Landmarks: Treasures of the Landscape

📺BBC Schools TV

companyBBC

started13th Jan 1992

ended3rd Feb 1992

last rpt1st Oct 1996

6 school years

episodes4

duration20 mins

subject 🌏Geography

age rangeAge 9-11

languageenIn English

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Treasures of the Landscape is a unit of the BBC Schools TV series Landmarks from the 1990s, covering geography for primary school pupils.

The ghost of King John asks two presenters to locate the crown jewels which he lost in the Wash in 1216. The presenters travel the country by mountain bike, following clues set by the King, who surveys their proress from the air providing a good view of the physical geography of the areas they visit.

The unit was originally previewed as Round Britain Tour, and the first episode was billed on wallcharts at the time as Contours and Cliffs.

King John
Mark and Caroline

Episode List

#	Title	Broadcast
1.	Mountains and Minerals	#1992-01-13-00-00-0013 Jan 1992
2.	Caverns and Clay	#1992-01-20-00-00-0020 Jan 1992
3.	Gateway to the North	#1992-01-27-00-00-0027 Jan 1992
4.	Wading in the Wash	#1992-02-03-00-00-003 Feb 1992

Broadcasts

Year	Term	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Channel	Details
1991-92	Spring 1992	Monday, 1:40pm			Thursday, 11:10am	BBC2	from 13 Jan
1991-92	Summer 1992		Tuesday, 1:40pm	Wednesday, 10:15am		BBC2	from 28 Apr, Provision for hearing impaired children
1993-94	Summer 1994	Monday, 1:40pm			Thursday, 11:10am	BBC2	from 16 May

In addition all four episodes were broadcast overnight for easy recording as part of BBC Nightschool TV:

1995-96 - Spring 1996, Tuesday 23rd January 1996 from 2am
1996-97 - Autumn 1996, Tuesday 1st October 1996 from 2am

Credits

Presenters	Mark Beisiegel Caroline Bryant
With	Will Barton as King John
Trick cyclists	Jason McRoy Jamie Tatlow
Geography consultants	Hugh Ward Marcia Foley
Cycling consultant	Tom Sillis
Series producer	Peter M. Evans
Producer & director	Kerena Marchant

Resources

There were teacher's notes available.

Landmarks (1988-2002)

Series Overview • Units • Episode List

Ancient Egypt (1997) • Britain Since 1930 (1994) • Buildings and Builders (1991) • The Caribbean (1998) • Changing Landscapes (1988) • Children at War (1989-92) • Children in Victorian Britain (2002) • Coping with the Climate (1994) • Earthwatch (1990) • Egypt (1989) • Exploration and Encounters (1992) • Follow the River Severn (1997) • Geography Postcards (2001) • The History of Writing and Printing (1991) • Investigating Local History (1996) • Over to You (1989-91) • Pakistan and Its People (1993-95) • People on the Move (1991) • Portrait of Britain (1995) • Portrait of Europe (1996) • Rivers of the World (1998) • Special Reports (1991) • Time Lines (1998) • Transport (1992) • Treasures of the Landscape (1992) • Tropical Rainforests (1990) • Tudors and Stuarts (1993) • Using the Land (2000) • Victorian Britain (1995) • Victorian Children (1991) • Weather Watch (1989) • World Environmental Changes (1999)

Drama: Christopher Columbus: The Man Who Dared (1992)

See also: Landmarks Shorts • Signed Landmarks • Landmarks in Urdu • Zig Zag • Primary Geography • Primary History

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