Learning on ScreenHeroes or Villains
- Synopsis
- Twenty-minute programmes using contemporary news and archive film from ITN, witnesses to the protagonists’ lives and the voices of commentators and historians to build up potraits of eight influential leaders of the 20th-century: 1) Mao Tse Tung, 2) Ho Chi Minh, 3) Martin Luther King, 4) Fidel Castro, 5) Yasser Arafat, 6) Mikhail Gorbachev, 7) Nelson Mandela, 8) Mahatma Gandhi.
- Series
- History in Action, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 2 x 80 min.
- Year of production
- 1999
- Availability
- Sale; 1999 sale: £17.99 (inclusive) each
- Notes
- Broadcast on C4 from 3/11/99.
- Documentation
- Programme notes available from http://www.channel4.com/schools/netnotes
- Uses
- Ages 14-19.
- Subjects
- History
- Keywords
- Arafat, Yasser; Castro, Fidel; Gandhi, Mahatma K; Gorbachev, Mikhail; King, Martin Luther; Mandela, Nelson; Minh, Ho Chi; Tung, Mao Tse
Production Company
- Name
Channel Four Television
- Phone
- 071-396 4444
- Address
- LONDON
SW1P 2TX
Distributor
- Name
4 Learning
- Notes
- Channel 4 Learning has now closed. This used to be the educational broadcasting arm of Channel 4. The online shop sold educational DVDs and CD-ROMs for use in primary and secondary schools.
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