Magic Grandad

Magic Grandad

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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.

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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.

Original Name: Magic Grandad
Number of Seasons: 6
Number of Episodes: 21
Status: Ended
Certification / MPAA Film Rating: U

Rating: 6
Vote Count: 1
Type: Scripted
Network(s): CBBC
First Air Date: January 12, 1993
Last Air Date: June 18, 2009
Episode Runtime: 15 mins
Primary Year: 1993
Created by: Margaret Simpson
Genres: Kids
Spoken Language(s): English
Origin Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Seasons:

  • Season 1 — 3 Episodes — Air Date: January 12, 1993
  • Season 2 — 4 Episodes — Air Date: September 21, 1994
  • Season 3 — 3 Episodes — Air Date: January 17, 2001
  • Season 4 — 3 Episodes — Air Date: March 17, 2003
  • Season 5 — 4 Episodes — Air Date: October 3, 2003
  • Season 6 — 4 Episodes — Air Date: June 11, 2009
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