Enjoy English (1986)

 

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:

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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

Update 2: Young in Australia

 

I found another episode on YouTube of this 1986 series. I think it's not mentioned in the description what episode.

I already had ep 1+2

https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2021/08/young-in-australia.html

https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2023/05/update-young-in-australia.html

Maybe related the 1993 series Young in America

https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2023/09/young-in-america.html

Update: Young in Australia

 

Another update of a Swedish SVT series. I found some episodes on YouTube. Pic above from ep 1 (clip title Young Australia - The Dead Centre (SVT 1986). The year was also unsure, now 1986 confirmed.

I have one more pic in the main entry from ep 2 (Life in Sidney) showing 3 kids sitting. There are some more at school, mainly older teens. I think, I haven't found the other 3 episodes.

Aka Young Australia,  Ung i Australien. Again directed by Eskil Garpebring.

Main entry

https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2021/08/young-in-australia.html

The Carsat Crisis

 

Year published/aired: 1986

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 13

Grade: Upper intermediate, advanced

Genres: Thriller

Sub-subject: English for Science and technology

Broadcaster: BBC

Production company: Anvil Film

Producer:

Story: John Tully

Editor:

Director: Roger Chevely

Media: VHS x2

Media publisher: BBC 

Additional media:

Working material: St. J. Yates, Tom Hutchinson and Andy Kennedy

Material publisher: 

Novel available: 

Other literature:

Plot (short): A thirteen-part television drama which teaches the English of science and technology at upper intermediate and advanced level. Shot on location in England and Germany, the drama tells the story of a crisis in space and how a project team on board a carrier satellite attempts to remedy a fault in a production unit mounted on the satellite. (taken from Google Books). BBC English by Radio and Television

Episodes: ~16 minutes each

Zoom In

Year published/aired: ~1986

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: ?

Grade: Intermediate, Pre-Intermediate

Genres: Documentary?

Sub-subject:

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Media: VHS

Additional media: books

Working material: Marion Geddes, Lindy Henny

Material publisher: Oxford University Press

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short): Documentaries? 2 different grades. Obviously also on VHS. There's also a modern (2010s) course with books and videos on USB (Oxford South Africa)

Episodes:

Young Encounters

Year published/aired: 1986?

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 4 ?

Grade: 9-

Genres: Teen life

Sub-subject: documentary, USA

Broadcaster: RB

Production company: FWU

Producer:

Story:

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Director:

Media: VHSx2 ?

Media publisher:

Additional media:

Working material: Terry Moston

Material publisher: Schroedel

Novel available:

Other literature: yes

Plot (short): Teen life documentaries. Olly in the USA is a student from Bremen in Quincy, Illinois. In Radio Lollipop there are Nigel and Naomi in a children's hospital.

Episodes: ~20 minutes each (2 episodes on 1 VHS)

Pets and Vets - Training to nurse animals

Radio Lollipop - For Children in Hospital

"Olly in the USA" - A student exchange

Mixing and mingling - A day in a Holiday Centre

Literature: Exam work: Birgit Schumann (1989)

Young in Australia

 

Original title: Ung i Australien

Year published/aired: 1986

Year produced/filmed: 1986 ?

# of episodes: 5

Grade: 9-13

Genres: 

Sub-subject: 

Broadcaster:

Production company: SR Utbildningsprogram (Sveriges Radio)

Story:

Editor Sweden: 

Director: Eskil Garpebring

Media: VHSx1

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Novel available: 

Other literature: 

Plot (short):  Documentary, Teen lives in Australia and their parents (and jobs). School, sports. I found original photo cards (press /archive) photos for sale on the web. Photographed by Garpebring. Aka Young Australia. Press photos say aired in 1988, but books published in 1986 according worldcat also mentioning 1988, so probably filmed in 1986. Update: Aired on Swedish SVT in 1986. Maybe even filmed earlier.

Episodes: 

1 Desert. Jonathan from Alice Springs (Öknen. Jonathan, Alice Springs) aka (title in Germany) The dead centre. (Boy ~12 yo side view, school of the air or other short wave radio) 

2. Young in Sydney (Ung i Sydney) aka Life in Sydney

3. Life on a Sheep Farm (Liver pa en farfarm)  aka Jimenbuen - a sheep station

4. Life in Melbourne

5. Life in Tasmania

Update: 2 pics. Confirmed 1986. Pictured is ep 2, another pic (ep 1) here

https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2023/05/update-young-in-australia.html

another episode

https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2023/09/update-2-young-in-australia.html

A Video Souvenir of London

Year published/aired: 1986

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 1

Grade: ~8 ?

Genres: London

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Media: VHSx1

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Plot (short): Sightseeing in London showing parks, old and new buildings, the Thames River, English carnival.

Episodes: 1x 55 min

Two Days in Summer

 

Year published/aired: ~1986

Year produced/filmed: 1986 ?

# of episodes: 2 (8 ?)

Grade: beginners (7 ?)

