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Singing Together was a BBC Radio schools series which ran from 25 September 1939 to 29 March 2001, with repeats until 25 June 2004. [1] Its origins were in Community Singing which was considered necessary at the outbreak of the Second World War following the mass evacuation of children.
The School Broadcasting Council for the United Kingdom had been set up in 1947, replacing the CCSB, and included Scotland and Wales. In 1953, 25,691 British schools were registered for school radio; 9.55am, 11am and 2pm were for primary schools; 11.20am, 2.20pm and 2.40pm were for secondary modern schools; 11.40am was for grammar schools.
Wheeler was a junior exhibitioner at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama from the age of 10. She read music at Newnham College, Cambridge. [2] After graduating, Wheeler became a secondary school music teacher, then became a music producer for BBC Schools radio primary music before specialising entirely in conducting and composing.
BBC School Radio online - Nursery Songs. "Oranges and Lemons" (with animation and lyrics) The British Library Sound and Moving Images Catalogue - List Recording 1CD0323981 on Audio CD : Oranges & lemons. Tunes from the collection 'The Dancing Master' (includes notes by Annegret Fischer, and song texts) Map of the likely church locations
The BBC began broadcasting schools programmes on television on 24 September 1957, airing in the afternoon. Morning transmissions began on 19 September 1960. Until 1972, schools programming along with adult education programmes were usually the only daytime programmes shown on both BBC and ITV, as the government regulated and restricted the ...
This article lists songs and whole discographies which have been banned by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) over the years. During its history, the corporation has banned songs from a number of high-profile artists, including Cliff Richard, Frank Sinatra, Noël Coward, the Beatles, Ken Dodd, Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, the BBC Dance Orchestra, Tom Lehrer, Glenn Miller, and George Formby.
In summer 2006, BBC School Radio produced a radio series of Ghostwriter for primary school students. Character names from the TV series were retained, though voiced by new children. Music and the theme song were also kept, and a new arranged jingle for children to recognize Ghostwriter's appearances was created by Sesame Workshop.
I Read the News Today (BBC Schools Radio Play, 1976) Stags and Hens (1978 play, filmed in 1990 as Dancin' Thru the Dark) Educating Rita (play 1980, film 1983) The Boy with the Transistor Radio (1980) One Summer (TV series 1983) Blood Brothers (musical 1983) Connie (TV series, co-wrote theme tune "The Show" 1985) Shirley Valentine (play 1986 ...