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I also uploaded some early and late 80s logos of Nelson/Filmscan
https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2025/10/update-lets-watch-nelson-filmscan.html
I found a brief footage clip of this rare, very early 1974 series inside "Schulfernsehen und Unterrichtspraxis" (WDR 1976) in episode 4. Very good image quality. Not sure about the episode # of that series. Maybe ep. 1?. The teens are quite old, maybe at their early 20s. But there also should be some kids in other episodes.
In fact the very first German series with the use of video cassettes (VCR) at schools. Story by Terry Moston. Series first aired on Radio Bremen (RB).
Main entry, previously no pics at all
https://schulfernsehenenglischhistory.blogspot.com/2021/08/speak-for-yourself.html
Searching for other Swedish SVT Utbildningsradions series on YouTube, I finally found a clip, showing all 3 teens. Another one by Eskil Garpebring.
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Year produced/filmed:
# of episodes: ?, 9 units each
Grade: 7 ?
Genres: basics
Sub-subject:
Broadcaster: -
Production company:
Producer:
Story: Graham Fruen,
Editor:
Director:
Media: digital pack only?
Media distribution: Pearson
Additional media: books,
Working material: Graham Fruen,
Material publisher: Pearson
Novel available:
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Plot (short): A four-level secondary cource (British English) from Pearson (Spain). With BBC videos (Culture videos). Videos as digital maybe included in teacher books and interactive student's books. Pic from the official Spanish YouTube channel (unknown level, probably from level 1 unit 1.6 Everyday English showing Noah, Lena and Mateo).
Several, probably short videos including Grammar, Speaking and Vocabulary.
Episodes: unknown length
Your World 1: (Your World and You, BBC)
1. Child prodigies
A typical day?
Feeling the Music
Museums in the UK
Get on board
Your World 2:
Street Talk (BBC)
1.4 Grammar in Action (Rachel)
1.6 Speaking (pictured ?)
Get Dancing! (BBC)
Your World 3
Unit 1 Street Talk (BBC)
Grammar in Action (Abe)
1.6. Everyday English (Bea and Abe)
Disconnecting (BBC Culture) Matt, Natalie
Indian Food, Liverpool style
The Highland Games
Artic Life
Learning goals
German title: 10 Dinge, die du wissen musst / Things you need to know
Year published/aired: 2011
Year produced/filmed:
# of episodes: 9
Grade: 7-13
Genres: Scientific
Sub-subject:
Broadcaster: BBC Two, WDR
Production company: 360 Production, Yap Films
Producer: John Farren/Elliot Halpern
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Plot (short): James May gives a scientific explanation to - well just about everything; from human evolution and functions, meteorology, chemistry, physics, and so many other subjects. Also with animations. In Germany 5 then 6 episodes (probably only of season 2) aired in 12/2014. Two seasons 3+6 episodes. More details on Wikipedia and IMDb.
Einstein (Original title: ... about Einstein) Does God play dice?
The Brain (Why does Ice cream make my head hurt?)
Evolution (evolutionary theory of hotness)
Speed (Why do cats have 9 lives?)
Engineering (The truth about air travel)
Chemistry (How chemistry runs our lives)
Year published/aired: 2002-2003
Year produced/filmed:
# of episodes: 8
Grade: 3-6
Genres: grammar
Sub-subject: vocabulary
Broadcaster: BBC, CBBC
Production company:
Story:
Editor:
Director:
Producer: Karen Johnson
Media:
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Additional media: Books, ....
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Plot (short): Grammar for grades 3-6. Animation, songs and sketches. Spellits are the animated characters: Ears, Eyes and Brain.
Part of the Look and Read series.
