Streetlife

Year published/aired: 1990 

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# of episodes: 5

Grade: 9-13

Genres: London

Sub-subject: culture, travel guide

Broadcaster: YLE, (SVT, WDR)

Production country: Finland, (Sweden)

Production company:

Story: Veronica Haydon

Editor: Pirkko Anttila, Leena Laine-Välsänen

Director: Leena Telen

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Media: VHSx1

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Additional media: Book

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Co presenter: Trudi Dance, (Vas Blackwood  ?)

Plot (short): Unusual London travel guide (not about the attractions), documentary about living in London aka "Street life - London" 

Book is called: "Streetlife: Guidebook to the alternative London". Aired in Germany obviously in 1992 (5 episodes only). 

Hard to find with this title. I haven't found any clips of pics, not even of the book (although 90s). Aired in Sweden as "Street Life". Book publisher: Sveriges utbildningsradio. Co author: Ronnie Haydon. Photographs (stills):  Paul Chedlow. Aimed for teens travelling to London by train (Interrail). Book also includes maps, addresses, prices etc.

Most infos from worldcat. Presenters and confirmed year: BFI. Vas Blackwood might be wrong (Street Life was also a 1990 episode of 1986 TV series Casualty).

Episodes: VHS 45 minutes total (b&w), ~15 minutes each

1. Busker will be prosecuted

2. The lungs of London

3. Buyers and sellers

4. Old father Thames

5. Nighlife

6. Help (book chapter only ?)

A Living Society - Britain

Year published/aired: ~1992

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Grade: 8-10

Genres: Society

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Story: Michael Walker

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Media: VHSx1

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Additional media: script, photos, checklist

Working material: Steen Harbild, Paulette Moller

Material publisher: Klett (D), Grafisk (DK), Santillana (Spain)

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Plot (short): Obviously a documentary. Episodes/plot: Starlight Express, Friends, Taxi Driver, Leaving Home, Rock Garden, Last Day of School,... So either kids or teens.

Episodes: 70 (66) minutes total, see plot

 

Info: New entry, previously not on my wiki. Used in Germany, Denmark, Spain,... No pics found. A sequel is London Life.

VT1

 

Year published/aired: ~1992

Year produced/filmed: 1992

# of episodes: 6 units x3

Grade: Beginner, ~7

Genres: Documentary

Sub-subject: teen life

Broadcaster:

Producer: Robert Maidment, Dave Overton

Production company:

Story: Stephen Rabley

Editor: Chris Reynolds

Director: John Hay

Media: VHSx1

Media Publisher: Oxford University

Additional media: books

Working material:  Richard MacAndrew

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Plot (short): Teen magazines about London, sports, fashion, cinema, school. 5 or 6 units each. Later there were VT2 and VT3 (1994).

Hosts: Charlotte Lee, Martin Lazery

Episodes: 40  min total (VT1)

Info: Also used in Spain

This Week

 

Title: This Week - Nachrichten in englischer Sprache

Year published/aired: 1992-2006

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 20+

Grade: 5 or 10

Genres: News

Sub-subject:

Broadcaster: WDR, America

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Media: VHS

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Material publisher: VGS

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Plot (short):  News program. Voices of America (voanews). Reports of politics, culture, society, science. In Germany 15 minutes (instead of 24 minutes). First 20 episodes in Germany. Suddenly quit in 2006. The WDR aired then "Democracy in America". On the web since 1999.

Episodes: 15/24minutes each

Reports in English

 

Year published/aired: 1992-

Year produced/filmed: ~1991- ?

# of episodes: ?

Grade: 7/8

Genres: Geography

Sub-subject: Teen lives

Broadcaster: WDR

Production company:

Story: Stuart Marlow,

Producer, camera, design: David Fermer

Editor: Lothar Humburg

Director:

Media: VHS/DVD

Media publisher: Solfilm (Sweden)

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Material publisher: Thienemann

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Plot (short): Reports/documentaries. Could also be 2 or more different series. First mainly documentaries/geography (1992- at least 2004, 8th grade). Later (~2010) lives of teens in different countries (7th grade). "Reports in English - Great Britain & Ireland" (Teens in ...). A 2nd series is "Reports in English - Canada, USA, South Africa" (8th grade). First there were 4 episodes only. Pic from Teens in London: Chris (taken from the official sheets).

