Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Focus on Britain


 

Year published/aired: 1980- ?

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 2*

Grade

Genres: Geography

Sub-subject: everydays situations

Broadcaster: BBC ?

Producer: John Houlton,

Production company: British Tourist Authority, BCG Productions, Roymark Ltd.

Story:

Director: Nick Walker,

Media: VHS

Additional media: 

Working material: 

Material publisher: Schroedel, Macmillan ?

Novel available:

Other literature: 


Plot (short): Everydays situations

Episodes: ~50 minutes each

1. Part I (1980) Crossing the Channel, Breakfast in the Clarkes, Looking for a Place to stay, Shopping in the High Street, Camping and Cooking

2. Part II (1982) (party, accident, river tour to the tower, Portobello market, airport)


Info: Pic from a (different) 1992 episode. I think in Germany there were just 2 episodes of snippets made for usage at school.

I also found a working book from 1967.

There are also ELT (book) series called Focus on Britain Today and Focus on Great Britain. Not sure if all this is the same, sequels or completely different.

Hosts: Roger Ebert

 

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