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Magic Grandad

Jan 12, 1993 (en) Kids [15] Min
  • First Air Date
    Jan 12, 1993
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    60%
  • Original title
    Magic Grandad
  • Release
    Jan 12, 1993
  • en
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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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Hazel Graham

    Producer

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  1. Sam Kelly

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Season

90 years Ago ( 1993-01-12)

Kimberley and Gary's great grandad can magically transport them into the past. Grandad's magic extends to allowing he and the children, even in modern dress, to be accepted as guests of the people they visit.

In the Kitchen

Episode: 1

Cars and No Cars

Episode: 2

Bathtime

Episode: 3

Famous People ( 1994-09-21)

Grandad Albert starts taking the children further back in time, his magic can now extend to different places, even abroad to France and Crimea.

Elizabeth I

Episode: 1

Louis Braille

Episode: 2

Florence Nightingale

Episode: 3

Samuel Pepys

Episode: 4

Seaside Holiday ( 2001-01-17)

We now meet a new Grandad and two new children, Tom and Nikki. This time Grandad's magic relies on his collection of old 16mm films - when they are projected he is able to take his grandchildren 'into' the films and back to the time when they were made. All the adventures now take place in 1901 and have a recurring cast of characters.

The Promenade

Episode: 1

The Beach

Episode: 2

Entertainment

Episode: 3

Toys ( 2003-03-17)

Another new Grandad takes over for this season. This time Magic grandad travels through time on his own, meeting with his many grand children only when he finds something "brill-a-brill" to show them.

1969

Episode: 1

1953

Episode: 2

1870

Episode: 3

Famous People 2 ( 2003-10-03)

Another new Grandad, this time he takes his many different grandchildren to meet famous people from history and lets them ask questions.

Boudica

Episode: 1

Dr Jenner

Episode: 2

Brunel

Episode: 3

Mary Seacole

Episode: 4

More Famous People ( 2009-06-11)

Magic Grandad now has a magic pocket watch which he uses to bring up more information on the famous person he and his grandchildren visit. The format has now changed slightly, the famous person is visited twice at different stages of their lives.

Amy Johnson

Episode: 1

Mrs Beeton

Episode: 2

The Unknown Warrior

Episode: 3

Charles Darwin

Episode: 4

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Magic Grandad

Jan 12, 1993 (en)
Kids
[15] Min
  • First Air Date Jan 12, 1993
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato 60%
Original Title Magic Grandad
en

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Hazel Graham

    Producer

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