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Delia created "various openings and closings" for "[[Mathematics Around You]]",<ref name=TLL/> a BBC television series for schools produced by [[Andree Molyneux]], aimed at age 7-9 and consisting of eight 20-minute episodes<ref>[http://www.broadcastforschools.co.uk/site/Mathematics_Around_You "Mathematics Around You" summary page on www.broadcastforschools.co.uk]</ref> broadcast from 24th April-23rd June 1967.<ref>[http://www.broadcastforschools.co.uk/site/Special:Browse/Mathematics_Around_You "Mathematics Around You" detail page on www.broadcastforschools.co.uk]</ref><ref>[http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?q=%22mathematics+around+you%22 ''Mathematics Around You''] on the BBC Genome Project.</ref>
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Delia created "various openings and closings" for "[[Mathematics Around You]]",<ref name=TLL/> a BBC television series for schools produced by [[Andree Molyneux]], aimed at age 7-9 and consisting of eight 20-minute episodes<ref>[http://www.broadcastforschools.co.uk/site/Mathematics_Around_You "Mathematics Around You" summary page on www.broadcastforschools.co.uk]</ref> broadcast from 24th April-23rd June 1967.<ref>[http://www.broadcastforschools.co.uk/site/Special:Browse/Mathematics_Around_You "Mathematics Around You" detail page on www.broadcastforschools.co.uk]</ref><ref name=genome>[http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?q=%22mathematics+around+you%22 ''Mathematics Around You''] on the BBC Genome Project.</ref>
  
 
Its tape's catalogue entry is dated 1st November 1966.<ref name=TLL/>
 
Its tape's catalogue entry is dated 1st November 1966.<ref name=TLL/>
  
 
Tape [[TRW 6848]], labelled "Pete Brady Show", claims to be a copy of [[Happy Birthday]] taken from [[TRW 6586]]: "Mathematics Around You" and broadcast on 30th April 1968.<ref>The [[Tape Library List]]'s entry for [[TRW 6848]].</ref>
 
Tape [[TRW 6848]], labelled "Pete Brady Show", claims to be a copy of [[Happy Birthday]] taken from [[TRW 6586]]: "Mathematics Around You" and broadcast on 30th April 1968.<ref>The [[Tape Library List]]'s entry for [[TRW 6848]].</ref>
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=Episodes=
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# Sorting: A children's birthday party provides some mathematical situations.
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# Ordering: A small boy enjoys using mathematics when preparing for a jumble sale.
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# Length: The adventure playground Is an exciting place for all kinds of measuring.
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# Weight: Baking cakes, building a see-saw, weighing a guinea-pig - they are all part of a day's work for eight-year-old Kim.
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# Containers: Measuring with water, sand, and cubes.
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# Shapes: Shapes seen from the Thames.
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# Surfaces: A school day for Chris and his friends Includes papering a Wendy house and roofing a hut.
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# Looking Further: Lalitha's class prepares a play about a game of chess.<ref name=genome/>
  
 
=Papers=
 
=Papers=

Revision as of 17:02, 5 May 2016

Delia created "various openings and closings" for "Mathematics Around You",[1] a BBC television series for schools produced by Andree Molyneux, aimed at age 7-9 and consisting of eight 20-minute episodes[2] broadcast from 24th April-23rd June 1967.[3][4]

Its tape's catalogue entry is dated 1st November 1966.[1]

Tape TRW 6848, labelled "Pete Brady Show", claims to be a copy of Happy Birthday taken from TRW 6586: "Mathematics Around You" and broadcast on 30th April 1968.[5]

Episodes

  1. Sorting: A children's birthday party provides some mathematical situations.
  2. Ordering: A small boy enjoys using mathematics when preparing for a jumble sale.
  3. Length: The adventure playground Is an exciting place for all kinds of measuring.
  4. Weight: Baking cakes, building a see-saw, weighing a guinea-pig - they are all part of a day's work for eight-year-old Kim.
  5. Containers: Measuring with water, sand, and cubes.
  6. Shapes: Shapes seen from the Thames.
  7. Surfaces: A school day for Chris and his friends Includes papering a Wendy house and roofing a hut.
  8. Looking Further: Lalitha's class prepares a play about a game of chess.[4]

Papers

There is a bundle of Delia's manuscript papers, clipped together, for six programmes in a series about Mathematics. One sheet is headed "Maths Prog", and another bears the date "3.67".

Availability

  • Broadcast on 24th April 1967 at 11.05am on BBC1.[1]
  • In the BBC Sound Archive on tape TRW 6586.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Tape Library List's entry for TRW 6586.
  2. ↑ "Mathematics Around You" summary page on www.broadcastforschools.co.uk
  3. ↑ "Mathematics Around You" detail page on www.broadcastforschools.co.uk
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mathematics Around You on the BBC Genome Project.
  5. ↑ The Tape Library List's entry for TRW 6848.
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