What sort of programmes does BBC Television provide for younger children at school?
Series for primary schools include Merry-go-Round and Signpost.
1.46 Merry-Go-Round
A series for children of seven to nine years old which is designed to widen horizons and to stimulate creative work of all sorts, including writing.
Part 1: Port Holiday: 5
The end of the holiday.
Part 2: A Smuggler's Song
by Rudyard Kipling.
Previously shown in February
2.6 Signpost: Village in the Mountains
Written and produced by F. R. Elwell.
A series designed for children of nine to eleven years old, designed to increase their awareness of a rapidly widening world.
Today's programme is a preview of a group of programmes, specially shot in Switzerland for School Television, which will be shown to schools later this year.
Life in the forests and mountains surrounding a Swiss village seen through the eyes of children who live there.
Commentary spoken by Stanley MacKenzie.
(to 14.26)