Like for Bridges, I found the 2 VHS/leaflet covers on my backups taken in 2007 from the FWU archives. Now lost and there are no pics on the web. Pic 2 I had before, but pic 1 is new. 1983 series. 2 VHS for 5 episodes.
Main post
https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-london-outing.html
Pic 2 from YouTube clip "새미학습 초등영어 4학년 1학기 1단원 1차시" Elementary grade 4 or 1. Lesson 1 Nice to meet you 1/4. Both uploader min780508 신민철.
From reporters Kim Jae-hong and Kwon Jeong-ho from Gyeongnam. Aka Sammi Learning, Saemi Learning. I haven't checked all clips but there are few live-action scenes.
There are also clips with the green alien comic character Zeeto 지토 from the "Kevin and Ann" series. Lesson 1 Nice to Meet You 3/4.
I found another South Korean clips on YouTube from uploader Jayedu. Playlist 2020GH English Class. Not exactly sure about the title. Grades 5 and 6. Original source are from YBM digital textbook (webdt.edunet). Pic from Grade 5 Lesson 7 What Time Do You Get up? unit 2. YouTube title 초등학교 5학년 영어 ybm(김) 7단원 2차시 디지털교과서 활용 학습 안내.
Different clips "Think and Talk" including songs "Let's sing". Few and short clips. Not sure if there's a CD-ROM/DVD version as well. Hard to research. I don't know Korean.
During research for the Kevin and Ann series, I found some other clips on YouTube assuming for another course, but it's also the same South Korean public course Elementary School English by Genius Education Co. Ltd. (천재교육) / Ham Soonae (함순애) grades 3-6 but a later edition. I think not the current edition by EBS. Maybe a late 2010s edition.
Pic 1 from grade 5 lesson 8 (How much are the shoes?) showing Tony, pic 2 from grade 4 lesson 8 (I'm a pilot) showing Kevin. Some girls are Lisa and Ubin. Most or all units still have the same title like "Whose Sock is this?". Clips are 10-20 minutes but have 2 very brief live-action scenes each, about 1 minute total. 2020 uploads by TV-rw4gg (방콕TV). One clip is called 5학년영어#Where are you from?#디지털교과서#천재교과서#함순애#1과2차시.
https://www.youtube.com/@TV-rw4gg/videos
Probably the link from the namu wiki helps for more details about all editions
https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%98%81%EC%96%B4%EA%B3%BC/%EC%BA%90%EB%A6%AD%ED%84%B0
https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%A7%80%ED%86%A0
Grade 5: (11 lessons)
Lesson 1 Where Are You From (1-2, 3-4, Culture & Review)
Lesson 2 What Do You Do on Weekends?
Lesson 3 May I Sit Here?
Lesson 4 Whose Sock is This?
...
Main post (Kevin and Ann)
Alternate title: World of English Learning System
Year published/aired: 1976- ?
Year produced/filmed:
# of episodes:
Grade: age 0-12
Genres: Everyday's situtations
Sub-subject: songs,
Broadcaster: -
Production company: World Family English
Production country: Bermuda ?
Producer of videos: International Horizons (Curacao) N.V.
Story: Diane Warshawsky,
Editor:
Director: Tom Kieffer, Harvey Bellin
Media: 12xVHS, DVDs,
Media distribution: Si-sa Media,
Additional media: books, picture books, flash cards, CDs
Working material:
Material publisher:
Novel available:
Other literature:
Plot (short): An ELT course for 0-12 year olds. Marketed in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong/Macau, and South Korea. Publisher in South Korea is YBM (대교). Media publisher Si-sa Media. There are several products like songs (Sing Along! , at least 9 episodes) Fun With Words, Fun and Games, Let's Play, ... And several characters/actors and of course animations. Would need more research for all products in all countries. I think defunct since 2020.
Pic from episode 11 (YBM, South Korea). YouTube title "YBM 시사미디어 로고 + 디즈니영어교실 인트로", uploader 가스 저녁놀 마을).
Disney's World of English (DWE), Korean title 디즈니영어교실. Chinese title: 迪士尼美語. Spanish title: El Mundo de Inglés de Disney (used in Mexico and Latin America).
Episodes:
11. The Mystery of the missing Peanuts
Songs with vids: (Sing Along ?)
Clap Your Hands
The Basketball Song
Away From the City
Where is your Right Hand ?
Skip Through the Field
Yummy Yummy Food
Clean-Up Time
Sing Along 9: ...
