Magic Grandad

Magic Grandad

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Magic Grandad

Overview

Magic Grandad was an educational programme which originally aired on BBC Two under the title 'Switch On, Switch Off' during Schools section of 1993. The show saw 'Magic' Grandad take his young grandchildren back in time, many of the adventures are about comparing the past and the present and seeing how evidence of what happened in the olden days still survives. The show was said to make learning about history "fun for youngsters" and was aimed at children aged 5-7 years. The series was introduced to support the History National Curriculum at Key Stage 1. New seasons have been made periodically to support new areas of the infant history curriculum such as seaside holidays and toys. The early season have a companion booklet of teacher's notes with descriptions of the episodes, various suggestions for follow-up work and photocopiable worksheets.

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Additional Information

Original Name:Magic Grandad
Status:Ended
First Air Date:1993-01-12
Last Air Date:2009-06-18
Number of Episodes21
Duration:15 min
Original Language:EN

Seasons

90 years Ago

90 years Ago

3 Episodes

Famous People

Famous People

4 Episodes

Seaside Holiday

Seaside Holiday

3 Episodes

Toys

Toys

3 Episodes

Famous People 2

Famous People 2

4 Episodes

More Famous People

More Famous People

4 Episodes

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