A-Z list non video

This is a list (work in progress) of series with no (known) videos, so books, book series and audio (radio, vinyl or (drill) tapes), to separate them from the regular series and movies.

 

American Dialects (1976) audio, National Council Teachers of English ?

(American) Kernel Lessons (AKL) 1969/1978 

The au pair, 1979 reader by Stephen Speight

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, 1981 reader and 1991 movie

Castor and Pollux, BBC English by Radio, set at Circus (elephants), for kids, 1964? 1970s ?

Click On 2001 Express Publishing 4 DVDs, unknown if videos

The Computer Virus, 1992 reader by Stephen Speight 

Dobryi Vedu, Finland, Radio only ? 1960s ?

English for Juniors (1991), ... for Beginners, for Seniors WDR, radio broadcast

The Gang, 1974 reader by Stephen Speight

Goldfish! (1997) see regular list

Headway (see regular list: Headway Video)

Inspector Thackeray Calls ~1976 (no video)

Issues I - Baukästen für den Englischunterricht im 8. Schuljahr, 1976

Let's Learn English: Bob and Jane, 1966 books, vinyl, audio, language lab

Let's Talk in English (1976) BR Schulfunk (radio)

Linguaphone (see regular list) 

Macmillan Children's Readers (several) also MP3 audio. Often 2 parts, pre-primary

Making Sense - 1983 Nelson Filmscan, UK. 11 units, audio only?) Series The Skill of Listening by Rosemary Aitken. Grade 5. It Makes Sense Grade 11

RPZ-Informationen (Rheinland-Pfalz/Bad Kreuznach)

Scout - Baukästen für den Englischunterricht 1984-1986 (books only?)

SDZ-Informationen (Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg im Breisgau)

A Song for You, 1991 radio broadcasts, WDR

Stay Out of the Basement (Goosebumps) reader, see regular list

Streamline English (see regular list Streamline English Videos)        

Takes (Radio Bremen) 4 series (1979-1983) class resources or main series title  

Tiny Books series, (audio) books, Swedish publisher Gjellerup  

Visuals for the Language Classroom 1991 Hong Kong, Longman, (book only ?)

-General book and source info, example: Double Trouble

 

Books: SDZ-Informationen

SDZ stands for Sprachdidaktisches Zentrum (at Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg im Breisgau), Germany. SDZ-Informationen is a series of 1980s and 1990s booklets for teachers about teaching English (and for other subjects). I have posts of most of the TV series, some others, I previously didn't know at all. Not sure if all of them are real TV series or just school books. Needs further inverstigations.

The publishing years are often several years later than the TV series. Google is a poor source. Next to worldcat, there is d-nb.info, where for some of these (and other) books, there's at least a table of contents.

List of all known booklets (English)

How to Get a Scoop

Bridges 

Problems of a Rich Country 

ZOOM- Your English Magazine

Double Trouble

The London Outing

Moving to Marlborough

The Ballinish Bowl

The Secret of Adlington Hall

Going Abroad: Klassenfahrten nach GB (leaflet only?) 1988, Marita Schocker-von Ditfurth

Young People: Travelling - Leisure - Holidays (Landeskunde, 1984, Marita Schocker-von Ditfurth)  

Facts and views on jobs and works, (Landeskunde, 1986, Marita Schocker-von Ditfurth)

Scotland's For Me (1993 Carmen Dier) Tourist office commercial (clip)?

Xmas (1989 Carmen Dier)

 

Materialen zum Hörverstehen im Englishunterricht, 1991 Doris Kocher

Authentische Hörtexte im Englischunterricht der Sekundarstufe I, 1988

Filmstrip and slide catalog, 1984

A similar booklet series is RPZ-Informationen.

Chronological list

 

For now, this is a partial list. I won't add series after the mid 1980s. Please note, that some years might not be exact.

Starting from 1973-1984 only selected foreign productions.

The earliest programmes are (video) broadcasts only. Confirmed VHS are marked with "V" on the left.

This list contains German and foreign productions. German (co) productions marked in red. From 1974-1984 foreign productions in green.

