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Series · 1993 – 2009 · Kids
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.
6 seasons · 21 episodes
Episode 01
In the Kitchen
Grandad Albert takes Kim and Gary back to a breakfast time when he was a lad, where the porridge has been cooking on the range all night and bacon is only served for the man of the house.
Episode 02
Cars and No Cars
Grandad Albert takes the kids back to see how people travelled about when there wasn't any cars.
Episode 03
Bathtime
Gary doesn't want to have a bath, Grandad Albert tells him all about when he was young, his family didn't even have a bathroom.
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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.
1 principal cast
Magic Grandad is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The kids from Margaret Simpson has 6 seasons and 21 total episodes, rated 6.0/10 by 1 viewers.
Magic Grandad has 6 seasons with 21 episodes in total.
Magic Grandad has ended and is no longer in production.
Magic Grandad airs on CBBC.
Magic Grandad first aired on January 12, 1993.
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