Picture Box
From Broadcast for Schools.co.uk.co.uk
companyGranada & Childsplay
started20th Sep
1966
ended24th Mar
1993
last rpt3rd Dec
1993
28 school years
episodes650
(estimate)
duration15 mins
subject
🏫MiscellanyMiscellany
languageenIn English
Picture Box is an ITV schools TV series from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, covering Miscellany for primary school pupils.
- showing a wide variety of different film material as a stimulus to creative work
- presented by Dorothy Smith (1966-1968), Alan Rothwell (1968-1989), and others including Roger McGough and Kevin Graal (1989-1993)
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- TV Cream: Picture Box (archived 2024)
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