Natural History (radio)
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Natural History (radio) is a BBC schools radio series from the 1920s, covering Nature.
- talks mostly given by E. Kay Robinson, President of the British Empire Naturalists' Association
- E. Kay Robinson also gave a talk on natural history as part of the experimental Special Broadcasts for Schools (2LO) on 11th April in summer 1924
- replaced by Nature Study
- Autumn 1924 - British Birds by E. Kay Robinson
- Spring 1925 - The Countryside by Patricia Johnson
- Summer 1925 - various topics including Butterflies, Lantern Flies and their Allies and Water Scoprions and their Allies by E. Kay Robinson
- Autumn 1925 - British Plants by E. Kay Robinson
- Spring 1926 - British Wild Animals by E. Kay Robinson
- Summer 1926 - Reptiles and their Allies by E. Kay Robinson
- Autumn 1926 - Fishes by E. Kay Robinson
- Spring 1927 - no natural history talks
- Summer 1927 - How Things Grow by E. Kay Robinson
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