Ancient Egypt - Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings

📺BBC Schools TV

companyLion Television & MediaLab"MediaLab" is not in the list (BBC, BBC Northern Ireland, BBC Scotland, BBC Wales, Associated-Rediffusion, Thames, Carlton, ATV, Central, Anglia, ...) of allowed values for the "Company" property.

started30th Apr 2013

last rpt3rd Jun 2015

3 school years

episodes1

duration35 mins

subject 🏛️History

age rangeKS2Age 7-9 & Age 9-11

languageenIn English

Ancient Egypt - Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings is a BBC Schools TV programme from the 2010s, covering History for primary school pupils.

Films investigating the experiences of everyday people in Ancient Egypt.

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Broadcasts

Year	Term	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Channel	Details
2012-13	Summer 2013	Tuesday, ~5:10am		Thursday, 4:50am		BBC2	Tue 30 Apr, Thu 11 Jul & Tue 16 Jul
2013-14	Autumn 2013		Wednesday, 5:00am		Friday, 5:00am	BBC2	Wed 11 Sep & Fri 4 Oct
	Spring 2014	Tuesday, 3:50am				BBC2	Tue 18 Feb
	Summer 2014			Thursday, 5:00am		BBC2	Thu 22 May
2014-15	Autumn 2014			Thursday, 5:20am		BBC2	Thu 6 Nov
	Spring 2015				Friday, 5:20am	BBC2	Fri 13 Feb
	Summer 2015		Wednesday, 5:20am			BBC2	Wed 3 Jun

Credits

Presenter	Dr Joann Fletcher
Executive Producers	Cassian Harrison (for the BBC) Bill Locke (for Lion TV) Gillian Mosely (for MediaLab)
Music	Justin Nicholls Audio Network
Graphics	Reelthing Animation
Writers	Dr Joann Fletcher Ian A. Hunt
Series Director	Ian A. Hunt
Producer for BBC Learning	Rebecca Sandiford
Producer	Caterina Turroni

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BBC Programmes page for Ancient Egypt - Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings

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