Gabby & Debby

Original title: גבי ודבי

Year published/aired: 1976

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 5

Grade: 7

Genres: Adventure/Drama/Sci-Fi

Sub-subject:

Broadcaster: 23 TV

Production company: Israeli Instructional Television Centre

Producer: Ann Peck

Story: Robert Barth

Editor:

Director: Michael Greenspan

Media: - ?

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Additional media: books,

Working material: 

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Other literature:

Music: Frank Zappa, 

Plot (short): Taken from IMDb: Gabby and Debby, Israeli teenager siblings, find a magic stick in an old house. By using the magic stick on maps, they travel to far places in the world, and help many people.

There was a sequel called Debby in Hospital. Originally aired in b&w, 1980 a color remake with different actors. Pic taken from Wikimedia commons. More infos on he wikipedia.

Episodes: 25 minutes each

1. The Wrong Treasure

2. The Flying Doctor

3. The Rescue

4. The Secret Room

5. The Stolen Paintings

LRTV

 

Year published/aired: 1995

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 8

Grade: 2-4

Genres: magazine

Sub-subject: grammar

Broadcaster: BBC, CBBC

Production company: Double Exposure

Producer: Andrew Bethell

Story: Colin Izod, others

Editor:

Director: Colin Izod

Media: VHS

Media publisher: 

Additional media: 

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Novel available: 

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Plot (short): Kids magazine with comic dramas set at a Breakfast TV station. 1st Look and Read Special. More infos on BFI and broadcastforschools. Pic captured from a YouTube clip called "BBC Schools Continuity - 17th May 1996".

Part of the Look and Read series.

Episodes: 20 minutes each 

1. Welcome to LRTV

2. LRTV gets Moving

3. Kitchen Capers

4. A Soap Square Sizzler

5. ...and Action! 

6. Follow that Frog

7. LRTV Gets it Together

8. Happy Birthday LRTV!

Info 10: Updates (Challenges)

First, I have again rechecked all remaining missing post on my A-Z list, and haven't found any more infos online. I have to check for them later on databases and offline sources. But I have found some few new series.

There are several new courses on DVD mainly from Oxford and Cambridge University like Messages, but I try to focus on vintage stuff, next search for language lab stuff.

While searching for series by FWU, I have added some plots of 1976 Challenges (sorry, still no pics) and fixed the running length of School Life in England. DVD length is 58 minutes, but that is for both versions (German/English). So length is just the half. Same in London Sights and Sounds. There are even shorter DVDs.

London Sights and Sounds

German title: Unterwegs in London - Sehenswürdigkeiten neu entdeckt

Year published/aired: 2007

Year produced/filmed: 2007

# of episodes: 4

Grade: 3-7

Genres: London

Sub-subject: Geography

Broadcaster: -

Production company: Gregory Hahn

Producer: 

Story: 

Editor:

Director: Gregory Hahn

Media: DVDx1 (bilingual)

Media Publisher: 

Additional media: DVD ROM parts (quiz, puzzle, songs)

Working material:

Material Publisher: FWU

Novel available: 

Other literature:

Plot (short): 4 short films, sightseeing in London

Episodes: 25 minutes in total for each language, (DVD=50 minutes). See episodes. No music (no GEMA). I haven't found any free clips. But no need for general London pics.

Big Ben (7')

Tower Bridge (5')

The London Eye (4')

Portobello Road (5') flea market

A Week By the Sea

 

Year published/aired: ~1987

Year produced/filmed: ~1987

# of episodes: 2x 8x2

Grade: 7-10 (pre intermediate)

Genres: Everyday's situations, Sitcom

Sub-subject:

Broadcaster: 

Production company: Moviemaker Film & Television Productions

Producer: Simon Murison-Bowie

Story: Peter Viney, Karen Viney, Bernard Hartley

Editor: Julia Allen

Director: Robert Williams

Media: 2x VHSx2/ DVDx1

Media Publisher: Oxford University, Three Vee

Additional media: Books, Cassettes, CDs

Working material:

Material Publisher:

Novel available: 

Other literature:

Plot (short): Everyday's situations/comedy. Kevin and Sharon (played by David Janson and Debbie Arnold). Different other book series since ~1978. Movies based on Streamline English Departures. Pic taken from the original cover. There is also a DVD containing both series.

