons made?
2004
Complementing Science Clips these programmes encourage an investigative approach to science and show children the
various stages in designing an enquiry and carrying it out.
TO 0895 – TO 0945
12 programmes
WHAT? WHERE? WHEN? WHY? (TV)
BBC2
15mins
age: 6-7
Popular themes to support classroom work.
TECHNOLOGY
2004
TL 0899
Sticking together
TL 0970
In a flap
SCIENCE
TL 1092
2004
Hot and cold
TECHNOLOGY: THINGS WE WEAR
TN 0442
Weather wraps
SEE YOU, SEE ME (TV)
BBC2
20mins
age: 7-9
TL 1036
Bright ideas
TL 1123
Dress for the weather
TN 0496
Suitable suits
TN 0461
Space quest
2004
2004
A range of programmes produced by BBC Education Scotland
SPACE
TN 0458
TN 0459
The solar system
The sun and the moon
129
THE WAY THINGS WORK (TV)
BBC2
15mins
age: 7-9
2002
Programmes intended to demonstrate the essential principles of physics.
TL 1358
TL 1359
TL 1412
TL 1413
TL 1434
TL 1435
TN 0565
TN 0619
TN 0664
TN 0728
TN 0817
TN 0884
TN 0938
TN 0983
Coconut crumble
Take it to the bridge
She wears my ring
Shocking
Sense and sensibility
Telecommunication
Rolling stones
A see-saw world
Take a mammoth to water
Fun at the fair
A knight’s tale
Pulleys
Life on the water
Stuck in the mud
THE EARTH AND BEYOND
TH 1352
Over the moon
TH 1471
A touch of sun
PEOPLE
TK 0009
TK 0050
What’s the sense?
PLANTS AND ANIMALS
TK 0111
Sorting it out
TK 0232
The alien tree
LIVING
TK 0302A
TK 0302B
Get well soon
THE ENVIRONMENT
TK 0393
Beside the sea
TK 0457
Down on the farm
TYPES OF MATERIAL
TK 0540
New shorts
TK 0623
Treasure hunt
CHANGES IN MATERIALS
TK 0677
A piece of cake
TK 0707
Mending a monster
LIGHT AND SOUND
TK 0744
Mirror, mirror on the wall
TK 0805
Stop that noise
FORCES
TK 0871
On your bike
TK 0932
Ahoy
ELECTRICITY
TK 0993
Switching on
TK 1007
What’s the attraction?
TL 0597
TL 0652
TL 0709
TL 0768
TL 0823
TL 0894
TL 0968
TL 1034
TL 1090
TL 1122
TL 1148
TL 1164
TL 1210
TL 1262
Pulleys
Life on the water
Stuck in the mud
A head full of steam
That sinking feeling
Engine trouble
On squeezing mammoths
Oh for the wings of a mammoth
Somewhere over the mammoth
The far side
Heating
The sound of a mammoth
Images
Cooling
THE EXPERIMENTER (TV)
BBC2
20mins
age: 7-9
2003
Questioning, observing and recording data.
Old boney
It runs in the family
130
AFTER LIFE: ROT BOX DETECTIVES (TV)
BBC2
60mins
age: 7-11
2012
This spin off from the BBC 4 programme ‘After Life’ sees four young science detectives investigate rot and decay
through experiments and activities. They are assisted by Dr George McGavin.
TW
0002
THE BLOODHOUND ADVENTURE (TV)
BBC2
60mins
age: 7-11
2012
In this BBC Learning Zone programme children are set a series of challenges which explore the science behind the
Bloodhound project to build the world’s fastest car.
TW 0003
KEYSTAGE TWO SCIENCE CLIPS (TV)
BBC2
10mins
age: 7-11
2008
A series using footage from other programmes to illustrate aspects of the National Curriculum.
AGE 7-9
TQ 0234
TQ 0235
TQ 0281
TQ 0282
TQ 0326
TQ 0327
Teeth and eating
Moving and growing
Helping plants grow well
Habitats
Characteristics of materials
Keeping warm
TQ 0367
TQ 0368
TQ 0400
TQ 0400b
TQ 0416
TQ 0417
Rocks and soils
Solids and liquids
Circuits and conductors
Magnets and springs
Friction
Light and shadow
AGE 9-11
TQ 0431
TQ 0432
TQ 0455
TQ 1456
TQ 0479
TQ 0480
Life cycles
Keeping healthy
Independence and adaptation
Micro organisms
Gases around us
Changing state
TQ 0503
Reversible and irreversible
changes
Changing circuits
Forces in action
Changing sounds
How we see things
Earth, sun and moon
THE L.A.B. SERVES UP FOOD (TV)
BBC2
20mins
age: 8-11
TQ 0504
TQ 0526
TQ 0527
TQ 0554
TQ 0555
2009
Two allotment groups, one from a Glasgow primary school ant the other from the North Glasgow Community Food
Initiative, embark on a growing journey from seed to plate.
TT 0120
PRIMARY CLASS CLIPS: DARWIN’S ALBUM (TV)
BBC2
20mins
age: 7-11
2009
A selection of clips from BBC programmes to support teaching on the theme of Darwin.
TT 0080
TT 0094
Predators and prey
Favourable characteristics of
animals
TT 0109
The survival of offspring
131
SEASONAL SNAPSHOTS (TV)
BBC2
20mins
age 7-11
2009
Children’s video diaries about the seasons.
