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Overview
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
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Georgina HagenNikki
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Jessica MannLily
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Michael MaloneyMr Leyton
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Tim HealyGrandad
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Scarlett GeeMaddy, Scarlet
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John WarnabyDr Edward Jenner, Samuel Pepys
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Duncan HarrisonPaul, Duncan
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Ryan WatsonRyan
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Lucy ParryBeth, Lucy
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Angus HarrisonDrummerboy Charlie, James
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Shyanne SandersYasmin
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Georgia PatersonMillie
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Timon GreavesJamie
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Bobbie BrownHarry
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William IlkleyMr Deakin
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Toyah GibbsEliza Deakin
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René ZaggerBlacksmith boy / Mechanic
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Barry LuckBlacksmith
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Christopher BenjaminSir John Gage
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Robin WeaverPrincess Elizabeth
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Rory JenningsNed
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Terrence HardimanGovernor of the School system
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Simon SlaterDr Pignier
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Carolyn JamesAuntie Pat
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Matthew BrownLouis Braille
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Sam BeerSchool Mate
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James BerrySchool Mate
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Mark HigginsSchool child
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Simon WebbBoy
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Kate IsittFlorence Nightingale / Hospital Nurse
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Randel HurleyDr Menzies
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Andrew FalveyDrummerboy Billy
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Elli GarnettJane
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Tessa PritchardMum
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Kerry Joy Stewartphoto lady
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Paul PenlingtonBathing machine man
›- TMDB ID
- 20731 ↗
- First aired
- 1993-01-12
- Last aired
- 2009-06-18
- Status
- Ended
- Episode runtime
- 15 min
- Genres
- Kids
- Creators
- Margaret Simpson
- Countries
- GB
- Languages
- English
Family guidance
Age ratings
—Not rated in Spain (ES)
—Not rated in France (FR)
—Not rated in United States of America (US)
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UUnited Kingdom (GB)
The U symbol stands for Universal. A U film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over.