Case Book 81

📻BBC Schools Radio

companyBBC

startedJan 1981

endedMar 1981

1 school year

duration20 mins

subject ⚖️Citizenship

age rangeAge 13-16

languageenIn English

Case Book 81 is a BBC schools radio series from the 1980s, covering citizenship for secondary school pupils.

A series designed to prompt discussion on contemporary and social issues for teenagers, using drama mixed with short documentary sections.

Case Book 81 in the spring term 1981 was originally intended to accompany a summer term series called Teenage Playhouse, repeating similar dramas from the series Inquiry, with a combined booklet of teacher's notes for both. In the event Teenage Playhouse was not broadcast in 1981, and instead launched in 1982 as Teenage Plays.

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