Learning on ScreenEssential History of Europe
- Synopsis
- 12: Profiles Belgium, whose success lies in its iron and steel industry, geographical position and arms trade, and also its Eurocrats.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 12 x 30 min.
- Year of production
- 1992
- Availability
- Sale; 1996 sale: £240.00 (+VAT +p&p) series
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC2 on 12, 19, 26 Nov, 3, 10, 17 Dec 1992, 7, 14, 21, 28 Jan, 4, 11 Feb 1993.
- Subjects
- History
- Keywords
- Belgium; Denmark; France; Germany; Greece; Ireland; Italy; Luxembourg; Netherlands, The; Portugal; Spain; United Kingdom
Credits
- Producer
- John Triffit
Sections
- Title
- Denmark
- Synopsis
- 1: Profiles Denmark and the Danish people. Characterised by a sterile conformity, Danish youth show signs of rebelling, signalled by the rejection of the Maastricht Treaty.
- Title
- Italy
- Synopsis
- 2: Dario Fo's view of Italy, characterising the people as unimpressed by government and unified only in their refusal to be unified.
- Title
- Spain
- Synopsis
- 3: Journalist Julia Sevillano shows how Spain is defferent from the cliches and asks whether the new Spain is really all that new.
- Title
- Ireland
- Synopsis
- 4: Looks at the Republic of Ireland, a Catholic country with a troubled history and a missing generation.
- Title
- Netherlands
- Synopsis
- 5: Shows Dutch society as divided as the landscape, despite the reputation of the Dutch as rebels and free thinkers.
- Title
- France
- Synopsis
- 6: Looks at the culture of France, including conflicts.
- Title
- Germany
- Synopsis
- 7: Examines the reunified Germany, a country living in fear of the consequences of its past.
- Title
- Greece
- Synopsis
- 8: Two views of Greece: the official Greek model embedded in classical history and the more Balkan view in which the country is composed of a patchwork of Greek Orthodox villages.
- Title
- United Kingdom, The
- Synopsis
- 9: View of French director Patrick Le Gall showing women's rights stifled by class barriers and the rights of blacks by unwillingness to change.
- Title
- Portugal
- Synopsis
- 10: Looks at modern Portugal and and its history.
- Title
- Luxembourg
- Synopsis
- 11: Profiles the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, population 400,000.
- Title
- Belgium
- Synopsis
- 12: Profiles Belgium, whose success lies in its iron and steel industry, geographical position and arms trade, and also its Eurocrats.
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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