Episodes: (2x) 60 min. total

(Streamline English Video:)

A Weekend Away (see Streamline English)

A Week By the Sea (pictured)

1. Summer Holiday

2. Beside the Seaside

3. Good Sports

4. A Ghost in the Castle

5. Trouble in Store

6. The Last Boat Leaves At Six

7. House for Sale

8. A Look Into the Future

Actors: Matt Zimmerman, Sandra Payne, Christian Salari, Avril Angers, Keith Andrews, David Janson, Debbie Arnold. 

Book series:

Streamline English: Departures, Connections, Destinations, Directions

New American Streamline

American Streamline

Streamline Graded Readers (now: Storylines)

Top Show

 

Year published/aired: 1999 ?

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 2x7 units

Grade: pre beginners

Genres: Basics/grammar

Sub-subject: British culture

Broadcaster: - ?

Production company: Oxford University

Producer:

Story:

Editor: Richard Hohman

Director: Robert Maidment

Media: DVD (x2)

Media publisher: Oxford

Additional media: books,

Working material: Cathy Lawday

Material publisher: Oxford

Novel available: 

Other literature:

Plot (short): Series: Oxford English Video. TV magazine for kids. Sketches, games, culture, songs, quiz. Based on series I-Spy. 7 units per episode. ~49 minutes per DVD. Also used in Spain with Spanish books. DVD with English subtitles.

 

Episodes: 

Top Show 1:

Favorite Things

School

Birthday

The Countryside

Food

Transport

Pocket Money

Dark Towers

 

Year published/aired: 1981

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 10

Grade: 2-4

Genres: Adventure

Sub-subject:

Broadcaster: BBC, CBBC

Production company:

Producer: Sue Weeks

Story: Andrew Davies

Editor:

Director: 

Media: -?

Media publisher: 

Additional media: books, song book,

Working material: 

Material publisher: 

Novel available: 

Other literature:

Plot (short): Ghost story. Tracy (Juliet Waley) met young Lord Edward Dark (Gary Russell; Dick in The Famous Five) at a manor to solve a mystery and find a trasure. There are 2 ghost, a friendly and a mean one (The Tall Knight). Also studio scenes in a library with another 3 ghosts. Educational songs. Filmed in Somerset.

Part of the Look and Read series.

Episodes: 20 minutes each

1. Dark Towers in Danger!

2. The Man in the Picture

3. The Old Legend

4. The Clue in the Book

5. The Old Coach House

6. The Tall Knight's Folly

7. The Dark Tree

8. Beware of the Bird!

9. Who Can Help?

10. The Last Laugh

Pacific Horizons

Year published/aired: ~1995

Year produced/filmed: 1989,

# of episodes: 4

Grade: 9-13

Genres: Documentary

Sub-subject: Geography

Broadcaster: WDR

Production company: Close Up Foundation ?

Producer: Peter Ettinger

Story: Jeffrey Miller, George Karlsson

Editor: Jörg Goralewski (WDR)

Director: 

Media: VHS *

Media publisher: 

Additional media: books, mikrofiche

Working material: 

Material publisher: 

Novel available: 

Other literature:

Plot (short): Documentary, geography, social, see episodes. There is a 2 part 1990 series with 2 VHS (14+11 minutes), other is about Japan, by the Close Up Foundation. First I thought, that this might be the same, but then I read that the production was still not finished in 1993 or 1994. Aired in 1995 or (confirmed) 1996.Few infos of both. (But documentaries are less of interest). Subtitle is: Pacific Horizons: In the shadow of the skyline (WDR) but might be another one.

Episodes: 30 minutes each

1. Alaska (oil spill of tanker Exxon Valdez, 1989)

2. Washington (agriculture in Yakima Valley, wine, fruits)

3. Hawaii (tourism, Isle Molokai)

4. Los Angeles (house renovation)

Len and the River Mob

 

Year published/aired: 1968

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 10

Grade: 2-4

Genres: Crime

Sub-subject:

Broadcaster: BBC, CBBC

Production company:

Producer: Andrée Molyneux

Story: Rob Brown

Editor:

Director: 

Media: -

Media publisher: 

Additional media: books,

Working material: Roy Brown

Material publisher: 

Novel available: 

Other literature:

Plot (short): Len moved to London working at the docks and encountered toy thieves. B&w. Most of the series is lost, except episode 3 (pictured). More infos on Wikipedia.

