A website about schools broadcasting
This website is all about TV and radio programmes broadcast especially for use in schools. Even though they are for schools they are not only watched & heard in schools - because they are broadcast they can be enjoyed by anybody!
This website is only about programmes in Britain at the moment. That is still a massive area with over 80 years of history, and it can only hope to scratch the surface.
The site looks at individual TV and radio series with articles based on research & a bit of analysis, plus episode guides and pictures. There are also historical, current and future broadcast schedules.
Latest Updates
Tiki tiki tox, it's Maths-in-a-Box!
8th November 2009: A full guide to the BBC's infant maths series Maths-in-a-Box from the early 1980s. Two children meet a "leprechaun-like creature" called Powka, who travels around in a small magic box, and teach him and his computer all about basic maths.
August/September/October 2009: Summer schedules
Over the coming weeks the Schedules section will be updated and expanded with new schedules and updates to existing ones.
- 25th October: Summer 2001 added. That completes the latest complete batch of summer terms from each decade!
- 20th October: Summer 1971 updated with further notes and pictures, ATV Midlands schedules, and Out of School details for both ITV and the BBC.
Also: Summer 2009 completely updated to show the schedule-as-broadcast (previously the page had the planned schedules announced before the start of term) for all major channels with full notes. Autumn 2009 will be up here soon.
- 18th October: Summer 1941 added.
- 17th October: Summer 1971 added.
- 27th September: Summer 1991 added.
- 31st August: Summer 1951 added.
- 26th August: Summer 1961 added.
- 19th August: Summer 1981 added.
- 15th August: Autumn 1958 updated with more programme details and full notes.
- also 15th August: The BBC have removed loads of Magic Grandad clips from their Learning Zone Broadband streaming video service. There is a basic explanation on the Toys and Famous People 2 pages.
- 10th August: Summer 1931 added.
- 8th August: Autumn 1978 and Spring 1984 updated with more programme details & whole new grids.
- 2nd August: Spring 1944 updated with images of the very rare BBC schools pamphlets published under wartime economy.
Many other schedules already on the site have been updated with extra programme information and some new images, and where relevant even more ITV regional schedule variations - autumn 1938, spring 1944, autumn 1948, spring 1954, spring 1964, autumn 1968, spring 1974 and autumn 1978 have all been updated today.
