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11 January – The COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom and the closure of schools around the country during the national quarantine sees CBBC and BBC Two broadcast shows from the BBC Bitesize service for primary-school-aged children. These shows feature a mix of archive, live and newly filmed content.
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 ...
30 June – Final original episode of classic sitcom Hancock broadcast on BBC TV. 1 October – Long-running religious music series Songs of Praise debuts on BBC TV. 2 October – Long-running viewers' letters series Points of View debuts on BBC TV. 15 December – First episode of Comedy Playhouse broadcast on BBC TV. 1962
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1937. 24 April – The first children's television show For the Children is broadcast.; 1939. 1 September – The BBC Television Service is suspended, about 20 minutes following the conclusion of a Mickey Mouse cartoon (Mickey's Gala Premier), owing to the imminent outbreak of the Second World War amid fears that the VHF transmissions would act as perfect guidance beams for enemy bombers ...
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.
A programming strand called BBC Learning on the subscription international channel BBC Prime broadcast similar programming. The service was axed in August 2006. The service was axed in August 2006. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020–2021, CBBC operated a similar strand called the "Bitesize Learning Zone" between 9am and 12pm.
Storytime is a British educational television programme as part of the BBC Schools strand from 23 September 1987 to 1 December 1997. It is aimed at children aged between 3 and 5. It is aimed at children aged between 3 and 5.