Magic Grandad (1993)

Sinopsis

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.

Reparto

• Kristy BruceKimberley
• Geoffrey BayldonGrandad Albert
• Georgi FisherGary
• Peter ArmitageGrandad
• Sam KellyGrandad
• Nicholas HoultTom
• James MorenoGary
• Owen BirchGrandad as a boy
• Sarah HuntleyMrs Layton
• Cheryl HallVarious
• Trevor PeacockGrandad
• Miriam MargolyesGrandma
• Georgina HagenNikki
• Jessica MannLily
• Michael MaloneyMr Leyton
• Tim HealyGrandad
• Scarlett GeeMaddy
• John WarnabySamuel Pepys

Etiquetas

Temporadas

• 
  Temporada 13 episodios · 1993
• 
  Temporada 24 episodios · 1994
• 
  Temporada 33 episodios · 2001
• 
  Temporada 43 episodios · 2003
• 
  Temporada 54 episodios · 2003
• 
  Temporada 64 episodios · 2009