I will make more lists later. For a complete list see the A-Z list (you can search there for a year or eg "198" for 1980s or check out the decades or year categories. Radio broadcasts on the A-Z non video list (see A-Z list)

I Want to Go to School 1959 UK, 16mm

Can You Speak English? 1960 Sweden

Billy Boy 1961 Sweden

Walter and Connie (Wir lernen Englisch) 1962 BBC

Can I Help You? ~1964 France

The Carters of Greenwood ~1964 UK , 8mm

Meet Mr. Sims 1965? or 1969 Sweden 

View and Teach ~1965 UK

English for You 1966 East Germany

Summerhill 1966 ? Canada, film

Look and Read 1967-2004 BBC, with several subseries, later some on DVD

V Living Language 1967, USA

Telekolleg 1967- Germany but then not for schools but grown-ups

Gesamtenglisch 1968 Germany series overview 

Hello, I Speak English - English für Anfänger, 1968 Germany, canceled

V The Turners 1969 British Council, First British series with VCR

Slim John 1969 BBC

The Green Umbrella 1969 Norway

The Seventh Key 1969 Norway

Talking of Britain 1970? Germany

The Tartan Case 1970 Germany

Off We Go 1970 Germany

Start 1970? Sweden 

Words and Pictures, 1970 UK 

The Boy From Space (1971) BBC Look and Read series

The Mystery on the Moor 1971 Norway

Horse and Buggy Blues 1971 Germany

Thumbing in California 1971 Germany

The Second-hand Car 1971 Germany ?

On We Go 1972 Germany

Good Morning America, How Are You 1973 Germany

People You Meet 1973 Germany

V Speak Out 1972 Germany

Greetings from the USA 1973 Germany ? canceled

V Speak for Yourself 1974 Germany

(V Issues I 1976 Germany, obviously books and audio only)

Have Fun and Learn 1976 Germany ?

Canada and the Canadians 1976 Germany

V Challenges 1976 Germany

V The Sea-side Children 1976 Germany

V Drei Kurzkrimis für den Englischunterricht 1976 Germany

V How to Get a Scoop 1976 Germany

V Pauk Mit: Englisch 1976 Germany

V Philadelphia, Pa. 1976 Germany

V The Blind Detective 1976 Germany 

The English Programme 1976

V The Proper Job for Jill and Joe 1977 Germany

V Captain Peters 1977 Germany

Come And See Us 1977 Sweden

V Living in Great Britain 1978 Germany 

30 Minutes / Thirty Minutes 1978

V All Aboard 1979 Germany

V Bridges 1979 Germany 

V Five Times Britain ~1979

North of the Border 1980 Germany ?

V The Stone-Age Kid 1980 Germany

V Einmal England und zurück 1981 Germany

V Problems of a Rich Country 1981 Germany

V The Secret of Adlington Hall 1981 Germany

That Was Last Summer, Baby 1981 Germany

V Living in Washington 1982 Germany

V Norwich Now 1983 Germany ?

V Moving to Marlborough 1983 Germany

V The London Outing 1983 Germany

V Zoom - Your English Magazine 1983 Germany

V Double Trouble 1984 Sweden /(Germany)

V Living in New York 1984 Germany

Wonderworms 1984 Germany ? 

V The Visitor 1984 

V The English Teaching Theatre 1984

V Barn Theatre 1984 

America, the Way I see It 1984

V The Victor - English Method 1985

V Video Visits 1985 (travel videos) 

The War Between Classes (CBS Schoolbreak Special) 1985 DVD

Television English 1985

Person to Person 1985

Follow Through 1985

Family Affair 1985

The Ballinish Bowl ~1985

The Carsat Crisis 1986

Zoom In ~1986

Young Encounters ~1986

Young in Australia ~1986

A Video Souvenir of London 1986

Two Days in Summer ~1986

Playtime - English für Kinder 1986

The Lost Secret 1986

Exploring a Young Country: New Zealand 1986

Down Under: Australia ~1986

Buddy 1986

...

A-Z list of all series

This is a list of all known series, (other countries and maybe non-English subjects to come). Work in progress. Different sources like slz.uni-bonn

I have included here many BBC productions. For (mainly) German series (up to 1984) see the Chronological list.

I now have removed titles with no (known) videos (books, audio/radio/drill tapes), these are in the A-Z list non video. Maybe I will also make a list for short films (Super 8/FWU).