Genres:

Sub-subject:

Broadcaster: BBC

Production company: London Weekend Television

Story: Jim Hill

Editor:

Director: Nigel Miller

Producer:  Jane Hewland, Michael Chaplin

Media: VHSx2

Media distribution/sponsor: Longman ELT Video

Additional media: Student's workbook, teacher's manual

Working material: Brian Abbs, Ingrid Freebairn

Material publisher: Longman

Novel available:

Other literature:

Plot (short): Adventures of a Spanish teen girl in London

Episodes: 55 minutes (total)

Info: Also used in Spain. Update: Plot, staff, 1986 instead of 1987

Playtime

 

Title: Playtime - Englisch für Kinder

Year published/aired: 1986-1987

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 30

Grade: preschool

Genres: 

Sub-subject: 

Broadcaster: BR

Production company:

Story:

Editor:

Director: Raimund M. Maxsein

Media: VHSx1, DVD

Additional media: Books with CD, audio tapes

Working material: 

Material publisher: TR-Verlagsunion

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short): Stories and songs for preschoolers. Studio host: Helen Lanzer and animated characters Jack and Jill and puppetry.

Episodes: 30x ~15 minutes each.

Episode 22 has a very catchy tune, ballad (Frog Went a-Courting)

https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2023/06/playtime-ep-22-frog-went-courting.html

Infos: More infos (episodes) on Wikipedia

The Lost Secret

Year published/aired: 1986

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 11

Grade:

Genres: Mystery

Sub-subject:

Broadcaster: BBC,

Production company:

Story: Robert O'Neill, Martin Shovel

Editor:

Director: Peter Sykes

Media: VHSx2

Media publisher:

Additional media: Teacher's Guide, Students book, Audio cassette, Computer Software ...

Working material:

Material publisher: Longman

Novel available:

Other literature: 

Plot (short): Ross Orwell (Tom Wilkinson) lost his memory and encountered a gang. Inspector Marvin and Doctor Clare Roberts help Ross.

Episodes: 140 minutes total, 13 minutes each

1 &2 Who is he?

3. Who is Sabrina?

4. Footprints in the sand

5. One o'clock at Alfredo's

6. The Laboratory

7. Good News and Bad News

8. Male and Female

9. We Have to Stop Him

10. The Drug

11. The End

Info: Also used in France and Spain

More infos (cast) on IMDb.

Exploring A Young Country: New Zealand

Year published/aired: 1986

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 7

Grade: 10-11

Genres:

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Broadcaster: WDR

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Media: VHS

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Additional media:

Working material: Dieter Buttjes, Friederike Klippel

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Plot (short):

Info: Currently no more infos, Obvously a documentary / geography NZ

Episodes:

Down Under: Australia

Year published/aired: ~1986

Year produced/filmed: 

# of episodes: 6 

Grade: 9-13

Genres: Documentary

Sub-subject: Geography

Broadcaster: NDR/Radio Bremen (or WDR?)

Production company: 

Story: Dieter Buttjes, Friederike Klippel

Editor and Producer: 

Director: 

Media: VHS x2 ?

Additional media:

Working material: Friederike Klippel

Material publisher: Lambert Lensing

Novel available: 

Other literature: yes

Plot (short):

Episodes: ~20 minutes each

1. See You in Melbourne 

2. Of barbecues and kangoos (or kangaroos ?)

3. Into the outback

4. Jumbuck and jilleroos (or jumbucks ?)

5. Visiting the capital 

6. Last stop Sidney

 

Literature: Teacher's book called Panorama - English Cultures around the world. Life Down Under: Australia and New Zealand. Together with series  Exploring A Young Country: New Zealand. Worldcat says NDR, Radio Bremen. Previously I had WDR. Worldcat says 20 min/episode but 55 minute per VHS other entry there says VHS 27 minutes. 

Praxis Schulfernsehen: Susanne Boehler

Buddy

 

Year published/aired: 1986

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 5

Grade: 5

Genres: drama

Sub-subject: Geography, dad/son relationship

Broadcaster: BBC, NOS

Production company:

Story: Nigel Hinton

Editor:

Director: Roger Tonge

Media: VHSx1

Additional media:

Working material: yes

Material publisher: Hinemann (script), Klett

Novel available: yes 1982 (Penguin), Pearson 

Other literature: 

Plot (short): Life of teen boy 13 yo Buddy and his divorced, rocker dad, played by Roger Daltrey. Book trilogy by Nigel Hinton. Set in the 1960s.

Episodes: 30 minutes each

1. Raining in my heart

2. Crying, waiting, hoping

3. Blue suede shoes

4. That'll be the day

5. Everyday it's a getting closer

Actors: Roger Daltrey as Terry, Wayne Goddard ("Grange Hill") as teenage son Buddy. Novel by Nigel Hinton. There's also a 1991 movie sequel called Buddy's Song also starring Daltrey but a different son.

Also aired in The Netherlands in 1989.