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Summary
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.
Cast
Kristy Bruce
Geoffrey Bayldon
Georgi Fisher
Peter Armitage
Sam Kelly
Nicholas Hoult
James Moreno
Owen Birch
Sarah Huntley
Cheryl Hall
Trevor Peacock
Miriam Margolyes
Georgina Hagen
Jessica Mann
Michael Maloney
Tim Healy
Scarlett Gee
John Warnaby
Duncan Harrison
Lucy Parry
Ryan Watson
Angus Harrison
Shyanne Sanders
Georgia Paterson
Timon Greaves
Bobbie Brown
William Ilkley
Toyah Gibbs
René Zagger
Barry Luck
Christopher Benjamin
Robin Weaver
Rory Jennings
Terrence Hardiman
Simon Slater
Carolyn James
Matthew Brown
Sam Beer
James Berry
Mark Higgins
Simon Webb
Kate Isitt
Randel Hurley
Andrew Falvey
Elli Garnett
Tessa Pritchard
Kerry Joy Stewart
Paul Penlington
Phylip Harries
Joseph Cox
Lynn Hunter
Carol Ashton-Ainswirth
Leah-Verity White
Matthew Thomas Davies
Suzette Llewellyn
Victor Romero Evans
La Charne Jolly
Ann Warungu
JJ Angel
Melissa Suffield
Tom Hoffman-Lagro
Ivana Mazzacoates
Maggie Lynskey
Paul Greenwood
Sam Friend
Janet Dale
Julia Tobin
James Ellis
Torin Allen-Thomas
Samantha Beckinsale
Cat McKenzie-Smith
Rebecca Harding
Emilie Smith
Ross Harvey
Karen Moss
Morgan Sass
Jasper Reed
Crispin Letis
Phil Hobbis
Paul Stryke
Beverly Hills
Vanessa Mallinson
Joanna Cunningham
Adrianna Bertola
Richard Linnell
Dominic Cazenove
Thomas Dennis
Holly Jeffery
Paul-James Corrigan
Sandy Batchelor
Rod Hallett
Lee Turnbull
Ryan Heenan
Ben Greaves-Neal
Joanna Dunn
Crew
Creator
Margaret Simpson
Status:
Ended
Original Language:
English
Type:
Scripted
Networks:
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