For Schools and Colleges should have never been taken off the air. These programs were very educational and informative. I learnt more by watching these programs when I was a young boy, more than I did at school.

Laid on the sofa offof school with sickness Covered in a duvet either freezing or boiling, feeling tiny and enormous at the same time

Happy memories sitting on the hall floor looking up to the wheeled out TV back in the 70's.

Imagine having to wait until 9am for your day's telly to start.

Timestamps: 0:00 Thames startup sequence A ("Perpetuum Mobile") 2:48 Thames startup sequence B ("Salute to Thames") 4:28 "Independent Television for Schools and Colleges" title card 5:26 "Stop, Look, Listen" countdown clock 6:27 "Stop, Look, Listen" (ATV) 16:37 "Independent Television for Schools and Colleges" title card (Westward) 17:10 "Chemistry in Action" (Granada) 37:06 "Schools" title card (STV) 38:06 "Independent Television for Schools and Colleges" countdown clock 39:06 "Picture Box" (Granada) (edited) 43:13 "Independent Television for Schools and Colleges" title card 44:15 "Independent Television for Schools and Colleges" countdown clock 45:14 "Experiment" (Granada) 1:00:17 "Independent Television for Schools and Colleges" countdown clock 1:01:18 "How We Used to Live" (Yorkshire) 1:21:09 "Independent Television for Schools & Colleges" title card 1:21:40 "Independent Television for Schools and Colleges" countdown clock 1:22:40 "Physics in Action" (Granada) 1:41:27 "Independent Television for Schools & Colleges" title card 1:42:21 "A Place to Live" countdown clock (incl. out-of-vision announcement) 1:43:48 "A Place to Live" (Granada) (beginning only) 1:44:27 Thames "Schools programmes have been temporarily suspended" title card 1:45:30 "Basic Maths" countdown clock 1:46:31 "Basic Maths" (ATV) 2:01:30 "Independent Television for Schools & Colleges" 30th anniversary year title card 2:02:34 "Search" countdown clock 2:03:34 "Search" (Yorkshire) (title sequence only) 2:04:14 "Interval" title card (STV) 2:05:14 "Stop, Look, Listen" (Central) 2:15:13 "Middle English" countdown clock 2:15:21 "Middle English" (Thames) 2:29:35 "The French Programme" countdown clock 2:29:52 "The French Programme" (Thames) (beginning only) 2:30:57 "Independent Television for Schools and Colleges" title card (incl. Thames countdown clock freeze frame) 2:37:54 Special announcement for teachers 2:38:18 "Your Living Body" (Granada) 2:53:17 "Independent Television for Schools and Colleges" title card and out-of-vision continuity announcement

That Thames bit at the beginning is awesome

You legend. This is exactly the surrealist educational bleakness I was looking for.

No matter how 'sick' You were to warrant a day or two off school.Everybody was always well enough to drag themselves downstairs to the front room....me included.

Lunatic attempt? Possibly. But a noble quest into the rich and strange too, I salute you!

Pure nostalgia. Used to pull a sickie so I could watch these in the 70s

I used to watch this when I was off sick, brilliant, thanks. 'How We USed To Live' was always my favourite. Takes me back to very happy days. How did you come by all this footage of nostalgia?

The main attraction for me wasn't any of the programs, but the interval music. These two tunes 2.44.37-2.45.59 2.45.59-2.48.28 have been really lodged in my head for forty-odd years, for some reason I just love 'em!

If I'm off sick at home I hope I can watch this and not Pebble Mill!

I remember these days before video recorder, we had to watch TV Live and all of us kids queued up getting ready to get our places... we all sat on the dusty hall floor back then

this is making me have goose bumps

I have been looking for the Thames Television introduction music for YEARS!! Didn't think I'd hear it again, complete with IBA transmitter info.. thanks.

Brings back the memories. Great post. Thanks.

what kid wouldn't enjoy watching a saddle being made .....in detail....

This is absolutely amazing. Love the chemistry bits, wow!!

Thanks for making this! :) I've recently gotten into chasing down these old shows its nice to see a proper stab at a reconstruction :)

Absolutly bloody brilliant!

Brilliant!!! Experiment was my favorite schools program. It brings back memories of being off school ill and watching TV all day.

Great Upload, Thank you for the memories :)

If I was off sick I'd watch these shows.

That Picture Box music was petrifying. X

Interesting programme about aluminium production, very energy intensive process that is.

Picture Box at 39.06 - wonderful theme tune!

Thank you for posting this at 1 hr 33 m the physics program I make a brief appearance we were filmed in a physics class at Egerton park

Great memories, How we used to live, Picture Box and a Granada science program narrated by Charles Foster.

Hey, there, little mouse...

No more scrolling around lots of little unsatisfying videos... Everything you need is here!