TT 0024
TT 0037
Spring
Summer
TT 0051
TT 0066
Autumn
Winter
LIGHT AND SOUND
TH 0397
Making sounds
TH 0448
Communication
CHANGING MATERIALS
TH 0518
Rusting
TH 0590
Burning
FORCES
TH 0661
TH 0732
Streamlining
THE EARTH AND BEYOND
TH 1351
The earth from space
TH 1415
The water cycle
THE ENVIRONMENT
TH 1480
Desert environment
TH 1548
Recycling living things
LIVING
TH 0919
TH 0987
Places to live
PLANTS AND ANIMALS
TH 1066
Food chains
TH 1134
Inside plants
ELECTRICITY
TH 1204
Electric current
TH 1274
Recycling materials
SPACE ARK (TV)
BBC2
10mins
age: 7-11
2000
Questioning, recording, observing and communicating.
Transport safety
Smoking and health
STAGE TWO SCIENCE (TV)
CH4
15mins
age: 7-11
2001
A series of science programmes for age 7-11 which concentrates on aspects of the national curriculum.
LIFE PROCESSES
TI 1598
Life cycles
TI 1657
Family groups
TI 1725
Human bodies
TI 1786
TI 1850
Fit and healthy
Eat it
ENERGY FROM NATURE
TJ 0031
Electricity from the moon
TJ 0223
Heat beneath their feet
TJ 0100
Light fantastic
MINIWORLDS
TJ 0321
Breakfast in your bed
TJ 0412
It’s a jungle out there
THE EARTH AND BEYOND
TJ 0505
Our solar system and beyond
TJ 0573
Our earth
132
STAGE TWO SCIENCE (TV) (continued)
ACTION FORCES
TJ 0640
Pushing and pulling
TJ 0707
Stretching and squashing
TJ 0775
Speeding up and slowing down
ANIMALS AND PLANTS
TJ 0927
Similarities and differences
TJ 0997
Feeding and breathing
TJ 1068
Shelter and warmth
TJ 1169
TJ 1278
Moving
Life cycles
HABITATS
TJ 1372
TJ 1442
TJ 1529
TJ 1604
TJ 1673
Farmland
Estuary
Inner city
Hedgerow
Woodland
STARGAZING CHALLENGES (TV)
BBC2
30mins
age: 7-11
2012
Blue Peter presenters challenge scientists, Helen Czerski and Jem Stansfield, to explain the solar system.
TW 0028
WATCH OUT (TV)
BBC2
15mins
age: 7-11
2000
Encourages children to go out and observe the changing seasons.
TH 0395
TH 0431
TH 0501
Life cycles
Home buildings
New life
POD’S MISSION (TV)
BBC2
15mins
TH 0573
TH 0645
TH 0716
age: 8-9
Rearing young
City life
Night life
2005
A series which involves children in prediction and decision making in Science and encourages them to question results.
TP 0613
TP 0614
TP 0635
TP 0636
TP 0650
TP 0651
TP 0672
TP 0673
Teeth and food
Plants
Growing plants
Materials
Testing materials
Rocks and soils
Forces, magnets and springs
Light and shadow
TP 0694
TP 0695
TP 0708
TP 0709
TQ 0542
TQ 0570
TQ 0592
TQ 0613
Bones and muscle
Habitats and keys
Food chains
Hot and cold
Solids and liquids
Friction
Water and air resistance
Circuits and conductors
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN NORTHERN IRELAND (TV)
CH4
15mins
age: 8-11
2001
A series of programmes used to illustrate scientific concepts. Each broadcast contains two stories set in a variety of
contacts and poses a technology challenge at the end.
TJ 1783
TJ 1823
TJ 1894
Needs for life
Melting and shaping
Changed forever
TJ 1995
TJ 2063
Natural forces
Built to last
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IRISH SCIENTISTS AND INVENTORS (TV)
CH4
20mins
age: 8-12
1997
Science is considered in historical context drawing upon pupils’ own cultural heritage where appropriate. The
programmes will also help children develop their investigation skills in key aspects of science and technology.
TE 1332
TE 1418
TE1518
TE 1604
Sir Hans Sloane: lime, dulse and
doctor
William Traill: water, wind and
wire
John Boyd Dunlop: boneshaker,
air and tyre
SCIENCE ZONE (TV)
BBC2
20mins
age: 9-11
TE 1693
Robert Lloyd Praeger: flowers,
ferns and weeds
John Clarke: tatties, spuds and
praties
2001
How science is used in the everyday world.
LIVING
TI 0786
Fit for life
TI 0858
Paradise lost
PLANTS AND ANIMALS
TI 0930
Project barn owl
SCIENCE ZONE (TV) (continued)
ELECTRICITY
TI 1074
Make or break
TI 1157
Power to the people
THE EARTH AND BEYOND
TI 1255
Sun seeker
TI 1325
Out of this world
THE ENVIRONMENT
TI 1438
Green piece
TI 1507
Creature comforts
TV 8073
Changing materials, separating
materials, electricity, forces,
forces and measurement, light,
sound, earth and beyond
TI 1001 Guess who’s coming to dinner?
REVISEWISE SCIENCE (TV)
BBC2 120 mins
AGE: 9-11
Programmes on revision for the national curriculum tests KS2.
TV 8072
Getting started, interpreting
results, living things, human and
other animals 1& 2, green plants,
materials and their properties,
solids liquids and gases
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