ITV Schools

ITV Schools
Also known asIndependent Television for Schools and Colleges
GenreEducational
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languages
  • English
  • Welsh
Production
Running time
  • Variable (1957–1972)
  • 150 minutes (1972–1993)
Original release
NetworkITV
Release1957 (1957) –
29 June 1987 (1987-06-29)
NetworkChannel 4 / S4C
Release14 September 1987 (1987-09-14) –
28 June 1993 (1993-06-28)
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ITV Schools (full name: Independent Television for Schools and Colleges) was the educational television service set up in 1957 by the Independent Television Authority, broadcasting learning programmes for children ages 5 to 18 across ITV-affiliated stations. It was an example of public service broadcasting on a commercial television network (as opposed to the public BBC and their service BBC Schools).

ITV moved its schools programming to Channel 4 and S4C in autumn 1987 although ITV continued to produce programmes and the service continued to use the ITV name for another six years. The last ITV Schools programme on Channel 4 aired on Monday 28 June 1993; Channel 4 continued to produce their own schools programmes for many years afterwards.