takes me back to simpler times this. all i need now is to show it on a 50 inch tv in a wooden cabinet and a MASSIVE video recorder. they had to roll the tv/video combo set into the school rooms it was so big.

Loved being off school and watching these

@cableguy786

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I was thinking the same

@markofsaltburn

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. I got more education from BBC Schools & Colleges than I did from school!

@seansands424

3 жыл бұрын

Me as well

@MegaBadgeman

3 жыл бұрын

Do they even do these programs anymore?

@sergioalmasy8722

3 жыл бұрын

I loved being off school.... (in the Seventies!!). 😁😁

I cannot believe i,ve found this tune at the beginning.Have had this tune in my head since the 70s and havent heard it until now,never knew what it was called but remembered it was often before the schools programmes,many thanks for posting this.

@getstek

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/l3qrzJqOYLKvetI.html A Tune For Lucy - Inigo Kilborn

@andrewswift9039

8 ай бұрын

Used with both versions of the Diamond (The second in yellow/gold was introduced at the start of Summer Term 1975 on 21st April)

@mrsulzer66

5 ай бұрын

It’s called “ a tune for Lucy “ second tune is called “Sara’s tune”, both on Spotify

@625tvroom

4 ай бұрын

@@andrewswift9039 That's interesting... so what did they use when the schools went back in January 1975, after the globe and clock had already changed to yellow on blue?

These clips indeed are wonderful of course. They are from BBC1's then schools series from the 1970s and 80s also as well by the way. Used really I guess up until 1983 when BBC2 took over schools then as Daytime on Two as well. Thank you indeed too!

Love that opening piece of music

@antonyconnolly2738

4 жыл бұрын

Here’s the full Theme... kzread.info/dash/bejne/pZ2d0bp_Z5XAn6g.html

@Wolfington

3 жыл бұрын

By Lee Tit

I recall these (full off air format) original broadcasts were recorded on U-matic cassette video machines specifically for use in schools. These machines were enormous beasts taking up an entire table in the art room! :)

Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson in Going to Work! Remarkable.

No compilation of BBC Schools footage is complete without an appearance of 'Bart'

Thank you for this-well done it is of course too. Wonderful!!

Thanks for posting these classic childhood tv memories 🎶

I love the theme tune to scene. 70s synth tune at its best.

I have been searching online for a BBC schools programme called Zigga-zagga for a while and at last found a snippet at the end of this video.

@katymagnets

3 жыл бұрын

Isn't that a young Frank Skinner introducing Zigga Zagga?

I hope they all lived happily ever after in Consequences, but we’ll never know.

Great collection. I love A Tune for Lucy/Sara's Tune. That Merry-Go-Round theme clip still sounds futuristic, and that's the first time I've heard the Electric Company theme since I was at primary school. 😊

I recall episodes of "Twentieth Century History" were also aired on PBS stations in the US as part of our school TV program blocks as well (usually referred to as "Instructional Programming" in TV guides).

@ChristopherSobieniak

4 жыл бұрын

@LolliesOfficial Nice they did that.

@ChristopherSobieniak

4 жыл бұрын

@LolliesOfficial It just seemed funny the BBC would turn it down anyway but I could understand the concern they had at the time.

@darganx

2 ай бұрын

The title sequence with the flashing images and timpani was pure sublimination, took me right back

Love the upload. Anything with the bbc Wales programme that was broadcast at approx 10:23 ( not sure what day of the week) but I do remember the announcer saying "the next programme is in the Welsh language and on certain transmitters only. The next programme on all transmitters is you and me at 10:45".

@brucedanton3669

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I remember that too. Thank you of course!!

@duncanholding7636

Ай бұрын

It was Friday after look and read

I miss the days of Received Pronunciation.

@gentsw13

6 жыл бұрын

Quite!

@baronmeduse

Жыл бұрын

@@paulsawtell3991 Maybe you need subtitles, I don't. I get about.

Nice someone at the Beeb thought The Electric Company was worth showing!

@betaman7988

6 жыл бұрын

Looking on the Genome shows it only aired twice in 1976...? None the less I’m quite amazed!

