Big Cities

Year published/aired: 2016-2018

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# of episodes: 29

Grade: 9-13

Genres: Documentaries

Sub-subject: Geography

Broadcaster: SWR

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Story: Rene Habitz, others

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Director: Chris Metzler, others

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Plot (short): Documentaries about different big cities in different countries. Economy, agriculture, traffic, buildings,...

 

Episodes: 30 minutes each

Big Cities: Europa

1.1 Ein Dorf in Berlin

1.2 Fisch und Gemüse direkt aus Berlin

1.3 Handys bauen in Hamburg

2.1 London ...

2.2 Stockholm

2.8 Madrid

3.10 Paris

3.11 Lyon

4.3 Lissabon

4.4 Porto

Big Cities: Asien

2.5 Seoul

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Hongkong, Bangkok, Amman, Tokio,...

Big Cities:  Nord- Mittel und Südamerika

2.3 Cuzco

2.4 Rio de Janeiro

..

2.7 Toronto (pictured, Multi-Kulti Fotoprojekt)

3.2 Los Angeles

4.5 Monterrey (Mexico) (2018)

 

Jugendliche & Corona

 

Original title: Beyond Pandemic: Voices of Youths from Around the World

Year published/aired: 2021

Year produced/filmed: 2020

# of episodes: 3 ?

Grade: 7-13

Genres: documentary teens, covid

Sub-subject: culture

Broadcaster: SWR, NHK, others

Production company: NHK ?

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Plot (short): Teen lives during the covid pandemic in different countries. 16 teens of 8 countries reporting via smart phones. In "cooperation with" (original idea by) Japanese NHK. Obviously as a one part special (1 hour). Currently, 3 episodes have been aired. In both English and German. I don't know if there will be more episodes. The original Japanese title is  "Beyond Pandemic: Voices of Youths from Around the World" NHK X 公視【當我們同在疫起：全球青年大聲說】預告, full staff is unknown. Pictured is 18 yo Devin from the USA. One girl and boy from Taiwan are called Stacy Hua (花湧惠) and Buya Watan (陳宇).

There's a similar series: Ich in der Krise.

Episodes: 10 minutes each. English episode titles:

 

-Everyday Life and Discrimination

-Quarantine and Fake News

-Homeschooling and Money Problems

Ich in der Krise

 

Year published/aired: 2021

Year produced/filmed: 2020

# of episodes: 10

Grade: 7-13

Genres: documentary teens, covid

Sub-subject: culture

Broadcaster: SWR, WDR

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Producer:  Irja von Bernstorff

Story: Irja von Bernstorff

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Plot (short): Teen lives during the covid pandemic in different countries. Bilingual. One 13 yo British girl Gabrielle (London, musician) and one 14 yo American boy. Episode pictured: "Zum Tennisprofi trotz Corona-Quarantäne? Philip aus New York". "Ich in der Krise?!". SWR Kindernetz. He wants to become a tennis pro, but lockdown in NY is hard. This last episodes are missing on the Kindernetz page, but are available on YouTube.

There's a similar series: Jugendliche & Corona (Beyond Pandemic).

Episodes: 10 minutes each

-Die Corona-Krise in den USA: Philip erzählt (pictured)

-Die Corona-Krise in England: Gabrielle erzählt

8 more episodes in German and English of kids/teens of Iran, Argentina, India, Russia, France, Thailand, Mexico, Italy. Italy is about a Soccer boy.

Wizadora

 

Year published/aired: 1991

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# of episodes: 204

Grade: 1-5

Genres: Basics

Sub-subject: Everyday's situations

Broadcaster: SWR, ITV, others

Production company: Workhouse, North Pole Productions

Producer: Michael Blakstad

Story: Don Arioli

Editor: Hanspeter Hauke (SWR)

Director: David Crozier

Media: VHS, DVD *

Media publisher: Oxford University Press, others

Additional media: CD-ROM, books, sheets, video games, app

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Plot (short): Female wizard Wizadora (2 different actresses) teaching with puppets and kids Tom (pictured with telephone Phoebe) and Katie. More infos on Wikipedia. Different infos on German and English Wikipedias. First aired by SWR in 1993 or 1991. But at least first used in 1991. Aimed at 6-12 yo kids.