Episodes: 20 minutes each
Programme One-Eight
Year published/aired: 1989
Year produced/filmed:
# of episodes:
Grade: Beginners-native speakers
Genres: Business English
Sub-subject:
Broadcaster:
Production company: Vektor Ltd. (BBC), IBM UK
Producer: Dr. Bill Walmsley
Story:
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Media: Laserdisc
Media publisher: BBC English by Television
Additional media: books, audiocassette, 3.5" disks
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Plot (short): The first interactive course on videodisc. English-German. There are also sequels in the Connections series:
La Connection Francaise, Die Deutsche Verbindung (1990, Goethe Institute), La Conexion Espanola, The Personal Connction, The Meetings Connection (1991). Obviously all for business English. Different levels from beginners to native speakers. I found earlier Laserdiscs starting from 1983, but not interactive (Ensemble, Kontakte (BBC English), Switch On English (Klett)). Vektor Ltd. was previously Brighton Polytechnic.
Meetings, telephone skills, European topics, negotiations,...
I haven't found any pics of clips.
Episodes:
Year published/aired: 1997 ?
Year produced/filmed:
# of episodes: 6 ?
Grade: 1
Genres: basics ?
Sub-subject:
Broadcaster:
Production company: BBC English
Producer:
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Editor:
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Media: VHSx6
Media publisher: Barcanova D.L. ? /Anaya
Additional media: books, audio cassettes, wall charts, flashcards, VHS
Working material: Anne-Carol Fisher
Material publisher: Anaya educacion (Spain)
Novel available:
Other literature:
Plot (short): This is obviously mainly a picture book series for 1st graders, but there also were VHS (I just have found pics of books, so can't say much about the VHS, but are partial animated). Books also later reissued as New Goldfish. Different illustrators. Best infos on worldcat. Audiobooks have 9 units on each of the 2 cassettes.
Episodes: 50 or (2x) 38 minutes each. VHS known:
4. Robin (VHS)
6. /2. Daniel and the Twins (VHS)
Books
3. New Friends (Goldfish Reader) book only? Also as #1 together with the following as 2
4. The Magic Forest (New Goldfish Reader) book only?
3. /5. Harrap (New Goldfish Reader) book only?
5. The Smugglers' Den (book only?)
6. A Dangerous Adventure (New Goldfish Reader) book only?
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
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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!
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:
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Media: -?
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Additional media: books, song book,
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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
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
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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!
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
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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
Year published/aired: 1997
Year produced/filmed:
# of episodes: 8
Grade: 2-4
Genres: Adventure
Sub-subject: Sci-Fi, Comic
Broadcaster: BBC, CBBC
Production company:
Producer: Cas Lester
Story: Elly Brewer
Editor:
Director: Cas Lester
Media: -?
Media publisher:
Additional media: books, video game
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Plot (short): Captain Crimson is a Comic hero character by artist Jeff. That 10 yo son Tom (Ben Brooks) and friend Amy finished the comic whose character comes to real life, played by Felix Dexter. The kids and granny have to hide him.
Part of the Look and Read series.
Episodes: 20 minutes each
1. Escape From the Black Beyond
2. Guzzle Trouble
3. Banana Drama
4. A Giant Celebration
5. It'll All Come Out in the Wash
6. Take the Bull By the Horns
7. Operation Recovery
8. Black to the Future
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:
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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
Year published/aired: 2004
Year produced/filmed:
# of episodes: 5
Grade: 2-4
Genres: Adventure
Sub-subject: Fantasy
Broadcaster: BBC, CBBC
Production company:
Producer: Sarah Miller
Story: Carolyn Sally Jones
Editor:
Director: Dirk Campbell
Media: VHS, DVD
Media publisher: BBC Worlwide Ltd.
Additional media: books, DVD + Video Plus Pack, songs, story book,...
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Novel available: yes
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Plot (short): Victorian adventure of modern boy Ben (Jack Bannon). Set in Norfolk. During a storm in a manor, Ben can see into a Victorian world with the help of a video camera. Learning history about Victorian inventions, fairgrounds, songs, etc.
Just 5 episodes, but there also was an extended version (85 minutes).
Part of the Look and Read series.
Episodes: 20 minutes each
1. A Light at the Window
2. The Girl in Blue
3. A Flicker at the Fairground
4. Phantoms and Photographs
5. A Secret Comes to Light
Year published/aired: 1998
Year produced/filmed:
# of episodes: 10
Grade: 2-4
Genres: Adventure
Sub-subject: Fantasy
Broadcaster: BBC, CBBC
Production company:
Producer: Cas Lester
Story: Jim Eldridge
Editor:
Director: Colin Cant
Media: VHS, DVD
Media publisher:
Additional media: books, poem, audio cassette, software, song book,...