Episodes: ~15 minutes each

1. Music City (Newcastle) 1992

2. Save the Mountains (Lake District) 1992 enviromental case study

3. News From the Arran Banner (Insel Arran)

4. UK Today (1992)

-Norfolk Today (2 ep): Problems for the Country Parson (North Norfolk); Deserted Villages (1592-1992) 1991

-BTCV 1 (Conservation volunteers) 1991

-All my Sons (Arthur Miller's play) 1992

-Emmerdale (Soap) SFB, 1992/1993

-Consett: Twelve Years After the Steelworks (SFB, 1993)

-Liverpool: Evolution of a port since 1945 (1993)

-Changing Ireland (3 ep): Ireland's Women - The Church Under Attack, Postcards from Connemara, A Journey Through the Gaeltacht (1993)

-Penrhys in the Rhondda: An estate in South Wales (1993)

-Todmorden, Where Cotton Was King (1993)

-Metrowatch - Vandalism on the Newcastle Metro (1993)

-A Small Town in Wensleydale (1993) - Rettet die Käsefabrik!

-Docklands: Geisterstadt der Zukunft (1994)

-The North Sea - No Cause for Alarm? (1994)

-Multicultural Brent (1995)

-North Wales - A Holiday paradise? (1995)

-Steam on the Moors (Yorkshire Moors by train) 1995

-Channel Islands (4 ep) Sark, Jersey

-The 400 year old Taxi (1996) report about a taxi driver in London

-Images of Dublin

-Nottingham Hill Carnival (1996)

-Cornwall and Devon Today (4 ep): Windows on the West (1997)

-Changing Ireland 2 (4 ep): Dublin for Outsiders, Fighting to Save County Clare, Tralee Beyond the Roses, Border Crossing (Fermanagh-Donegal) 1999

-Young Active and Green (1999) BCTV 2

-Voices from the Isle of Man (1999)

-Snowdonia's Park Life

-Gibraltar in the Firing Line (1999)

-London's Underground Secrets (2001)

-The Mystery of Loch Ness (2001) 10th grade

-The Joy of Commuting (2001)

-Wicken Fen (2002) - Regenerating the Wetlands

-Life in a Boarding School (Stowe School in Buckinghamshire, German girl Cara) 2007

-The Mini - More than just a car (2004)

-The Tower of London - Behind the scenes (2004)

-The Great British Pantomime (2004)

-Tea - A British Obsession (2004)

...

Reports in English - Great Britain & Ireland (~2008) also used in Sweden

1. Teens in Cornwall: Sam Loves Waves (boy surfing)

2. Teens in Cornwall: Katy loves Animals (riding)

(3. Teens in Cornwall: Katy Loves People (18 yo girl shop))

3b. Teens in London: Alice & her Music (15 yo in Greenwich) singing

4. Teens in London: Chris & his Big Exam (16yo boy), pictured above and in here

5. Teens in London: Lucy & her Egyptian Family (13 yo)

6. The Boat Race: Oxford - Cambridge (rowing on Thames)

7. Bicycle Polo in Dublin (18 yo James)

8. Behind the Scenes - Film Productin in Ireland (16 yo Jessica, The Tudors)

Reports in English - Canada, USA and South Africa, 8-9th grade ~2005

-Canada: Montreal - Fashion and Music

-Canada: Aboriginal TV

-USA: Irvine

-USA: Broken Heroes (US Soldiers)

-USA: My New York - Home to the Whole World

-Middle West USA: Homecoming at Glenwood High

-Middle West USA: Greeks and Tigers in Columbia

-Middle West USA: Law Enforcement in Salina

-Middle West USA: Kentuckian's News Channel

-South Africa: The Cape Flats

-Teens in South Africa: Nandipha - Between Dancefloor and Township

-Teens in South Africa: Michael - Life is Football

-Teens in South Africa: Axel - Between Sea and School

(Reports in English) : Me and my future (2014), 9th Grade

-Rob and volunteering (Social worker in Llanrumney)

-Tom and Dancing (20 yo)

-Jade and Cooking (Cornwall)

There is also a series Teens in the USA. Not sure if this belongs to Reports in English (probably not).

There's a series American Teens in Germany which probably does belong to this series. 

Another series is Teens in Canada (2013), WDR 2 episodes, probably not belong to this series

Some episodes might be missing.

The Jericho Conspiracy

 

Year published/aired: 1992

Year produced/filmed:

# of episodes: 8

Grade: 9-13

Genres: Mystery

Sub-subject: college, journalism

Broadcaster: WDR

Production company:

Producer: Robert Maidment

Story: Bob Baker

Editor: Lothar Humburg, Jörg Goralewski

Director: Philippa Lowthorpe

Media: VHSx2

Media publisher:

Additional media: Activity book, audio cassette

Working material:

Material publisher: Oxford University Press, Cornelsen, Prentice Hall

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Plot (short):  A mystery story of college students. Set in Oxford. A radio reporter becomes involved in a web of intrigue as she uncovers the layers of corruption that stretch from an Oxford college to the Houses of Parliament.

Episodes: 2 VHS a 30 minutes, 4 episodes each. Each episode is 7 minutes

Actors:

Saira Todd, Akim Mogaji, Nancy Crane, Peter Gluckstein

Info:

Also available in Spanish.