At least one DVD is not based on the series. Probably also some other unrelated media with the same title.

Episodes: 9 or 15 minutes each (15 minutes season 1)

Zoom - Your English Magazine

 

Year published/aired: 1983 ?

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Grade: 7

Genres: magazine

Sub-subject: culture

Broadcaster: SWR, WDR, FR3, others

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Plot (short): Magazine / documentaries

Episodes: 30 minutes each (60 min on each VHS)

1-3 Workshop for workless teens, Owner of a Fish and Chips shop, an US broadcaster, Shakin Stevens

4-6 Technology in Wales, Cricket, St. Louis, Interview of Chris de Burgh and Helen Schneider

7-9 Milk man, gold digger in Wales, Mark Twain's Birth house, theatre workshop for workless teens

Literature:

Exam works: Sigrid Mooney 1986, Anke Wittich 1983

Info: Also used in the Netherlands (at least 1988-1991) and France. Aired in Germany one a month on different channels

USA - The Sound of ...

 

Year published/aired: 1998

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# of episodes: 12

Grade: 5-13 (8) *

Genres: Music

Sub-subject: USA, culture, politics, history

Broadcaster: SWR

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Additional media: sheets, film scripts, song texts, ...

Working material: Wolfgang Biederstädt

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Plot (short): Awarded documentaries, people of different regions and their music. German and English language. DVD for grade 8+. A Bildungsserver says 11th grade. Planet Schule says grade 5-13. Maybe german version for grade 5 or maybe even depending on episode. Or they later changed the rating. Mainly grown-ups shown, depending on episode High School students and maybe some kids (families).

Episodes: 30 minutes each

Mexicans in California

The Dust Bowl in Oklahoma

Cajuns in Lousiana

Hip Hop in the Bronx

Blues in New Orleans

Motown in Detroit

Highschool Kids in North Carolina

Navajos in Arizona

Gothic in Boston

Skyscrapers in Manhattan

Money in Las Vegas

Love and Peace in San Francisco

Two-Two-O-One

 

Year published/aired: ~1987 

Year produced/filmed: 1987

# of episodes: 4

Grade: 5

Genres: Time travel

Sub-subject: Everyday's situations

Broadcaster: SWR

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Screenplay: Carl Fox-Duering

Editor and Producer: Jörg Goralewski

Director: Barbara Derkow

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Plot (short): Boy and Girl from year 2201 time traveled multiple times to a family back in 1987 Birmingham. They met kids Samantha and David. That life is strange to them. They learn lot of things like money, foods, traffic rules, Soccer, etc. But finally they return via a telephone booth in their future.

Episodes: ~14 minutes each, just have numbers (currently no episode posts)

Episode 1 (Two-Two-O-One)

Episode 2 (Two-Two-O-One)

Episode 3 (Two-Two-O-One)

Episode 4 (Two-Two-O-One)

Actors:

9/PTS, later renamed Patsy (Keely Hawkes) pictured on left

9/PTR, later renamed Peter (Nicholas Pickard)

Samantha (Danielle Akers)

David (Justin Clark)

Aunt Agatha (Jane Wenham)

Cashier (Nancy Manningham)

Staff:

Unit Manager: Frank Edelhagen

Production Manager: Wolfgang Pempelfort

Totally Phenomenal

Year published/aired: 2009

Year produced/filmed: 2005

# of episodes: 20

Grade: 10-13

Genres: Science

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Broadcaster: SWR, Deutsche Welle

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Director: Harald Brenner

Producer: Ingrid Eckerle

Media: DVD

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Plot (short):  Documentaries of inventions

Episodes: ~15 minutes each, I think all are available as German and English.

