TV Show Details
Air Date:January 12th, 1993
Last Air Date:June 18th, 2009
Network:CBBC
Status:Ended
Genres:Kids
Original Language:English
Cast & Crew
G
Georgi Fisher
as Gary
O
Owen Birch
as Grandad as a boy
S
Sarah Huntley
as Mrs Layton
Magic Grandad (1993-2009)
CBBC
Scripted
Audience Score
Plot
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.