@ChristopherSobieniak

6 жыл бұрын

Betaman I bet.

@mubd1234

6 жыл бұрын

From this Wikipedia article - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_Street_in_the_UK: "In 1974, the BBC broadcast 13 episodes of The Electric Company, another CTW show, for an eight-week run.[8] Their rationale to air it was that the show was a part of a school curriculum, accompanied by back-up resources such as books. An independent assessment was conducted afterwards. With the BBC's refusal to air Sesame Street, the debate over its place on British TV passed to ITV." The BBC's opposition to airing these shows is not really surprising. Brits have always been fearful of 'Americanisation', and children's TV is a sacred cow. ABC in Australia have aired Sesame Street (and many other shows originating from PBS) for as long as I can remember. I do recall as a kid having the teacher correct me when I said 'zee' instead of 'zed', but long term it didn't really seem to do anything to me.

@ChristopherSobieniak

4 жыл бұрын

@@mubd1234 Well good to know Australia didn't mind the program at all. In Canada, CBC aired Sesame Street roughly the same as the US but opted to create their own segments that were edited into the US episodes (and often a year or two behind what was airing in the states).

The Electric Company was aired on BBC1 in UK? I didn't know that!

@darganx

2 ай бұрын

Loved it as a kid! It had a short run but BBC were too snobbish and cut it smh

Does anyone know if the BBC1 diamond animation was transmitted off film each time it went out? Presumably it was colourised "live" like the globe and clock. The music seems to happen so consistently with the animation that I can't imagine it was played in separately. Or did they really have a kaleidoscope of mirrors in their Noddy room?

Here’s me not properly understanding the title and waiting for the show to start.. 😬

Quite calming

Good old Bart!

Great clip, brings back lots of memories. Simon, I’ve got a question for you - what’s the best way of getting in contact?

@CaptainSiCo

4 жыл бұрын

I’m sure there’s a way of sending private messages on here. Failing that, if you’re on Facebook, you should find me by searching for the same username.

these programmes would have also been watched by those either off school with a Cuthbert (Cuthbert Rumbold - cold) like I was a few times or just plain sagging school!

No wonder a whole generation of British kids (the now Brexit generations) thought Ireland was in Britain - look at the opening graphics to that TV show.

Superb

I'd watch that now instead of the rubbish they inflict on us.

A bit of Dixieland Parade playing. Strange to hear it on BBC1. Does anybody know the names of the tracks accompanying the Diamonds?

8:32 If you're going to have sex without using contraception, consequences are something you can expect.

What was the piece or classicsl music that appeared twice with the dots.

Does anyone know what the tune is between 11:31 and 13:05? It sounds like something that should've been in a film.

@CaptainSiCo

5 жыл бұрын

twittykins It’s Justine by Bruno Nicolai

@twittykins

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@Russman1966

6 ай бұрын

Love Bruno Nicolai, done some great Italian horror scores too 👍

Does anyone know the tune at 11:33? I can remember my Mum singing some kind of lyrics to it when it came on as continuity once.

@CaptainSiCo

3 жыл бұрын

It’s called Justine by an Italian composer Bruno Nicolai - there are a few versions on KZread; I think it comes from a film, but I’m not aware of any lyrics. I may be proved wrong!

Great upload! Anyone know the name of the theme for 'Going to Work' (at 28.05) pls?

@glynmumby104

Жыл бұрын

Hi there, Did anyone respond to your question about the name of the Going to Work theme ? I'm trying to find it on the net, but drawing blanks....

@numberstation

Жыл бұрын

According to a comment elsewhere on KZread it’s actually called “Going to Work” and it’s by the late Tony Meehan of The Shadows. The first time I heard it again after all these years I tried finding the title too!

Was waiting for the countdown clock and the Merry Go Round theme tune took me back! Bring the educational programmes back on BBC1 instead of Can't Pay Won't Pay and all the other bollocks

@dvidclapperton

2 ай бұрын

Bring the test card back too.

