Showing posts with label 1988. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1988. Show all posts

Thursday, May 7, 2026

You're Welcome - Engels voor beginners

 

Year published/aired: 1988   

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 21

Grade: Beginners

Genres: Everyday's situations ?

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Broadcaster: NL3 (TELEAC)

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Editor:

Director: Dineke Teeuw

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Plot (short): A Dutch course. I found in a TV magazine (MO 31.12.1990) You 're welcome, voorlichtingsprogramma voor deze cursus Engels voor beginners. (NL3 19.50h). Host Pieter Sleeboom. Started 1.Nov 1988. Re-broadcasted 1994. Maybe just studio scenes? There are grown-ups shown. Maybe the course is for adults? 

I first thought that the course is just called "Engels voor beginners" but it's  "You 're welcome". Pics on tvenradiodb.nl. I haven't found much other info.

Pic is from a book Engels voor beginners but 1993 Spanish version (same cover image, same Belgian publisher Deltas). 3 books by Aagje Dupré. 1989 Book series Taal leren voor beginners. Also other language courses. There were audio cassettes. I haven't found videos or pics of VHS. This is probably a different course.


Episodes: 30 minutes each

1 Hello!

2 What do you do in the morning?

3,6,9,13,17  Revision

4 What do you do in your spare time?

5 Could you tell me the way, please?

7 What yould you like?

8 Can I eat here?

10 Sir John, could you tell me...?

11 Is there a telephone in the room?

12 What did you want to be?

14 What was it like?

15 Do you ever work at weekends?

16 How are you feeling?

18 What sort od show is this?

19 What do you think?

20 Can you explain what Carnival is?

21 Revision 

Friday, November 19, 2021

Crossing Borders

Year published/aired: 1988

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 3

Grade: 9-13

Genres: documentary

Sub-subject: culture

Broadcaster: WDR

Production company:

Media publisher: 

Story: Stuart Marlow

Editor: Dieter Buttjes

Director: Stuart Marlow ?

Media: VHSx3 

Additional media:

Working material: Dieter Buttjes ?

Material publisher:

Novel available: 

Other literature: yes


Plot (short):  Documentary.  A young American lady discovering some parts of Britain.

Hard to find infos especially with titles like this. Some basic infos I found on fachportal-paedagogik (main plot, broadcaster, grade).  Episode titles, release year, (amount) of media and people on worldcat.

 

Episodes: 18-19 minutes each

1. Up the Thames and down Portobello Road

2. Growing Up with different languages

3. Views of Belfast and kids in Derry

Thursday, October 7, 2021

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)

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Media: VHSx4

Media publisher: 

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

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Novel available: 

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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)

Monday, September 6, 2021

Geordie Racer


Year published/aired: 1988

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 10

Grade: 2-4

Genres: Adventure

Sub-subject:

Broadcaster: BBC, CBBC

Production company:

Producer: Sue Weeks

Story: Christopher Russell

Editor:

Director:

Media: VHS ?

Media publisher:

Additional media: Pupil's pamphlet, audio cassette, books ...

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Novel available:

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Plot (short): Boy Spuggy likes pigeon racing. His family likes marathon racing. There is a series of robberies with messages on the pigeons.

Part of the Look and Read series.

Episodes: 20 minutes each

1. Runners and Fliers

2. Down in the Cellars

3. Pigeon Post

4. 'This is Radio Newcastle'

5. Race Day

6. Light of St Mary

7. Lost Bird

8. 'Have You Gone Daft, Young Man?'

9. 'If Only We Knew When...'

10. Run!

Saturday, September 4, 2021

Badger Girl


Year published/aired: 1984

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 10

Grade: 2-4

Genres: Adventure

Sub-subject:

Broadcaster: BBC, CBBC

Production company:

Producer: Susan Patron

Story: Andrew Davies

Editor: Dick Allen

Director:

Media: VHS ?

Media publisher:

Additional media: Pupil's pamphlet, audio cassette, books ...

Working material: Andrew Davies

Material publisher: 

Novel available:

Other literature: 


Plot (short): 3 city kids Debbie ("The Badger Girl"), Kiran and Norman on holiday on a farm. Adventure with animals at Darkmoor.

