Quite by accident we found this little gem on the iPlayer, and quickly ploughed through all the available episodes: Jack Cornwell, Rosalind Frankline, John Cockcroft, Giles Gilbert Scott, George Cayley, Muriel Matters and Thomas Andrews. In each episode, children are encouraged to use not only the internet, but a wide range of library and museum resources, records and archives (including to my delight microfiche, which I wondered if I'd ever see again!) as well as real life accounts to find out more about a local historical celebrity. As well as a great insight in to history techniques, it provided an enjoyable insight in to topics as wide-ranging as the telephone boxes, suffragettes, DNA and the Titanic and has encouraged us to undertake our own local History Hunt soon- watch this space!
