Tagged England West Midlands Videos

AFRICAN FASHION

Felicia is from Nigera and owns an African clothes shop. She talks about sharing her passion for African culture and fashion with the west.

Date Added: Sat, 10 May 2008   Runtime: 2m 10s  
Category: Arts & Literature   Channel: BBC Video Nation
Tags: Arts, Africa, England - West Midlands

GATKA

The annual Gatka tournament in Birmingham is taking place. Students of this Sikh martial art have made this film to talk about their passion for Gatka

Date Added: Sat, 10 May 2008   Runtime: 1m 47s  
Channel: BBC Video Nation
Tags: Community, Birmingham, England - West Midlands

INSIDE THE LION'S HEAD

In between Chinese New Year performances in Birmingham, Daniel tells us about his part in the traditional Chinese lion dance.

Date Added: Fri, 09 May 2008   Runtime: 2m 3s  
Category: Entertainment   Channel: BBC Video Nation
Tags: Celebrations, Birmingham, England - West Midlands

FAMILY MATTERS

Finding out about his family history has had a big impact on Cedric Barber's life. He's a descendant of Frances Barber, who came to England as a slave

Date Added: Thu, 08 May 2008   Runtime: 4m 17s  
Channel: BBC Video Nation
Tags: Identity, Stoke-on-Trent, England - West Midlands

AFRICAN VOICES

Olivia was born in Ghana and talks about the difficulties she faced when she left the west coast of Africa to start a new life in England. She remembe

Date Added: Sat, 10 May 2008   Runtime: 2m 0s  
Category: Home & Garden   Channel: BBC Video Nation
Tags: Home, Africa, England - West Midlands

FROM DRUGS TO TAI CHI

Craig struggled at school and as an adult, soon found himself addicted to drugs and a destructive lifestyle. Close to death he attempted a detox and i

Date Added: Thu, 08 May 2008   Runtime: 2m 0s  
Channel: BBC Video Nation
Tags: Body, England - West Midlands

AWARD

Kelly is only 18 but has some big responsibilites. Her mum died of cancer last year - her dad is badly ill with emphysema - and she has to care for an

Date Added: Wed, 07 May 2008   Runtime: 2m 52s  
Category: Entertainment   Channel: BBC Video Nation
Tags: Celebrations, Talking Teenagers, England - West Midlands

CASTLE VALE CREW

Members of the community in Castle Vale have been learning how to use video cameras by making this short film about the area they live in. It's not th

Date Added: Sat, 10 May 2008   Runtime: 2m 15s  
Channel: BBC Video Nation
Tags: Community, Birmingham, England - West Midlands

KEEPING THE CULTURE

Staying in touch with her Indian heritage is important to Chithra Ramakrishnan and teaching Indian dance and music helps her keep her culture alive. I

Date Added: Thu, 08 May 2008   Runtime: 3m 30s  
Channel: BBC Video Nation
Tags: Identity, Stoke-on-Trent, England - West Midlands

KICK UP THE BUM

Jenna hates exams. She just can't see the point of them. She's struggling to find the motivation to revise - and often feels guilty because she's gone

Date Added: Tue, 06 May 2008   Runtime: 1m 50s  
Category: Educational   Channel: BBC Video Nation
Tags: School, Bitesize, England - West Midlands

LEARNING TO DRIVE

Laura has had six hours of driving lessons so far and she's finding it quite stressful. Panic is not an unfamiliar concept when let loose behind the w

Date Added: Sat, 10 May 2008   Runtime: 1m 48s  
Channel: BBC Video Nation
Tags: Excitement, England - West Midlands

HOPING FOR A HOME

Jo ended up in the YMCA after falling out with her family. She has two children, but because of living in a hostel she hasn't been allowed to take car

Date Added: Thu, 08 May 2008   Runtime: 2m 58s  
Category: Home & Garden   Channel: BBC Video Nation
Tags: Home, Stoke-on-Trent, England - West Midlands

THE MAKING OF CITYSCAPE

Thanks to funding from Screen West Midlands, BBC Blast reporter Josh is making a short film and it's trickier than he thought being both the writer an

Date Added: Thu, 08 May 2008   Runtime: 2m 0s  
Channel: BBC Video Nation
Tags: Media, England - West Midlands

STOKE STORIES

Young people from across Stoke-on-Trent share their experiences on film as part of a digital storytelling project. Produced by Hi8us and the Projectin

Date Added: Thu, 08 May 2008   Runtime: 12m 34s  
Channel: BBC Video Nation
Tags: Childhood, Stoke-on-Trent, England - West Midlands

KAYAKING

Simon's preparing to set off on another bigfundraising trip. This time he's Kayaking around Ireland to raise money for Lukaemia research. Its the seco

Date Added: Wed, 07 May 2008   Runtime: 1m 54s  
Category: Health & Fitness   Channel: BBC Video Nation
Tags: Health, Coast, England - West Midlands