The World of Work
From Broadcast for Schools.co.uk.co.uk
companyBBC
startedSep
1950
endedNov
1981
32 school years
duration20 mins
subject
⚖️CitizenshipCareers
age rangeAge 13-16
languageenIn English
The World of Work is a BBC schools radio series from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, covering Careers for secondary school pupils.
- replaced Citizenship
- broadcast as a unit of Looking Ahead during 1968-69 and 1969-70
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