Great Balloon Race, The
- Synopsis
- Follows three teams on three continents as they compete to be the first to circumnavigate the earth non-stop by balloon. Richard Branson’s balloon nearly crashes in the Sahara, a Swiss-Belgian balloon ditches in the Mediterranean, and American Steve Fossett, flying solo, triumphs.
- Series
- Horizon, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
- Year of production
- 1997
- Availability
- Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
- Subjects
- Technology
- Keywords
- ballooning
Credits
- Contributor
- John Lynch
Production Company
- Name
Studio Z
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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