Music Time (TV programme)
Appearance
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Music Time | |
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Genre | Educational |
Presented by | Mari Griffith (1970–72) Ian Humphris (1970–72) Kathryn Harries (1977–81) Peter Combe (1977–80) Andrew C. Wandsworth (1981) Jonathan Cohen (1983–91) Helen Speirs (1983–91) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 24 |
No. of episodes | 224 |
Production | |
Running time | 20 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | BBC1 (1970–81) BBC2 (1983–91) |
Release | 23 September 1970 18 March 1991 | –
Music Time is a British educational television programme as part of the BBC Schools strand from 23 September 1970 to 18 March 1991. The programme is aimed at primary school children aged between 7 and 9. It teaches singing, instrumentation, and basic elements of music theory and performance through simple, easily understandable songs. These often form part of a production intended to be performed by schools, and usually performed at either the start or end of the term. There would often be a pantomime in the autumn term. The programme also includes animated films (usually produced by Bura and Hardwick) based on classical works.
Episodes
[edit]Peter and the Wolf (1970)
[edit]No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | "Programme 1" | 23 September 1970 |
2 | 2 | "Programme 2" | 30 September 1970 |
3 | 3 | "Programme 3" | 7 October 1970 |
4 | 4 | "Programme 4" | 14 October 1970 |
5 | 5 | "Programme 5" | 21 October 1970 |
6 | 6 | "Programme 6" | 4 November 1970 |
7 | 7 | "Programme 7" | 11 November 1970 |
8 | 8 | "Programme 8" | 18 November 1970 |
9 | 9 | "Peter and the Wolf" | 25 November 1970 |
10 | 10 | "End-of-Term Concert" | 2 December 1970 |
Travel and Transport (Winter 1971)
[edit]No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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11 | 1 | "Programme 1" | 13 January 1971 |
12 | 2 | "Programme 2" | 20 January 1971 |
13 | 3 | "Programme 3" | 27 January 1971 |
14 | 4 | "Programme 4" | 3 February 1971 |
15 | 5 | "Programme 5" | 10 February 1971 |
16 | 6 | "Programme 6" | 17 February 1971 |
17 | 7 | "Programme 7" | 3 March 1971 |
18 | 8 | "Programme 8" | 10 March 1971 |
19 | 9 | "Programme 9" | 17 March 1971 |
20 | 10 | "End-of-Term Concert" | 24 March 1971 |
Spells and Riddles (Spring 1971)
[edit]No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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21 | 1 | "Programme 1" | 28 April 1971 |
22 | 2 | "Programme 2" | 5 May 1971 |
23 | 3 | "Programme 3" | 12 May 1971 |
24 | 4 | "Programme 4" | 19 May 1971 |
25 | 5 | "Programme 5" | 26 May 1971 |
26 | 6 | "Programme 6" | 9 June 1971 |
27 | 7 | "The Music Time Game" | 16 June 1971 |
28 | 8 | "End-of-Term Concert" | 23 June 1971 |
Animals (Autumn 1971)
[edit]No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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29 | 1 | TBA | 22 September 1971 |
30 | 2 | TBA | 29 September 1971 |
31 | 3 | TBA | 6 October 1971 |
32 | 4 | TBA | 13 October 1971 |
33 | 5 | TBA | 20 October 1971 |
34 | 6 | TBA | 3 November 1971 |
35 | 7 | TBA | 10 November 1971 |
36 | 8 | TBA | 17 November 1971 |
37 | 9 | TBA | 24 November 1971 |
38 | 10 | TBA | 1 December 1971 |
Unknown (Winter 1972)
[edit]No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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39 | 1 | TBA | 12 January 1972 |
40 | 2 | TBA | 19 January 1972 |
41 | 3 | TBA | 26 January 1972 |
42 | 4 | TBA | 2 February 1972 |
43 | 5 | TBA | 9 February 1972 |
44 | 6 | TBA | 16 February 1972 |
45 | 7 | TBA | 1 March 1972 |
46 | 8 | TBA | 8 March 1972 |
