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  1. Seasons

    Schools English programme on seasons, including the poem Season Sketch, by Berlie Doherty.

  2. Texts - Those Terrible Tudors

    Comparing the style, lay-out and language of three types of Tudor history book.

  3. Texts - Imaginary Beasts

    This programme looks at descriptive writing.

  4. Texts - Football Stories

    This programme looks at genre, and in particular football fiction for children.

  5. Texts - Magic

    A look at how writers convey a sense of character.

  6. Texts - Techno Tales

    Three different ways of setting the scene in a story, with excerpts about computer games.

  7. Language Skills: Where Do Words Come From?

  8. Language Knowledge - Thinking for Linking

    A look at the essentials of English grammar using songs, sketches and animation.

  9. Slowly, Sadly, Wildly

    This programme looks at adverbs, prepositions and clauses.

  10. What's the Point of Full Stops?

  11. Language Knowledge - the Gruesome, the Sad and the Cuddly

    A look at the essentials of English grammar through songs, sketches and animation.

  12. Grammar and Writing: How Cum Inglish Speling's So Wierd?

    A look at the history of the English language.

  13. When I Nod, Hit It

    Gloria Garbo meets Vera Verb and Percy Pronoun.

  14. In the Beginning was the Noun

    This programme looks at the role of the noun.

  15. Ideas and Imagination - Sights and Insights

    The winners of the English Express/Puffin Books national writing competition.

  17. Language Skills: How Can You Write Better Writing?

    A look at how to make your writing more interesting and develop better writing skills.

  18. Talking and Writing: What's the Difference?

    Programme which promotes the development of reading and writing using different styles.

  19. Facts and Opinions: The Case of the Missing Head

    Miss Eye, private investigator, attempts to locate a missing headmaster.

  20. How Do You Say That?

    A look at language and different forms of communication.

  21. How Can I Describe It?

    Craig Charles explores how choosing and using words helps conjure up images.

  22. Ideas and Imagination - Creating Worlds

    Poet Matthew Sweeney explores London's Docklands with a group of children.

  23. Ideas and Imagination - Capturing the World

    Poets and authors talk about their inspirations.

  24. In the Town Where I Was Born

    Extracts from stories written by well known authors which focus on youth and childhood.