On an old PC, I found the leaflet (Beiheft) covers of 5 of the 6 VHS. I found them then on the FWU archives. Files are from 2007. 480 px high. Click to enlarge.
Main post of this very early series ~1978
https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2021/07/bridges.html
Year published/aired: 2006 (books 1991-2002)
Year produced/filmed: 1999
# of episodes: 2x16
Grade: (3-) 5-6
Genres: Everyday's situtations
Sub-subject: New York
Broadcaster: -
Production company:
Production country: South Korea ?
Producer:
Story:
Editor:
Director:
Media: CD-ROM x2
Media distribution: Kumsung
Additional media: teacher books
Working material:
Material publisher:
Novel available:
Other literature:
Plot (short): A course from South Korea. At least for grades 3-6. There are supplement CD-ROMs for each grade, but I think only grades 5+6 have these live-action scenes. Characters are Jinho, Nami, Mrs. Smith, Peter, Joon, and Ann. Kevin, Mike, Jenny, and Sam appear only in American scenes, and Kevin appears in Korea. Kevin (pic 2 below) was also named Bill in 5th grade. Pic 1 showing Joon with painted freckles.
Setting is South Korea and there are Korean children such as Mina and Minsu, but the school is an elementary school attended by Americans, probably a foreign school.
I don't know Korean, but I did some research, mainly for the CDs. Best source is the Namu Wiki and the Naver blog.
The main book cartoon character and maybe the series title is Jito (in English Zeeto) Korean 지토. It's a small green flying Alien. (The Book title is 영어 (what means English) and below Elementary School English and the grade). The Alien isn't pictured on the cover but kids. Update: pictured on grade 3+4 books. Book publishers for grade 3+4 was Genius Education aka Chunjae (천재교육), For grade 5+6 Kumsung Publishing aka Geumseong (금성출판사).
Not much is known about the actors. On the Namu wiki I found at least one name of a Korean child actor, Ahn Jae-hong (안재홍 * 1989). Korean title: 초등학교 영어5. Best search term 추억의 초등학교 영어 CD.
All clips (live-action and animation/clay) of grade 6 (on 13 pages), other clips are on YouTube, mainly uploader wayhenry.
https://blog.naver.com/kmt0401/222887599575
Other sources including the wiki
https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%A7%80%ED%86%A0
https://thewaygookeffect.blogspot.com/2011/02/10-worst-dialogues-of-public-elementary.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv5t9dZ_NN0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyuAaF2L1pM
Updates: All book covers of different years (and I think different publishers)
https://m.blog.naver.com/sglee6175/221832774204
Screenshots including how clips appear on screen within a page, and ISO
https://m.blog.naver.com/lsn5371/222031322046
Update 2: There are also English sites on the Namu Wiki, at least the characters (also check the main categories, some pages still missing) charactersm 2nd link for Jito:
https://en.namu.wiki/w/%EC%98%81%EC%96%B4%EA%B3%BC/%EC%BA%90%EB%A6%AD%ED%84%B0
https://en.namu.wiki/w/%EC%A7%80%ED%86%A0
I found a later editions with other actors
Episodes: clips are very short ~20 seconds each. Each unit has 2 clips. 352x240px
Grade 3 ?
Grade 4: Units from Back CD cover (no live-action ?)
1. Nice to Meet You
2. Don't Do That
3. How old are you?
4. What Time is it?
5. Who is she?
6. Is this your cap?
7. Sorry, I can't
8. How much is it?
Grade 5:
1. How Are You?
2. What Day is it Today?
3. It's under the Table
4. What a nice Day
5. Where is Namdaemum?
6. I get up at Seven every day
7. She's tall
8. Let's go swimming!
9. Whose Boat is this ? (swimming here)
10. Do you want some more?
11. What are you doing?
12. This is a bedroom
13. What did you do yesterday?
14. Is Peter here?
15. Can yo join us?
16. Did you have a nice vacation?
Grade 6:
1. Where Are you from?
2. Is this York Street?
3. I like Spring
4. When is your birthday?
5. May I Help You?
6. Can I Have Some Water?
7. My Father is a Pilot
8. What Will You Do This Summer?
9. How was your Vacation?
10. I'm stronger than you
11. What Do You Want to do?
12. Will you Help me Please?
13. That's Too Bad
14. Would you like to come to My House?
15. It's Time to go Home
16. So long, Everyone!