The Radio Times at the time would list BBC1's showings as For Schools, Colleges; whilst the TV Times would list ITV's showings as For Schools at the time. When BBC2 took over they became Daytime On Two in September 1983 onwards; and when Channel 4 or S4C took them over in September 1987 they became ITV Schools on 4. Daytime on Two continued until 2010; whilst ITV Schools on 4 continued until June 1993. This was because of the franchise changes at the time. From September 1993, it was renamed as 4 Schools, as by then Channel 4-and S4C- were responsible for their own output. Thank you anyway of course-well done too!!

Those amazing days off school when you laid on the sofa feeling tiny and enormous at the same time Good old skool bugs

Ah ...sick day school tv or rainy play time school tv. Those were thecdays

45:12 at last. I've been searching for the program that inspired 'Look Around You', the brilliant science spoof show. This is as close to it as I've seen.

The live birth scenes at the end were rather graphic; always amazed to see a new life begin its 'journey'....

55:15 Just look around you. :)

My favourite from itv schools and colleges in the 1970s.

I can actually remember watching that actual Stop Look Listen episode at the beginning....with my children.

Joe and the sheep rustlers was my favourite, I also liked the boy from space,being home sick with a bottle of lucosade happy times 😆

47:50 Write that down in your copybook now.

Many thanks for sharing this. On my channel is a playlist called 'Music For Bunking Off: BBC/ITV Schools & Test Card Music & Theme Tunes From the 70s and 80s'.

The extra music, Thames Schools Clock and Fake Announcement are a mock at 2hrs 30.

Thanks so much for this trip into the past. Please please please can someone tell me what the music is a 5.29. it's so calming.

The good old days l remmeber this when I was sick off school

always remember the clock counting down with the harp being played, only saw it when off ill and always had a bucket next to the cetee if you were sick well it did have zoflora in it

When TV companies were restricted in their advertisements during school educational hours.

Eurk ! That last one made me queasy !

@45:18 Definitely the inspiration for "Look Around You"

Thank you for putting this out there. I don't suppose you known what the music is during the Thames Schools Programmes have been Suspended bit at 3hrs 4mins?

Look around you

Stop Look Listen the cameraman was Paddy Seale (Thunderbirds)

,, I imagine this is what being taught o levels was like, if u were never taught GCSEs you'll never know that instead of imparting knowledge the teachers continually left the room to go print something for other classes 🍎

Do you have by chance the record of itv schools (middle English I think) in 1982/83 where the character Doomlord from Eagle comics shows up? It was a segment with both Eagle and Girl comics with some kind of interview or behind the scenes report.

I just watched "Look Around You" again and wanted to see the original... It's as strange as it gets :D

First appearance of the music that Channel 4 would use when they took over Schools programmes in the mid-80's.

ITV for schools and colleges was nationally networked

Brilliant

1:51:33 / 2:53:30 Old freddy Harris looks very dapping in a beige shirt and brown striped patterned tie

IGNORE my earlier comment - either it relates to a different upload or this one has been tampered with. BUT - those two tunes I was speaking of are, fortunately. included in this compilation, and as of this date they're circa 2.34.00 [sweet] and 2.35.24 [even sweeter]

Butterfly Ball promo after Jack & The Beanstalk!

OMG! Chris Williams at 2:37:54 - he gets everywhere!!

Look Around You

"....but of course, the wires get all tangled up" ":-)

@2:50:59 - Wow, I sure don't remember watching THAT one at primary school !

That a young Mr Tarrant I can hear?

Would love to know what the music is that starts around 4:34

That still with the oil rig, the music that played on it on this vídeo, I only remember that music played with the big countdown clock and not the still with the oil rig. Was the same music played on all ITV regions at the same time? The still that appeared before the countown clock was usualy a photo of a commemorative postsge stamp. You also had programmes starting at odd times on Schools and Colleges compared with standard ITV and BBC network programmes. 9.43am, 10.02am, 10.24am, 10.44am, 10.59am etc etc.

The music at 2:12:06 thumbs up if u remember

Does anyone know the name of the music beginning at 4.29, please?

NOW WATCH THE CRISP BEEN PACKED TO GO TO THE SHOPS BUT WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT

Why were schools tv programs cancelled? They could have their own channel by now!

I’ve got a feeling Thames network tip but I might be wrong on that

Can anyone tell me was Helen Worth, from Coronation Street in these schools programmes

Anyone know what the music is at 4.28 and 16.37 1.42.21?

I'd love to see the rest of Interference if anyone has it........

Ivor the engine ...

The sad demise of decent tv....

Get well.

1:21:40 whats that tune?

What year was this

Is that Chris Tarrant telling us how a saddle is made ?

That interference programme was good

59:59 WTF Gerald, get your Doctorate already!

Chris Tarrant narrating?

Ii WormHolT Time TraVellinG

02:45:05 amazing

Very English the mother having a cup of tea after giving birth.

2:35:48

Beaker.

2:20:03 CHRISPS FOR YOUR SCHOOL DINNER?????

Basic maths...lol