Understanding
From Broadcast for Schools.co.uk.co.uk
companyGranada
started6th May
1966
ended17th Jun
1966
last rpt25th May
1967
2 school years
episodes6
duration20 mins
subject
⚖️CitizenshipPSHE & Sex Education
age rangeAge 13-16
languageenIn English
Understanding is an ITV schools TV series from the 1960s, covering PSHE and Sex Education for secondary school pupils.
- the first sex education programmes on British schools TV, designed for 15-16 year olds, meant to encourage responsible discussion between teachers and pupils, including programmes on venereal disease, "unmarried mothers" and the results of a 1965 survey on The Sexual Behaviour of Young People
- originally broadcast by Granada Television, Westward Television and Television Wales & the West in summer 1966, then repeated for a wider audience including London viewers (but not the whole ITV network) in summer 1967
- replaced by The Facts are These
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