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Clip length - 1 minute
A compilation of short "Funky Facts" clips from the Go Jetters. Ubercorn gives his "Funky Top 3" facts for different locations and landmarks in Europe.
Aqueduct of Segovia
Brandenburg Gate
Cappadocia
Colosseum
Eiffel Tower
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Mount Etna
Northern Lights
Parthenon
Sami Reindeer Herding
St Basil's Cathedral
Strokkur Geyser
Wielivska Salt Mine
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Clip length - 1 minute
A compilation of short "Funky Facts" clips from the Go Jetters. Ubercorn gives his "Funky Top 3" facts for different locations and landmarks in Asia.
Bullet Train, Japan
Forbidden City, China
Gobi Desert
Great Wall of China
Hong Kong
Jigokudani Monkey Palace
Mount Everest
Nomads, Mongolia
Paddy Fields of China
Taj Mahal
Tarbela Dam
Wolong Panda Reserve
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5 discs
A hand-picked collection of programmes and clips to support the theme of "Explorers”.
Boxed set includes:
Teacher notes – detailed contents
BBC Primary: Seriously Raleigh - 8 young adventurers follow in the footsteps of the Elizabethan explorer Sir Walter Raleigh on the search for Eldorado. Includes inspirational footage of the Guyanese rainforest, the extraordinary table mountain Mount Roraima, local wildlife including endangered species and the spectacular Kaieteur Falls. It also features the lifestyle of the Makushi tribespeople, who live in harmony with the rainforest. Includes reconstructions and information on the explorations of Raleigh.
Serious Explorers: Livingstone (6 episodes) - 7 young explorers relive the legend of Dr David Livingstone, travelling down the Tanzanian coast, meeting local tribes and encountering wildlife and extreme landscapes.
Backshall’s Deadly Adventures (14 episodes) - Steve Backshall travels around the world exploring extreme environments including waterfalls, rivers, jungles and volcanoes to discover the wildlife living in them.
Horrible Histories: Exceptional Explorers - Horrible Histories goes pear-shaped in an Explorers Special, meeting Christopher Columbus as he tries to teach a class that the world is indeed shaped like a pear. On the strict instructions of Emperor Nero, some hapless Roman centurions are quite literally stuck in the mud, searching for the source of the Nile. Intrepid Artic Explorer, Peter Freuchen, has to dig his way out of the snow with a frozen poo. From the Vikings’ first small steps on American soil to humankind’s first giant leaps on the moon, join Horrible Histories on this epic adventure.
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6 discs. Suitable for KS1/ lower KS2.
A hand-picked collection of programmes and clips to support the theme of "Polar Lands".
Boxed set includes:
Teacher notes and contents
BBC School Radio: "Time to Move - Antartica" - movement and dance programme for children aged 6 to 8.
Selected episodes from:
Wild About Animals - "Emperor Penguins"
Snow Babies
Go Jetters - "Sami Reindeer Herding, Norway"; "Lambert Fisher Glacier, Antarctica"; "Ilulissat, Greenland"
Selected clips from Andy's Baby Animals - 11 clips showing baby animals in the Arctic and Antarctic
Selected episodes from the CBeebies Bedtime Stories series - including "Captain Wag and the Polar Bears" and "Penguin Small"
Cold weather sound effects
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Length - 1 hour
Documentary which uses the latest, most detailed imagery to reveal the monthly life cycle of the moon. From Wales to Wyoming, Hong Kong to Croydon, the programme finds out how the moon shapes life on Earth, as well as exploring its mysterious dark side and discovering how the moon's journey around Earth delivers one of nature's most awe-inspiring events - a total solar eclipse. And at the end of a remarkable year of lunar activity, we find out why so many supermoons have been lighting up the night sky.
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Episode length - 1 hour
Documentary series uncovering the secret lives of cats.
Episode 1 - In Ruaha, Tanzania, lions form huge super prides in order to hunt giants. In Sri Lanka a tiny rusty-spotted cat explores his forest home - 200 times smaller than a lion, the rusty-spotted is the smallest of all cats. The Canada lynx lives further north than any cat, relying on snowshoe hares to survive the bitterly cold winters. Until now, lynx were creatures of mystery, but technology can now provide an insight into their secret lives. Honey is an African leopard and a mother. For a decade she has worn a radio collar that has allowed scientists to follow her life's every twist and turn. Now in the worst drought in decades, she is battling to raise a cub. In the Himalayas, perhaps the world's most lonesome cat is searching for a mate - a male snow leopard, who may get just one chance to mate in his whole life.
