Insight
From Broadcast for Schools.co.uk.co.uk
companyYorkshire
started21st Apr
1980
ended26th Jun
1984
last rpt18th Jun
1986
7 school years
episodes46
duration15 mins
subject
⚖️CitizenshipSpecial Needs
languageen/bfiIn English & In British Sign Language
Insight is an ITV schools TV series from the 1980s, covering Special Needs for primary and secondary school pupils.
- designed for children who are deaf or have hearing difficulties
- sketches, some with single-sentence subtitles on screen, mime and other visual material
- 28 episodes featuring Derek Griffiths first shown in 1980 & 1981, and another 18 episodes featuring Victoria Wood first shown in 1984, which added British Sign Language sequences
- the first series included a weekly serial story about the adventures of a gang of children' Jo's Gang
- the series' production was particularly badly affected by the ITV strike in 1979. Originally due to begin in Spring 1980, the series was postponed and the first 8 episodes were broadcast in the summer term, the remainder in the following school year.
Links
- TV Cream: Insight (archived 2024)
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