Main post
https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2021/07/people-you-meet.html
I also uploaded some early and late 80s logos of Nelson/Filmscan
https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2025/10/update-lets-watch-nelson-filmscan.html
Enjoy English : a step-by-step video learning system
Year published/aired: 1986
Year produced/filmed:
# of episodes: 40 scenes
Grade: 7 ??
Genres: Everyday's situations ?
Sub-subject:
Broadcaster: -
Production company: International Spontaneous Language Institute
Production country: USA
Producer of videos:
Story:
Editor:
Director:
Media: VHSx3
Media distribution: B&CI Inc.
Additional media: books, 4 audio cassettes
Working material:
Material publisher: Itoh, Berlitz
Novel available:
Other literature:
Plot (short): A course for at least Japanese Junior High schools. Filmed in the USA. Used at least in 760 schools in Japan. I found this including pic in a Nov 1989 issue of JALT.
Again, worldcat was very helpful. Publisher Itoh and the Berlitz School of Language (Japan) B&CI. Itoh is aka C. Itoh and Co Inc. Not much more can be found (maybe in Japanese). Berlitz also published Summer in Seattle (1990). Berlitz School of Language (America) published some more later. I haven't found anything about the producer.
Berlitz & C.Itoh (Berlitz & C. Itoh) also published "On Business Abroad", "Living Abroad" (6 VHS) and "First Step Abroad". C. Itoh (founded by Chubei Itoh) was renamed in 1992 again in Itochu (伊藤忠商事株式会社).
Not to be confused with Enjoy English (2006) or Let's Enjoy English.
Episodes: unknown length
Year published/aired: 2012
Year produced/filmed:
# of episodes: 32 units (each)
Grade: 13 ? (A1-B2)
Genres: Everyday's situations
Sub-subject:
Broadcaster: -
Production company: People's Television Inc.
Production country:
Producer of videos:
Story: Jack C. Richards, David Bohlke
Editor:
Director:
Media: DVD-ROM/online
Media distribution: Oxford University
Additional media: books, CD-ROM, CDs, ebook, CDs, ...
Working material:
Material publisher: Oxford University
Novel available:
Other literature:
Plot (short): A 4-level course from Oxford University for adults/young adults.
Pic from level 4 unit 7 (clip 3'22).
In level 1 the son is called Eric and has shorter dark curly hair. Around 18-20 yo. He has a sister and/or neighbor Jill about his age. Tom and Maria might be the parents. Many screenshots in the student's book.
As usual DVDs are probably DVD-ROMs. The iTools Classroom Software has video and PowerPoint presentations (whiteboard ?).
Episodes: unknown length, clips are very short ~2-4 minutes (as usual), at least ~21-29 minutes video per level.
Level 1, clips (probably there are more), these are the main ones
1. New Neighbors
2. A Birthday Present
3. Jill's Saturday
4. Maria Goes Shopping
5. Eric's Lucky Chair
6. Tom Cooks Dinner
7. Jill's Trip (lessons 29-32)
I try to find more info and pics for the early series without pics (some appear on the TOP posts). I still haven't found any pics or clips or episode titles of this 1983 series. At least I found these covers and some few more details. 60 minutes running time. Updated full names of the authors (of the working materials) Gill Sturtridge, Ron White, Eddie Williams.
Another additional credits (working material ?) Saxon Menne (I have some more from him). And some more details about/other works by director Malcolm Hossick. I also haven't found much more details of The Visitor. Maybe "Starwise" is just the title of the Scandinavian (main) title.
About Nelson Filmscan. I found some magazine PDFs (Japanese JALT) with some ads. Nelson is the early Edinburgh publisher Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd. Later, I think in the late 80s (eg 1986), maybe depending on the countries, there was Filmscan/Lingual House (USA) with that speech balloon. The best online source is still Worldcat.
I already had a post about this Oxford course. I recently checked some more episodes.
Pic 1 from level 6 (2nd ed). Clip is 1:58. Pic 2 from level 2 (2nd ed). Clip is 1:41. Fluency clips. Good, different aged actors. I haven't checked the complete length of the DVDs/DVD-ROMs. I think 15 units per level and around 3 clips each (2-3 minutes each).
On the main site I found (additional) 15 units with animated clips only under stories.
There's also a related 2 level pre-school series called "First Friends" (don't know if having live-action scenes) and American English versions of Family and Friends.
Main post
https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2022/12/family-and-friends.html
I found this screenshot by coincidence on a YouTube clip called "Epische Störungsmeldung nach Englischkurs im ORF + Anfang "Flipper"-Film".
Main post of this 1976 series
https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2021/07/pauk-mit-englisch.html