Episode 2 - Advances in remote and low-light filming technology provides new insight into the secret life of the mysterious small cats. In South Africa, we follow the nocturnal pursuits of the tiny black-footed cat that stakes its claim to the title of the world's deadliest, and in remotest Mongolia we reveal the rarely seen Pallas's cat, at home with her kittens - she hunts by looking like a rock. Finally, in the Karoo of South Africa, we uncover the secret of the serval that thrives amongst the futuristic landscape of Africa's biggest industrial complex. These are remarkable cats, with surprising lives in extraordinary places.
Episode 3 - Scientists are studying cats in more detail than ever before, and what they are discovering is truly groundbreaking. Join the scientists in the field, testing new theories and challenging the conventional ideas about cats. New approaches and new technologies are allowing an intimate look at their previously hidden lives. This new age of discovery is revealing there is still so much to learn about the cat family. Using high-tech collars, Professor Alan Wilson has discovered it is not straight-line speed that is a cheetah's greatest weapon but their ability to brake, change direction and accelerate. This is also a crucial time for cat conservation - most are threatened, yet there are many positive stories of cats bouncing back from the brink. Just five years ago the Iberian lynx was considered the rarest cat on the planet. Now, due to a groundbreaking captive-breeding programme, lynx numbers are increasing in the wild.
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Horrible Histories - Exceptional Explorers (1 ep) CBBC (DVD)
Code: TD4762
Type: Audio Visual
Key Stage: 2
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See also:
BD0015 Explorers
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BD0020 Polar Regions
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Episode length - 30 mins
Horrible Histories goes pear-shaped in an explorers special, meeting Christopher Columbus as he tries to teach a class that the world is indeed shaped like a pear. On the strict instructions of Emperor Nero, some hapless Roman centurions are quite literally stuck in the mud, searching for the source of the Nile. And intrepid Arctic explorer Peter Freuchen has to dig his way out of the snow with a frozen poo. From the Vikings' first small steps on American soil to humankind's first giant leaps on the moon, join Horrible Histories on this epic adventure.
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Length: 45 mins
Revealed. This documentary has exclusive access to the startling results of a massive research project that is revealing an ancient hidden civilisation in the jungles of Central America and transforming what we thought we knew about the Maya. The Guatemalan jungle is one of the last great frontiers of archaeology. It's a tough and remote place to work in, and the sheer challenge of excavation has kept many remains of the ancient Maya civilisation who lived there hidden from view. Their spectacular ancient cities are pin-pricks in the dense jungles of Guatemala and Mexico. But now archaeologists have an extraordinary 'treasure map' of the Maya world. A cutting-edge aerial survey has made over 60,000 new discoveries that are astounding archaeologists. According to archaeologist Tom Garrison, this is the greatest advance in our understanding of the Maya in over 100 years, and it's being used alongside the latest in-ground archaeology, while complex Mayan inscriptions are also being deciphered.
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A specially compiled selection of highlights from the BBC's Springwatch series chronicling the lives of UK wildlife. Over 60 clips including "live action" footage of animals in their habitats, studio demonstrations and special features.
Disc 1 - birds & mammals Clips include: small nesting birds; kingfishers; herons; golden eagles; red kites; falcons; goshawks; owls; woodland birds & birdsong; cuckoos; parakeets; seabirds; badgers; wild boar; deer; rabbits; weasels; stoats; otters; seals; water voles.
Disc 2 - habitats, insects & amphibians Clips include: rockpools; crabs; sand dunes; seashore; local wildlife; woodlands; heather moorland; orchard wildlife; island wildlife; ponds; urban wildlife & birdlife; toads; caterpillars; dragonflies & damselfies; beehives; Stonehenge nature.
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Format: 3 CDs Unabridged
Approx 4 hours listening
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"This dog is not like other dogs. She is more like a friend than a dog, a friendly shadow that does not want to leave us. You never lose your shadow."
Never have Aman and his mother needed a friend more than when a Springer Spaniel appears in the mouth of their Afghan cave. Nursed back to health by Aman, the dog becomes a constant companion, a shadow, and that's what Aman decides to call her.
But life in Afghanistan becomes more dangerous by the moment. Eventually, Aman, his mother and Shadow find the courage to leave. But how far can Shadow lead them? And in this terrifying new world, is anywhere really safe…?
Read by Abdullah Afzal and Mike Rogers
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