Looking About
From Broadcast for Schools.co.uk.co.uk
companyAssociated-Rediffusion & Scottish
started22nd Sep
1961
ended22nd Jun
1962
1 school year
episodes26
duration20 mins
subject
🏫MiscellanyMiscellany
languageenIn English
Looking About is an ITV schools TV series from the 1960s, covering Miscellany for primary and secondary school pupils.
- a miscellany series for older primary and younger secondary children
- there were four units of programmes, but instead of moving from one unit to another, programmes on each of the topics were interspersed throughout the year
- the topics were Days to Remember (history - the stories behind famous anniversaries), Adventures of Today (stories of current interest including Saving the Rhinos and The Red Cross), Ballads and Nature Study
- replaced by Story Box
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