Magic Grandad
Magic Grandad was an educational programme which originally aired on BBC Two under the title 'Switch On, Switch Off' during Schools section of 1993. The show saw 'Magic' Grandad take his young grandchildren back in time, many of the adventures are about comparing the past and the present and seeing how evidence of what happened in the olden days still survives.
The show was said to make learning about history "fun for youngsters" and was aimed at children aged 5-7 years. The series was introduced to support the History National Curriculum at Key Stage 1. New seasons have been made periodically to support new areas of the infant history curriculum such as seaside holidays and toys.
The early season have a companion booklet of teacher's notes with descriptions of the episodes, various suggestions for follow-up work and photocopiable worksheets.
Year: 2009
Genre: Kids
Country: United Kingdom
Studio: CBBC
Director: Margaret Simpson
Cast: Sam Kelly
Crew: Sharon Miller (Writer), Anne Ross Muir (Writer), Ian Hughes (Assistant Director), Anne Ross Muir (Director), Lambros Atteshlis (Executive Producer), Hazel Graham (Producer)
First Air Date: Jan 12, 1993
Last Air date: Jun 18, 2009
Season: 6 Season
Episode: 21 Episode
Runtime: 15 minutes
IMDb: 6.00/10 by 1.00 users
Popularity: 25.457
Language: English
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