General Science (1948)
From Broadcast for Schools.co.uk.co.uk
companyBBC
started22nd Sep
1948
ended2nd Jul
1964
16 school years
duration20 mins
subject
👨🔬Science
age rangeAge 11-13
languageenIn English
General Science (1948) is a BBC schools radio series from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, covering science for secondary school pupils.
- New series created in the reorganisation of science broadcasts in 1948, not to be confused with the earlier series also called General Science, which was for 13 and 14 year-olds.
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