47 | 9 | TBA | 15 March 1972 |
48 | 10 | TBA | 22 March 1972 |
A River Journey (Spring 1972)
[edit]No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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49 | 1 | TBA | 26 April 1972 |
50 | 2 | TBA | 3 May 1972 |
51 | 3 | TBA | 10 May 1972 |
52 | 4 | TBA | 17 May 1972 |
53 | 5 | TBA | 24 May 1972 |
54 | 6 | TBA | 7 June 1972 |
55 | 7 | TBA | 14 June 1972 |
56 | 8 | TBA | 21 June 1972 |
A Christmas Journey (1977)
[edit]No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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57 | 1 | "The Sounds Around Us" | 19 September 1977 |
58 | 2 | "High Sounds, Low Sounds" | 26 September 1977 |
59 | 3 | "Long Sounds, Short Sounds" | 3 October 1977 |
60 | 4 | "Feel the Beat" | 10 October 1977 |
61 | 5 | "Rhythm" | 17 October 1977 |
62 | 6 | "Collecting Sounds" | 24 October 1977 |
63 | 7 | "Sound Traps" | 7 November 1977 |
64 | 8 | "A Christmas Journey Introduction" | 14 November 1977 |
65 | 9 | "A Christmas Journey 1" | 21 November 1977 |
66 | 10 | "A Christmas Journey 2" | 28 November 1977 |
Coppélia (Winter 1978)
[edit]No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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67 | 1 | "Tunes Shapes" | 9 January 1978 |
68 | 2 | "Tunes Patterns" | 16 January 1978 |
69 | 3 | "Snap" | 23 January 1978 |
70 | 4 | "Happy Families" | 30 January 1978 |
71 | 5 | "Follow My Leader" | 6 February 1978 |
72 | 6 | "Holding On" | 13 February 1978 |
73 | 7 | "Sounds Maps" | 20 February 1978 |
74 | 8 | "Playing the Score" | 27 February 1978 |
75 | 9 | "Coppélia Introduction" | 6 March 1978 |
76 | 10 | "Coppélia" | 13 March 1978 |
Laughing Bird (Spring 1978)
[edit]No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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77 | 1 | TBA | 17 April 1978 |
78 | 2 | TBA | 24 April 1978 |
79 | 3 | TBA | 3 May 1978 |
80 | 4 | TBA | 8 May 1978 |
81 | 5 | TBA | 15 May 1978 |
82 | 6 | TBA | 22 May 1978 |
83 | 7 | TBA | 5 June 1978 |
84 | 8 | "Laughing Bird" | 12 June 1978 |
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (Autumn 1978)
[edit]No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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85 | 1 | "Sounds in the Country 1" | 18 September 1978 |
86 | 2 | "Sounds in the Country 2" | 25 September 1978 |
87 | 3 | "Sounds by the Sea 1" | 2 October 1978 |
88 | 4 | "Sounds by the Sea 2" | 9 October 1978 |
89 | 5 | "Twos and Threes 1" | 16 October 1978 |
90 | 6 | "Twos and Threes 2" | 23 October 1978 |
91 | 7 | "Christmas Carols 1" | 6 November 1978 |
92 | 8 | "Christmas Carols 2" | 13 November 1978 |
93 | 9 | "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" | 20 November 1978 |
94 | 10 | "A Christmas Concert" | 27 November 1978 |
The Big Balloon Show (1979)
[edit]No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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95 | 1 | "In the Town 1" | 30 April 1979 |
96 | 2 | "In the Town 2" | 9 May 1979 |
97 | 3 | "At the Fair 1" | 14 May 1979 |
98 | 4 | "At the Fair 2" | 21 May 1979 |
99 | 5 | "In the Factory 1" | 4 June 1979 |
100 | 6 | "In the Factory 2" | 11 June 1979 |
101 | 7 | "On the Sea" | 18 June 1979 |
102 | 8 | "The Big Balloon Show" | 25 June 1979 |
Lieutenant Kijé (1980)
[edit]No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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103 | 1 | "Watch and Listen" | 14 January 1980 |
104 | 2 | "Does it Come Back?" | 21 January 1980 |
105 | 3 | "Fast and Slow" | 28 January 1980 |
106 | 4 | "Clap and Tap" | 4 February 1980 |
107 | 5 | "Copycats" | 11 February 1980 |
108 | 6 | "In Harmony" | 25 February 1980 |
