John Dunn looks back over 60 years of BBC
Schools Radio. The first national broadcast to schools was a talk on music by Sir Walford Davis on 4 April 1924.
Soon the service expanded and schools up and down the country enjoyed the benefits of 'new voices' in the classroom ...
Ann Driver with her Music and Movement programmes;
Eric Parker 's nation talks;
French lessons from
Monsieur E. M. Stephan ; and the famous historical dramatic interludes by Rhoda Power.
The story from pioneering days to the present is told by the actors, writers, producers and administrators who worked in the Department as well as the teachers and children who have used the broadcasts in the classroom.
Producer PETER HOARE