How Things Began
From Broadcast for Schools.co.uk.co.uk
companyBBC
started24th Sep
1941
ended29th Mar
1968
27 school years
duration25 mins & 20 mins
subject
🏛️HistoryPre-History & Ancient History
age rangeAge 11-13
languageenIn English
How Things Began is a BBC schools radio series from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, covering Pre-History and Ancient History for secondary school pupils.
- covers history from the beginnings of life on Earth in the autumn term, to early man in the spring term
- replaced by Man
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