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Magic Grandad

Magic Grandad

Series

  • Title:Magic Grandad
  • User score:
    6.0
  • First air date:1993-01-12
  • Genres:Kids
  • Number of seasons:6
  • Number of episodes:21
  • Status:Ended
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.

List of Seasons

90 years Ago
S1 - 90 years Ago
0.0
3 episodes

Air date: 1993-01-12

Kimberley and Gary's great grandad can magically transport them into the past. Grandad's magic extends to allowing he and the children, even in modern dress, to be accepted as guests of the people they visit.

Famous People
S2 - Famous People
0.0
4 episodes

Air date: 1994-09-21

Grandad Albert starts taking the children further back in time, his magic can now extend to different places, even abroad to France and Crimea.

Seaside Holiday
S3 - Seaside Holiday
0.0
3 episodes

Air date: 2001-01-17

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.

Toys
S4 - Toys
0.0
3 episodes

Air date: 2003-03-17

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.

Famous People 2
S5 - Famous People 2
0.0
4 episodes

Air date: 2003-10-03

Another new Grandad, this time he takes his many different grandchildren to meet famous people from history and lets them ask questions.

More Famous People
S6 - More Famous People
0.0
4 episodes

Air date: 2009-06-11

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.

Top Cast

Sam Kelly

Sam Kelly

Grandad

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