School Around the Corner
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School Around the Corner
Schoolchildren from Kilrea in County Derry speak out.
School Around The Corner visits primary schools all over Northern Ireland to hear children's thoughts on life. Host Frank Mitchell chats to the children and always gets some interesting answers. The children also provide the entertainment, showing off their talents. In this episode, Frank meets the children of Crossroads Primary in Kilrea, Co Derry.
Musical entertainment comes from the O'Kanes, who play the accordion. There's poems, Irish dancing and the P6 and P7 choir sing for the audience. The children reveal family secrets such as Mum's favourite song (Sexbomb!) and the best television shows. Ciaran and Catherine tell Frank about the time German children came to visit.
From 1995-2005, School Around the Corner was one of the most popular programmes on UTV. The show travelled to primary schools around Northern Ireland to feature the pupils showcasing their talents and interview children about what is important to them.
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Kid's TV
Our relationship with the small screen starts early in life, opening our square eyes to a heady mix of drama and comedy; fantasy and fact.
Dedicated children’s programming has been part of the television mix from its earliest years, growing from short intervals “For The Children” after WWII, to a plethora of standalone channels today. The start of the BBC’s long-running “Watch With Mother” series in 1953 set much of the template for pre-school television, blending puppets, song and animation, with the implicit expectation that mum - assumed to be a housewife - would supervise.
Catering for older children, meanwhile, sought to balance the kinds of programmes children want to watch with those their parents want them to see. Eventually a fuller menu of drama, comedy, factual and magazine programmes for children - in other words, versions of 'grown-up' programmes for 'small people' - came to fill the schedules of weekday afternoons and Saturday mornings.
Sadly, the segregation of children’s television to its own satellite, cable and digital channels has made its much less likely for adults to experience the frequent delights of kids’ TV. But our collection welcomes all ages! (Though please note that some programmes maybe flagged as unsuitable for young children.)
48 videos in this collection
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Diane's Panda Party [28/09/72]
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Animal Kwackers [09/10/75]
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Witches' Brew [28/12/72]
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Origami [09/04/70]
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Mr. Trimble [21/02/73]
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Gathercole Bunch
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The Distant Voice
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The Challenge
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Play It Again, Stewpot [25/07/74]
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Play It Again, Stewpot [05/09/74]
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A Handful of Songs [27/05/77]
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Saturday Scene Road Show [11/05/75]
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Big and Bigger
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Mickey the Demon Barber
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Kevin Goes to the Library
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Ragdolly Anna and the Bacon
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Britain in the Year 2000
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Delilah
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Zzzap! [19/02/93]
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Granny's Kitchen [26/05/77]
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Heavens Above [23/02/81]
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Moving In
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Nature Trail [16/05/83]
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Our Show [29/10/77]
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Peter Ustinov Tells Stories from Hans Andersen
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Quest of Eagles Episode 1 Sailor
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Sunny Side Up [28/04/82]
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The Children's Royal Variety Performance
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There's Nobody There
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Think Tank [18/08/81]
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Two Good Turns
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William Clears the Slums
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Gus Hunnybun
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One Day in the Life of Television
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Gus Honeybun Animation
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Gus Honeybun around Plymouth
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Modern Music
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Calendar Kids
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Sus
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School Around the Corner
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Tots TV [19/03/93]
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The Raggy Dolls [10/11/92]
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Skoosh Summer Special [14/07/98]
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Zig Zag (Prog 11)
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Stookie [15/09/85]
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Brushes
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