1. Super Eyes

2. Super Noses

3. Super Ears

4. The Sense of Touch

5. The Sense of Taste

6. Nerve Network

7. Invasion of the Viruses

8. The Trail of DNA

9. Cloning

10. Mr Jonas Dives into the Depth

19. Blick ins Weltall (A Glimpse into Space)

Laser erobern die Welt

18. Satelliten weisen den Weg (Satellites Show the Way)

11. Strahlen schaffen Durchblick (X-Rays Investigated)

17. Vom Erz zum Stahl (From Ore to Steel)

Wegweisende Echos

12. Currents of Energy

13. Waves that Warm

14. Biofuels

15. The Versatility of Crude Oil

16. Pretty Windy

20. Glaciers

Reporters

 

Year published/aired: 1983

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# of episodes: 5

Grade: 5 ?

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Broadcaster: SVT 1, SWF/SWR (Germany)

Production company:  UR

Production country: Sweden

Story: Kerstin Bäckström

Script: Doug Case, Eskil Garpebring

Director,producer: Eskil Garpebring

Media: VHSx1, SECAM

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Working material: Morgens Hoirup, Poul Otto Mortensen, Gill Sturtridge

Book illustrator: K. Edwards

Material publisher: Munksgaard, BBC, SIRS-Omnivox (France)

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Plot (short):  Kid reporters of a local newspaper (The New Reporter) (not documentary) Anna, Ben (Joe Greco) and Lucy. Pic from ep 2. Music: The Human League.

Episodes: 11-12 minutes each

1. The New Reporter

2. Stories and Photos

3. Interviews

4. Questions

5. The Paper

 

Info: New post, previously not on my wiki. More infos, actors and clip link on Swedish Wikipedia.

In the Picture

Year published/aired: 1995

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# of episodes: 3

Grade: 7

Genres: Soap

Sub-subject: jobs

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Plot (short): Soap about a group of 4 young people in Bristol. Reporter Mina of Asian origin, workless and drug abused Jake, motor cycle courier Tommy and ferryman Ben.

Episodes: 30 minutes each

1. Episode One - A task-based approach to working with video material

2. Episode Two - The Work experience, dreams and or nightmare

3. Episode Three - Prejudice and stereotypes, Bristol Soap 

 

Update: 1995 instead of 1999, grade 7

Extra English

 

Year published/aired: 2003

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# of episodes: 30

Grade: 6-7

Genres: soap

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Broadcaster: Channel 4, SWR

Production company: Channel 4, Rai, Double Exposure

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Plot (short): Lives of 4 teens 19-22 yo in London. Soap/comedy. Aimed at 14-18 yo.

Info: Also used in other countries. There are also series about German, French and Spanish learning. Aka Extr@
More infos on Wikipedia and IMDb.

Episodes: 25 minutes each

The Blind Detective

Year published/aired: 1976

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# of episodes: 7

Grade: 9

Genres: Crime

Sub-subject: 

Broadcaster: SWR

Producer: Werner Feisst

Production company: KS-TV, WK-Productions Waldemar Kuri, FWU

Story: Karlheinz Müller-Ruzika

Director: Waldemar Kuri

Media: VHSx1  

Media publisher: Nelson Filmscan

Additional media: video transcript, teacher's note

Working material:  Jack Lonergan, Saxon Menne, Howard Thomas

Material publisher: Athena Undervisningsmidler 

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Plot (short): Long version of Drei Kurzkrimis für den Englischunterricht (3 ep). Blind detective Dr. Ashton and assistant James have to solve difficult cases. They use their brains where others use their eyes.

Episodes: 7 episodes, ~5 minutes each, incomplete list. Total 57 minutes

The Radio Operator

Even Photographs Can Lie

Midnight Burglary 

The Wrong Wine (A neigbor of the blind detective should have shot himself after eating oysters. But his butler made a mistake with the food arrangement)

VHS series: English by title. Obviously another Swedish coproduction (?) Another (working ?) title: 7 Kriminalkurzfilme