@darganx

2 ай бұрын

@@dvidclapperton BBC Test Card F

Great to see the BBC end titles for The Electric Company! Do you have the full episode? I believe they cut the show down into 20 minutes, removing any American references like Fire Hydrant etc. I'd love to see how it was cut down.

@CaptainSiCo

3 жыл бұрын

That’s interesting - I didn’t know about the BBC edits of The Electric Company. To be honest, I’m kinda surprised they showed it at all! Sorry, I have no footage other than these closing credits.

@mysteron

3 жыл бұрын

@@CaptainSiCo Ok cool, thank you for uploading it :-)

How did you get these? Did you record them yourself?

@CaptainSiCo

6 жыл бұрын

Danzella UK These were sent to me on video a few years back from someone who shared my interest in schools continuity. I’m not sure who originally recorded them.

@1975ukandbored

6 жыл бұрын

Great work making these available, totally forgot about all this

Does anyone remember a song they used to play, with s female vocalist. Part of me wants to say it was about a paperboy (I may be wrong), but I just remember the lyrics "every dayyyyy"

@CaptainSiCo

3 жыл бұрын

Are you thinking of Back Home Once Again by Renaissance? It was the theme to the Tyne Tees series The Paper Lads and Tyne Tees (not the BBC) used to sometimes play it between schools programmes. It’s on KZread, along with mock intervals that feature it.

I grew up on this stuff and I still find it all off putting and scary

That bloke nearly getting crushed by the boat scene was funny

@katymagnets

3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure that's Tony from EastEnders.

@baronmeduse

Жыл бұрын

Not that funny.

@daveghaxton

Жыл бұрын

@@katymagnets yup, and Tom Howard from Howard's Way

whats the peice at 1.10?

Could anyone tell me what the tune is between 10:10 and 10:32? I know it so well!!

@paulsawtell3991

6 жыл бұрын

It's The Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin

@ROBDV-7-9-6-5

5 жыл бұрын

Seremaa73,-this version of maple leaf rag is by the u.s. army chamber orch,and the full track is on school dots -encounter france countdown,uploaded by PLANE 340

What is the title of the music accompanying the dots as they go off , just before the programme about dismantling walls?

@CaptainSiCo

9 ай бұрын

It’s called BART and is by the American band Ruby. Quite a few uploads of the track on here.

@melaniesmith41

9 ай бұрын

Thank you .

9:05 The Water in Majorca, Don't Taste Like What it Oughta!

@darganx

2 ай бұрын

I too remember the Heineken ad with Brian Pringle.. Sylvestra le Touzel, some breeding with a name like that!

What's that bit of music at the end at 33:52? Though familiar just can't put a name to it.

@CaptainSiCo

Жыл бұрын

Ardent Elisabeth by Raymond Guiot - used for a while as the theme for Gardeners World.

@mrgobrien

6 күн бұрын

​@@CaptainSiCo it was the theme to gardening time on itv - though it may have been used by the bbc for other (gardening) tv shows too since it is in this video.

Blimey crowds at football matches, who remembers that??

How many adverts?

@garyunsworth726

3 жыл бұрын

None! Wish I could go back to those times, these days your constantly bombarded with shit, adverts, political correctness etc, truly horrible

A Good Job With Prospects,?

The test card f f for goodness sake How about a cartoon or 2 What do the announcers do when a test card is on any road? Have a cuppa tea yeah?

@brucedanton3669

Жыл бұрын

Who knows then I wonder what they did of course so then too?

A young Pauline Quirke going to work

All the music sounds like Stereolab. lol

30:40. What is that banger?!

@CaptainSiCo

2 жыл бұрын

BART by US band Ruby.

@Mink-yu8nu

2 жыл бұрын

@@CaptainSiCo Thank you so much! You've made my day! xx

@CaptainSiCo

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mink-yu8nu No worries. It’s a fantastic tune!

A VERY YOUNG PAULINE QUIRKE LINDA ROBSON BIRDS OF A FEATHER AND PHIL DANIELS QUADPHINIA BREAKING GLASS FILMS AND EASTENDERS

Pauline quirke