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Novel available: yes
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Plot (short): Fantasy adventure including time travel with twins Mark (Jonathan Kitchens) and Lisa Astor (Abigail Ansell) visiting their uncle George (Andrew Sachs). There is a gateway to another, ancient, Roman-like, extraterrestrial world called Heritron.
Part of the Look and Read series.
Episodes: 20 minutes each
1. The Box
2. The First Key
3. The Watchers
4. Kidnap
5. The Crystal Connection
6. The Trap
7. The Box is Opened
8. Into the Box
9. Betrayed
10. The Final Hour
Year published/aired: 2001
Year produced/filmed:
# of episodes: 6
Grade: 2-4
Genres: Adventure
Sub-subject: vocabulary
Broadcaster: BBC, CBBC
Production company:
Story: Berlie Doherty
Editor:
Director: Michael Kerrigan
Media: VHS
Media publisher:
Additional media: Story Book, ....
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Plot (short): Kids Josie and Peter were sucked into a
computer at school and have to solve puzzle in a strange world. Blue bug
Zzaap helped them. Just 5+1 episodes.
Part of the Look and Read series.
Episodes: 20 minutes each
1. Into the Crystal Caverns
2. The Castle of Gloom
3. The Glen of the Green Man
4. No Hope Valley
5. The Word Master
6. Zzaap looks Back
Year published/aired: 1996
Year produced/filmed:
# of episodes: 10
Grade: 2-4
Genres: Adventure
Sub-subject: WWII
Broadcaster: BBC, CBBC
Production company:
Story: Derek Farmer
Editor:
Director: Nicholas Whines
Media: VHS
Media publisher:
Additional media: Teacher's book, Comic, Audio cassette, ...
Working material: Derek Farmer
Material publisher:
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Plot (short): In WW2, 1942, 2 boys were sent to a farm of Aunty Amy and her granddaughter Polly on a farm. Another girl was sent elsewhere. Adventures including spies and POW and also 1960s scenes.
Part of the Look and Read series.
Episodes: 20 minutes each
1. Sent Away
2. Grainger Danger
3. Spies all around
4. Trouble for Mary
5. The Poster Comes to Life
6. Bombs in the Country
7. Surprise
8. The Pilot
9. The Secret Quarry
10. Captured
Year published/aired: 1994
Year produced/filmed:
# of episodes: 10
Grade: 2-4
Genres: Sci-Fi
Sub-subject:
Broadcaster: BBC, CBBC
Production company:
Producer: Ronald Smedley
Story: David Angus
Editor:
Director: Peter Rose
Media: VHS
Media publisher:
Additional media: Pupil's pamphlet, teacher's note, audio cassettey. floppy disc, ...
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Plot (short): Alien boy Ollie helps kids on Earth stopping pollution.
Part of the Look and Read series.
Episodes: 20 minutes each
1. It Came from Outer Space
2. An Uninvited Guest
3. Whoops!
4. Code Name Charley
5. Mystifying Magic
6. Monster Mayhem
7. Doctor Miracle
8. Betrayed
9. Hunt the Alien
10. The Final Countdown
Year produced/filmed:
# of episodes: 10
Grade: 2-4
Genres: Adventure
Sub-subject: Fantasy
Broadcaster: BBC, CBBC
Production company:
Producer: Sue Weeks
Story: Christine, Christopher Russell
Editor:
Director:
Media: VHS ?
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Additional media: Pupil's pamphlet, audio cassette, books ...
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Plot (short): 3 kids, a dragon and a big mouse have to save a magical land.
Part of the Look and Read series.
Episodes: 20 minutes each
1. The Dragon From Pelamar
2. Flight to Widge
3. The First Veeton
4. Word Magic
5. Clues in the Snow
6. Jenny's Scarf
7. The Waterfall of Words
8. The Great Battle
9. Danger on High
10. The Final Page
