Looking and Seeing was the very first schools’ television programme to be broadcast in Britain. It was a hastily conceived, experimental series on the subjects of art and science, and resulted from the initiative of Paul Adorian, the Managing Director of Associated-Rediffusion.
It aimed to encourage children to look more attentively at the art, architecture and natural beauty around them. Eighty schools were involved in the initial broadcast.
There were eight episodes – introduced by Redvers Kyle – and they were only shown once, on Monday afternoons, in the summer term of 1957 on ATV.
Episodes
To See Or Not To See | The Growing Eye Of Science | Can The Camera Lie? | Nature Looks At Us | The Eye Of History | Looking At Pictures | A Close Look | Summing Up
