The Sea-side Children

Year published/aired: 1976 

Year produced/filmed: 

# of episodes: 3

Grade: 6-7

Genres: Geography, grammar

Sub-subject: Crime

Broadcaster: WDR

Production company:

Story: 

Editor: Jörg Goralewski

Director: 

Media: VHSx1

Additional media: teacher's books, workbook

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Novel available: 

Other literature: yes

Plot (short): Jim 13 yo and Sally Williams 14 yo and their parents live in a small seaside town Whitstable at England's East Coast running a Bed& Breakfast. They have to deal with different guests; polluter, diamond smuggler and a film team making a TV commercial for soap with the family. Episodes are not tied  together. Beach setting (ep 1+2).

Episodes: 15 minutes each

1. Keep Whitstable tidy

2. Surprise package

3. Do as the Williams Do 

 

Characters: 

Narrator

Jim, Sally, teens

Mrs Williams, mother, runs a bed and breakfast

Mr Williams, dad (ep 3 only)

Mr Redfern, mysterious guest and director (ep 3)

Miss Wright, guest (ep 1)

Andrew Cavell (ep 1) leaves trash on the beach

Mrs Cavell, mother of Andrew

Mr Brown, guest, smuggler and police officer (ep 2)

Jack, police man

A sergeant

camera team (ep 3)

 

Didactic goal: teaching verbs can can't, must may, will won't.

Aka The seaside children. No pics found. Some more updates (plot, tag geography), confirmed 1976. There were separate teacher's books. But in May 1976 they appeared in the magazine Praxis Schulfernsehen. There also was a flyer from broadcaster WDR.

Update 2: Also aired in 1990. Characters, more plot, tag teens instead of kids.