Magic Grandad
6
1993
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.
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- Cast：
- Sam Kelly
Episode 4 : Samuel Pepys
October. 12,1994
There is a fire on the street where the children live, Grandad Albert explains that in the olden days fire was far more dangerous. They travel back to meet the Samuel Pepys during the great fire of london and help him bury his Cheese.
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Episode 3 : Florence Nightingale
October. 05,1994
Gary is in hospital after falling off his bike. Kimberley tells Grandad that she wants, Grandad explains that hospitals were not very nice places in the olden days.
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Seasons
Season 6
Magic Grandad now has a magic pocket watch which he uses to bring up more information on the famous person he and his grandchildren visit.
The format has now changed slightly, the famous person is visited twice at different stages of their lives.
Season 5
Another new Grandad, this time he takes his many different grandchildren to meet famous people from history and lets them ask questions.
Season 4
Another new Grandad takes over for this season.
This time Magic grandad travels through time on his own, meeting with his many grand children only when he finds something "brill-a-brill" to show them.
Season 3
We now meet a new Grandad and two new children, Tom and Nikki. This time Grandad's magic relies on his collection of old 16mm films - when they are projected he is able to take his grandchildren 'into' the films and back to the time when they were made.
All the adventures now take place in 1901 and have a recurring cast of characters.
Season 2
Grandad Albert starts taking the children further back in time, his magic can now extend to different places, even abroad to France and Crimea.
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