109 | 7 | "Play the Game" | 3 March 1980 |
110 | 8 | "Lieutenant Kijé 1" | 10 March 1980 |
111 | 9 | "Lieutenant Kijé 2" | 17 March 1980 |
112 | 10 | "The Story of Lieutenant Kijé" | 24 March 1980 |
The Evening Star (1981)
[edit]No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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113 | 1 | "The Evening Star" | 5 May 1981 |
114 | 2 | "Hunting" | 11 May 1981 |
115 | 3 | "Stars" | 18 May 1981 |
116 | 4 | "The Animals" | 1 June 1981 |
117 | 5 | "The Garden" | 8 June 1981 |
118 | 6 | "Dancing" | 15 June 1981 |
119 | 7 | "Voices" | 22 June 1981 |
120 | 8 | "Water" | 29 June 1981 |
A Gift for the Baby (1983)
[edit]No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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121 | 1 | "Working with Sounds" | 19 September 1983 |
122 | 2 | "Long Sounds, Short Sounds" | 26 September 1983 |
123 | 3 | "Higher and Lower" | 3 October 1983 |
124 | 4 | "The Sounds of the Voice" | 10 October 1983 |
125 | 5 | "The Sounds of Words" | 17 October 1983 |
126 | 6 | "Call and Response" | 31 October 1983 |
127 | 7 | "The Regular Beat" | 7 November 1983 |
128 | 8 | "Fast and Slow" | 14 November 1983 |
129 | 9 | "Grouping Beats" | 21 November 1983 |
130 | 10 | "A Gift for the Baby" | 28 November 1983 |
The Sleeping Beauty (Winter 1984)
[edit]No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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131 | 1 | "Rhythm and the Beat" | 16 January 1984 |
132 | 2 | "Rhythms Together" | 23 January 1984 |
133 | 3 | "Tune Shapes" | 30 January 1984 |
134 | 4 | "Musical Patterns" | 6 February 1984 |
135 | 5 | "Contrasts" | 13 February 1984 |
136 | 6 | "Question and Answer" | 27 February 1984 |
137 | 7 | "Harmony" | 5 March 1984 |
138 | 8 | "The Sleeping Beauty 1" | 12 March 1984 |
139 | 9 | "The Sleeping Beauty 2" | 19 March 1984 |
140 | 10 | "The Sleeping Beauty" | 26 March 1984 |
Dick Whittington (Autumn 1984)
[edit]No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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141 | 1 | "Footsteps" | 17 September 1984 |
142 | 2 | "Time Span" | 24 September 1984 |
143 | 3 | "Sound Signals" | 1 October 1984 |
144 | 4 | "Traffic" | 8 October 1984 |
145 | 5 | "Bells" | 15 October 1984 |
146 | 6 | "Street Music" | 29 October 1984 |
147 | 7 | "Keeping Together" | 5 November 1984 |
148 | 8 | "Tempo" | 12 November 1984 |
149 | 9 | "Rhythms" | 19 November 1984 |
150 | 10 | "Dick Whittington" | 26 November 1984 |
Háry János (Winter 1985)
[edit]No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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151 | 1 | "Two in a Bar" | 14 January 1985 |
152 | 2 | "Grouping Beats" | 21 January 1985 |
153 | 3 | "Melody" | 28 January 1985 |
154 | 4 | "ABA" | 4 February 1985 |
155 | 5 | "Musical Clocks" | 11 February 1985 |
156 | 6 | "Copy Me" | 25 February 1985 |
157 | 7 | "Harmony" | 4 March 1985 |
158 | 8 | "Háry János 1" | 11 March 1985 |
159 | 9 | "Háry János 2" | 18 March 1985 |
160 | 10 | "Háry János" | 25 March 1985 |
Anansi and the Sky God (Spring 1985)
[edit]No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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161 | 1 | "Anansi and the Sky God" | 29 April 1985 |
162 | 2 | "Talking Drums" | 9 May 1985 |
163 | 3 | "Pottery" | 13 May 1985 |
164 | 4 | "The Bush" | 20 May 1985 |
165 | 5 | "The Weavers" | 27 May 1985 |
166 | 6 | "The Sky God" | 10 June 1985 |
167 | 7 | "Creatures of the Bush" | 17 June 1985 |
168 | 8 | "Follow the Drum" | 24 June 1985 |
Panji and the Buffalo (1986)
[edit]No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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169 | 1 | "Panji and the Buffalo" | 21 April 1986 |