 

10 Dinge, die du wissen musst (James May's Things You Need to Know) BBC/WDR 2011

100 unga röster i Europa 1994 (Talking Heads)

30 minutes CBS im Dritten (1984)

35 College Road WDR 8 ep ~ 1990 NL

About Britain 60 min MacMillan, Documentary,/Geography

Access 2014/2017 see: English G Access

Access / Lighthouse (see Lighthouse (2022)) Cornelsen, books, DVD

Action UK! (Green Line) DVD ~2014 Klett

Action USA! 2008+2x 2017 3 DVDs Klett 

Action Worldwide! 2018 2 DVD Klett, Blue/RED/Orange Line 5+6

Adventures in English, ~1963, USA, 65 ep, Let's Learn English, Let's Speak English, 63 countries (not BBC Radio)

Adventure in the Garden 1966 Green Park Productions / FWU, 6 minutes

The Adventures of Captain Peters (see Captain Peters)

Aim High 2010 Oxford University, secondary course

All Aboard ~1979 RB

America, the Way I See It , 2 part DK 1984, 1989

American Dialects USA 1976 audio only, see A-Z non video list

American More! Cambridge University/Helbing 4/6 Levels, 2010

American Teens in Germany 2015 WDR, 3 ep

Anna, Schmidt & Oskar (German Course WDR) ~1993

At Home in Britain - Living With a British Family, 1983 BBC

Audio/Video Sampler (Diesterweg) 2010

Auffrischungskurs Englisch 1996, 13 ep ?

Ballads of the West ,1976 WDR, episode 30 minutes

The Ballinish Bowl 1985

Barn Theatre , BBC/ Sweden ~1984

Beehive , Oxford University 2022 Young learners 7 level British, American English

Beep /Beep TV, 1988, Spain, + 1997, All-time English, CD-ROM

The Bellcrest Story (BBC) 1973 English for Business

Beyond Pandemic (see Jugendliche & Corona) 3 ep 2021

Beyond the Big Cities 1989 5 ep + Beyond the Big Cities '99

Beyond the Channel 1987 3 ep ?

Big Cities 2016-2018 SWR, 29 ep different Cities, London, Los Angeles, Toronto, Paris,...

Big English 2013 Pearson, ages 6-12 yo, British/American English

The Big Red Bus Ride 1996 British Council

Billy Boy 1961, Sweden, 5 ep

The Blind Detective 1976 (also see Drei Kurzkrimis für den Englischunterricht)

Blockbuster 2019 French secondary course. Maison des langues 

Bloggers 2017, French course grades 3-6, Bloggers New. Maison des langues 

The Blue Poster, 1978 Norway

The Boarding House NL ~1975, 15 ep

Boston to Bermuda 2017, 6 ep WDR 

Brainy 2017 Macmillan Poland, grades 4-8

Bravo! 1-4, Hello Bravo!, Bravo Starter, cartoon+live action for kids, Books Judy West, 1993

Bridges 1978, RB, FWU

Britain's Biggest Primary School, see: Die größte Grundschule Großbritanniens

Buddy 1986 BBC, 5 ep

Bus stop 1998

Bye-Child  2003 grade 11, 1 ep

California Stories 2011 Heil-Film 8 short films

California: The Golden State (Kalifornien: Der goldene Staat), Heil-Film, 28 min

Camden Market 2005 teacher DVDs, grades 3-10 Westermann

Camden Market Junior 2012 grades 3-4

Camden Road 2024 grade 5

Camden Town, 2005 Westermann, grades 5-11

Can I Help You? ~1964, France, 17 ep

Can You Speak English? 1960, Sweden

Canada and the Canadians 1975 WDR

Captain Peters 1976

Caroline, I love you (see: Issues I) 1976, probably audio and books only

The Carsat Crisis, 1986 BBC, English for Science and technology

The Carters of Greenwood 1964/1966 (animation) Longman

Challenges 1976 (FWU,BBC, Longman)

Channel Four Learning ~1999

College Road , 5 episodes, WDR, <1992, set in London, same as 35 College Road? 