There was a 1971 sequel called Roy and the Danelli Job.

Part of the Look and Read series.

Episodes: 20 minutes each

1. A Job in the Docks

2. A Dutch Doll

3. The Missing Crate

4. The Big Job

5. Captain Grenko

6. Is Len a Thief?

7. This Way Up

8. Tied and Gagged

9. Find the S.S. Samba

10. After Them!

Power On - A New Video Course for Beginners

Spanish title: Power On - Curso de inglés vídeo-activo

Year published/aired: 1988 ?

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 60 (16 video)

Grade: Beginners

Genres: Basics, grammar

Sub-subject:

Broadcaster: - ?

Production company: CREDSA ? (Spain)

Producer:

Story:

Editor:

Director:

Media: VHSx4

Media publisher: 

Additional media: 6 boxes with 4 VHS, 14 audio cassettes, books, dictionaries.

Working material:

Material publisher: 

Novel available: 

Other literature:

Plot (short): Basic course for beginners. Series: Barcelona Video Teaching Services de España. Box 1 episodes 1-16 including the VHS, One book/box 5 is called "Your Teacher and You". Box 6 "Drills" contains a book and 8 audio cassettes for a language lab. Other boxes containing books and dictionaries. I don't know the contents of the videos. There is also a 1988 (teacher) course called "Power On! New Tools for Teaching and Learning" (published in the USA, obviously not the same).

Voices: Anne Rosenfeld, Susan Sheridan, John Newton.

Episodes: 480 min in totals (video contents on 4 VHS)

(American) Kernel Lessons (AKL)

 

I think this is just a book series, originally started in 1969 by Robert O'Neill published by Longman and at least with (audio) tapes for language labs (lab drills). Also abbreviated as AKL +the level (e.g. AKL: Intermediate). Later reissued like "Kernel One". "American Kernel Lessons" published in 1978.

One famous story is The Man Who Escaped (24 episodes, 1979). Another one is The Rainbow Project (1999 ?).

O'Neill, who died in 2014 was a famous ELT author with ~30 books. In 1970 he wrote English in Situations.

At least one book (other series) was also made in a series: The Lost Secret. There were also some co-authors.

Interseting series, but I have to do more research.

Joe and the Sheep Rustlers

 

Year published/aired: 1973

Year produced/filmed: 1972

# of episodes: 10

Grade: 2-4

Genres: Adventure

Sub-subject: Farm, songs

Broadcaster: BBC, CBBC

Production company:

Producer: Andrée Molyneux

Story: Leonard Kingston

Editor: David Painter

Director: Jill Glindon Reed

Media: -

Media publisher: 

Additional media: books, radio broadcast (later),

Working material: Bill Martin, Sheila MacRae

Material publisher: 

Novel available: 

Other literature:

Plot (short): Joe and friend Jill investigating a case of sheep thieves on a farm in the North of England. Pictured are the villains, the Beasly brothers (Ted and Denis) and Jill on the right. Educationals piano songs. First in the series filmed in color.

Part of the Look and Read series.

Episodes: 20 minutes each

1. Castle Farm

2. Blackmail

3. A Mistake?

4. One in Three

5. Never Say Die

6. Prisoner in the House (half of it is lost)

7. The Red Trail

8. Left to Rot

9. Put Up Your Hands

10. The Hero

Look Alive!

 

Year published/aired: 1990 ?

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 15

Grade: Primary school

Genres:

Sub-subject:

Broadcaster: - ?

Production company:

Producer:

Story:

Editor:

Director:

Media: VHS x1

Media publisher: 

Additional media:

Working material: Linda Henny, Shelagh Rixon

Material publisher: Macmillan, Heinemann

Novel available: 

Other literature:

Plot (short): Stories, songs, documentary, fantasy. 2nd grade maybe not as a foreign language.

Episodes: 60 minutes total