170 | 2 | "The Padi-fields" | 28 April 1986 |
171 | 3 | "On the Road" | 8 May 1986 |
172 | 4 | "The Animals" | 12 May 1986 |
173 | 5 | "Shadow Puppets" | 19 May 1986 |
174 | 6 | "The Gamelan" | 2 June 1986 |
175 | 7 | "Java Food" | 9 June 1986 |
176 | 8 | "The Ceremonial Meal" | 16 June 1986 |
Tarfa and the Trolls (1989)
[edit]No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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177 | 1 | "Tarfa and the Trolls" | 18 September 1989 |
178 | 2 | "Housework" | 25 September 1989 |
179 | 3 | "Wooden Sounds" | 2 October 1989 |
180 | 4 | "Metal Sounds" | 9 October 1989 |
181 | 5 | "Sleigh Ride" | 16 October 1989 |
182 | 6 | "Voices" | 30 October 1989 |
183 | 7 | "Loud and Quiet" | 6 November 1989 |
184 | 8 | "Drummers" | 13 November 1989 |
185 | 9 | "Duets" | 20 November 1989 |
186 | 10 | "The Orchestra" | 27 November 1989 |
Pictures at an Exhibition (Winter 1990)
[edit]No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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187 | 1 | "Promenade" | 15 January 1990 |
188 | 2 | "Smooth and Spiky" | 22 January 1990 |
189 | 3 | "The Castle" | 29 January 1990 |
190 | 4 | "Machines" | 5 February 1990 |
191 | 5 | "Transport" | 12 February 1990 |
192 | 6 | "Birdsong" | 26 February 1990 |
193 | 7 | "Catacombs" | 5 March 1990 |
194 | 8 | "The Gnome" | 12 March 1990 |
195 | 9 | "The Gardens" | 19 March 1990 |
196 | 10 | "Rondo" | 26 March 1990 |
The Emperor and the Nightingale (Spring 1990)
[edit]No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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197 | 1 | "The Emperor and the Nightingale" | 30 April 1990 |
198 | 2 | "Reflections" | 10 May 1990 |
199 | 3 | "Pentatonic" | 14 May 1990 |
200 | 4 | "Songbirds" | 21 May 1990 |
201 | 5 | "Chinese Birds" | 4 June 1990 |
202 | 6 | "Mechanical Sounds" | 11 June 1990 |
203 | 7 | "Chinese Music" | 18 June 1990 |
204 | 8 | "Lanterns and Lions" | 25 June 1990 |
Cinderella (Autumn 1990)
[edit]No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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205 | 1 | "Cinderella" | 17 September 1990 |
206 | 2 | "The Kitchen" | 24 September 1990 |
207 | 3 | "Paper Sounds" | 1 October 1990 |
208 | 4 | "Grouping Beats" | 8 October 1990 |
209 | 5 | "The Beat" | 15 October 1990 |
210 | 6 | "Mystery Sounds" | 29 October 1990 |
211 | 7 | "Changing Tunes" | 5 November 1990 |
212 | 8 | "Dancers" | 12 November 1990 |
213 | 9 | "Ups and Downs" | 19 November 1990 |
214 | 10 | "Cinderella's Christmas" | 26 November 1990 |
The Planets (1991)
[edit]No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date |
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215 | 1 | "A Space Journey" | 7 January 1991 |
216 | 2 | "Mars" | 14 January 1991 |
217 | 3 | "Mercury" | 21 January 1991 |
218 | 4 | "Jupiter" | 28 January 1991 |
219 | 5 | "Uranus" | 4 February 1991 |
220 | 6 | "Saturn" | 11 February 1991 |
221 | 7 | "Venus" | 25 February 1991 |
222 | 8 | "Neptune" | 4 March 1991 |
223 | 9 | "The Planets 1" | 11 March 1991 |
224 | 10 | "The Planets 2" | 18 March 1991 |
External links
[edit]- Music Time at Broadcast for Schools
Categories:
- 1970 British television series debuts
- 1991 British television series endings
- 1970s British children's television series
- 1980s British children's television series
- 1990s British children's television series
- 1970s British music television series
- 1980s British music television series
- 1990s British music television series
- British television shows for schools
- BBC children's television shows
- Music education in the United Kingdom
- British English-language television shows