Come and See London 1991 FWU short film

Come And See Us 1981

Connections, 1989-1991 (see European Connection, The)

The Cottage, 1988, Spain, Video Teaching Services de Espana, 100 units

Country Profiles 1996-1998 different production countries, 10 episodes

Crossing Borders ,WDR 1988, 3 episodes

Cuckoo! 1989 Longman, 13 ep

Curious Kids 2002 Macmillan primary 

Culture View 2014 Macmillan, 2 DVDs, teens

David and Red 2007 WDR, David and Red in England

Desperados 2007 BBC 11 ep

Disney's World of English (DWE) 1976- ? pre-school

Double Trouble 1982 Sweden (in German 1986) 5th grade

(Down on the Farm) WDR 1971 episode of Horse and Buggy Blues

Down the Old Canal RB, FWU, ~1987

Down Under: Australia 1986 WDR

Drei Kurzkrimis für den Englischunterricht 1978

e for English 2014, 2017, 2022 Editions Didier France, grade 3-6

Easy Stories, 2002 FWU DVD 12 min+additional audio etc, 1st grade, animations

Einmal England und zurück 1982 (Walter Sedlmayr)

Einmal Schottland und zurück (Walter Sedlmayr)

Elementary English 2010 ~3 episodes, same as It's British - isn't it?

Elementary School English (Kevin and Ann) South Korea 2006, filmed 1999

English Adventure (Pearson) see New English Adventure ~2014

English Channel  , 1998 Oxford University

English Code 2020 Pearson, primary course

Englisch durch Lieder (see: Songs Alive)

English Express 1991-2000 BBC, 4th grade

English for Juniors ~1976, see How to Get a Scoop

English for Juniors (1991) see A-Z non video list

English for You (East Germany, b&w) 1966

English G 21 e-Workbook (2007) CD ROM

English G 21: Out and About 1 , 2006, Cornelsen  

English G21: Viewing, 2010 Cornelsen, 2 DVDs

English G21: What's in? What's on? What's up? 2010 Cornelsen 2 DVDs

English G Access - The world behind the picture , 2014/2017, DVD 1-10

English G Lighhouse 2012- Cornelsen, school books, DVDs 

English in Mind (EiMTV) 2004 Cambridge,Loescher 6 Levels DVD

English Items 1978 ? 8 ep (Dutch production ?)

English Plus 2016 (2010) Oxford University 5 levels

The English Programme, ITV Schools 1976-2003, 297 ep

English Quest 2011 Macmillan primary course

The English Teaching Theatre 1984 Off-Stage! sketches

English Timesavers, see Junior English Timesaver, Scholastic 

Enjoy English (1986) B&CI (Berlitz, Itoh (Japan)) 3x VHS  

(New) Enjoy English 2006/2011 Editions Didier (France) 2x2 DVDs

Escape Games Anglais 2021/2022 Editions Nathan

The European Connection 1989 Vektor Ltd. BBC English, LaserDisc

Even Photographs can lie (see: Drei Kurzkrimis...)

Everybody Up 2012 Oxford University, 5-12 yo

Exploring A Young Country: New Zealand 1986

Extra English (extr@) Sitcom 2003

Eyes Open Cambridge University and Discovery 2015

Face the Music 1989 Longman, UK

Family Affair 1985 Longman

Family Album, USA  1991 26 ep, soap

Family and Friends 2008 Oxford University, young learners

A Family Farm in Kentucky 1991 (14 minutes)

Fast Track English 1997 WDR (Telekolleg II)

Film in Action! / A Great Mistake 2010 Klett 

Find Your Voice Macmillan 2024 pre teens and teens 4 levels, digital only

Five By Five  Views of five British Cities, 1989

Five times Britain ,1979 ?, 5 ep, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia,

Flirt English 2006-2011

Focus 2017 Pearson, upper secondary

Focus on Britain 1980, part 2 1982 British Tourist Authority

Focus on the USA (Die USA kennenlernen) 2017, Heil-Film

Follow Me 1979-1981

Follow Me to San Francisco 1981, BBC

Follow Through , 1985, BBC

Friends in Londond (Friends) 2002 Pearson Longman VHS

Gabby & Debby 1976 Israel, 5 ep b&w, teens, + sequel, remake

Game Changer 2022 Cambridge University, A0-B1, global scope

Gesamtenglisch (first project 1968) (Off We Go,...)