Part of the Look and Read series.

Episodes: 20 minutes each

1.Sounds in the Night

2. Stripey aka Stripey the Badger (ep pictured)

3. Running Away

4. The Badgerman

5. Lost on the Moor

6. The Secret Passage

7. Mick's Map

8. Finding the Ponies

9. Panic on the Lake

10. Stripey and the Superbadger

Monday, July 26, 2021

Round Britain

Year published/aired: 1988

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 4

Grade: 7-8

Genres: documentary

Sub-subject: geography, culture

Broadcaster: RB

Production company: FWU

Story: Nigel Whittaker

Editor:

Director: Nigel Whittaker

Media: VHSx4

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Plot (short): Documentaries about the lives of teens

Episodes: ~20 minutes each

1. Dulwich College, London (A Day in the Life of Tom Lomax) 16 yo life at an Independent school

2. Cornwall (A Day in the Life of Amanda Jeffrey) Farm, hospital for injured birds

3. Liverpool (A Day in the Life of Geraldine Roberts) 17 yo also Liz, The Beatles

4. Isle of Man (A Day in the Life of Debby Cannon) 18 yo

Transcript (episode 4):

100 sec waking up, introduction of Debby and her family, father bin man, 2nd husband, father died, pottery, books, dogs, manx cats

80 sec show fishing town Peel, Castel, Cathedrals...

50 sec Vikings, history, parliament...

25 sec importance of sea

Sunday, July 18, 2021

Mystery Tour


Year published/aired: 1988

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 2

Grade: Intermediate, 9-10

Genres: Thriller

Sub-subject:

Broadcaster:

Production company:

Story: Bob Baker

Editor:

Director: Misha Williams

Producer: Robert Maidment

Media: VHSx2, DVD

Media Publisher: Oxford University Press, Cornelsen,

Additional media: books

Working material: Peter Viney

Material publisher:

Novel available:

Other literature: 


Plot (short): Mystery Thriller set in Oxford. An American tourist disappears from tour guide Nina Barnes. She and her boyfriend David Granger investigate. DVD with subtitles.


Actors: Nicola Wright

Episodes: 60 min total (2x30)

Info: Also used in Spain and obviously Germany.

Thursday, July 15, 2021

The Magic Music Man


Year published/aired: 1988

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 20 

Grade: 4 ?

Genres: Basics

Sub-subject:

Broadcaster: BR?

Production company: Oxford English Video

Story: Andy Drummond

Editor:

Director: Clive Doig

Media: VHSx2  PAL, SECAM

Additional media: Video Guide, Activity Book

Working material: Margaret Iggulden

Material publisher: Oxford University Press

Novel available:

Other literature: 


Plot (short): Tales of Magic, Mystery and music for pre-schoolers/first year of English as 2nd language. Alphabet, vocabulary, simple structures

Episodes: 10 episodes on each VHS. 80 min total for 2 VHS
Characters: Peter Geeves, Alexandra Aviery, Daniel Kipling, Julia Binsted, Paul Shearer, Julie Mellon, Barnie Kay.

Saturday, July 3, 2021

Beep


 

Year published/aired: ~1988

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 6 

Grade: 

Genres:

Sub-subject:

Broadcaster:

Production company: Didaco, S. A.

Production country: Spain

Story:

Editor:

Director: Lin Balagué

Media: VHSx6, (CD-ROMx8)

Additional media: books

Working material: Josep Llobera

Material publisher: 

Novel available:

Other literature: 


Plot (short): 6 VHS have units for each of the week days titled with the day. Pictured: Monday. Aka TV show Beep TV (1988-1990) also by Didaco. Mainly animations. And Beep School. And Book "Beep 2", "Beep 4". 1997: 8  CD-ROMs with 3 video units and 4 audio units each. DVD title: All-time English: Beep personalities.


Actors: Robert Long

Episodes: 100 minutes in total (VHS)

Global Explorers

  A six-level American English course from Macmillan. Pre A1-B1+. Pic from official book sample level 1 unit 6. I think digital packs only. ...