Get Involved! 2021 Macmillan, secondary

Ghost Stories 2001 Tellus Vision, 6 ep 

Give Me Five! 2018 Macmillan, primary course, (New) High Five! 2014,

Glasgow: Living in the City (Glasgow: Eine Stadt wird saniert) 1991 FWU 14 min

A Global City (Weltstadt New York) 2012 DVD

Global Explorers 2026 Macmillan Primary 

Go Ahead (Cornelsen) Bavaria 2017, 1990s, DVDs almost same as English G Lighthouse

Goal - Speak English, Play Football BBC 2003

GoGetter 2017 Pearson/BBC

Good Morning America, How Are You ~1973 BR, French co-produced

Goosebumps, See: Stay Out of the Basement

Gold 2015 Pearson, see Gold Experience

Gold Experience 2015 Pearson 

Goldfish ~1997 BBC English/Anaya (Spain) 1st grade

Got it! 2010 Oxford University, 4 levels secondary course

Grapevine 1989 Oxford University

The Green Umbrella, ~1969, Norway

Greetings from the USA ~1973 ? sequel of Good Morning America, How Are You

GRIPS Englisch 2011 BR/ARD-alpha 40 ep

The Groovy Granny Show 2004

Die größte Grundschule Großbritanniens 2015, 5 DVDs

Grundkurs English 2010 Telekolleg II, BR 15 ep, adults

Guess What! Cambridge University 2015

The Guildford Gang 1989 WDR

Harmonize 2022 Oxford University, Lower secondary

Have Fun and Learn 1976 WDR

Headway Video: Elementary 1993 British Council, also beginners, pre-intermediate 1994, intermediate 1996

Heartland USA, 1997 see Country Profiles

Hello, I Speak English 1968-1971 BR, 1st West German series

Here We Come 1974, 5 ep, Sweden Adventure series

Heroes 2017 Macmillan, 6 levels primary

Hi there! 2012 Bourdas (France, Cambridge), New Hi there! 3e-6e

High Note 2020 Pearson 16-18yo

History Around You (Shell) ~1980

Hit the Road! (2019) Magnard (France) grade 10?

Holidays in GB and the USA 2003 (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas)

Holly's Heroes 2005 Australia

Home English (Pleased to Meet You) 1978

Horse and Buggy Blues WDR 1971

How to Get a Scoop 1974 or 1976 WDR

I bet you can! 2017 Editions Magnard 3e-6e

I can't go to school today, 2017, 5 episodes (animations) SWR  

I Love My City (Montre-moi ta ville), Marathon, Canal J, 1994, 26 ep

I want to go to school, 1959 Graphic Films Ltd. /FWU, 31 minutes b&w

Ich in der Krise, 2021 Die Corona-Krise in... 10 ep, UK, USA, other countries, SWR 

Impact , 20 units, Yorkshire TV, 1987 for 11-16 yo

In Sync (Five Days, Our World) Pearson 2 DVDs ~2011

In the Picture 1995, WDR

Inselsommer - Isle of Wight 1983

(New) Inside Out Macmillan ~2000- (adults)

Inside the British Isles 1995 BR advanced

Interactive 1-4 Cambridge University, 12 units x4

Interchange 1-4 Cambridge University, 16 units x4

Irish Sketchbook - Skizzen aus Irland 1999  2 ep, see Scottish Sketchbook

The Isle of Wight - Portrait of the Queen's Isle 2005 30 minutes 

Issues I Baukästen (see A-Z list non video)

It's British - isn't it? 2007-2011 FWU

It's Your Turn to Speak 1982 Nelson Filmscan, 20 units

James May's Things You Need to Know 2011/2014 BBC/WDR

Jobs in Action! 2009 DVD Klett

Join the Team 2009, Nathan (France)

The Jericho Conspiracy 1992 WDR 

Jugendliche & Corona, 2021 SWR, NHK, 3 ep  

Junior English Timesaver 2010 Scholastic, Mary Glasgow

Kalifornien: Der goldene Staat - The Golden State 2011 Heil-Film

L-Z list