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For the Children was the umbrella title given to British television programmes and sequences targeted at children of school age, in the early years of the BBC Television Service. The title was first used in 1937 at 3pm as the opening programme for afternoon viewing (as television would generally be broadcast from 3pm to 4pm and then later, from 9pm to 10pm).^[1] Suspended in 1939 along with the rest of BBC Television for the duration of World War II, it returned on 9 June 1946, running on Sunday afternoons and expanded to twenty minutes in length.

The series featured a variety of different presenters and acts: story readings, puppet shows, songs. On Saturday 13 March 1937, George Queen's Pantomime Goose was shown in the For the Children slot, the opening programme before In Your Garden came on at 3:10pm.^[2]^[3] In October 1946 the "hugely popular" children's puppet Muffin the Mule made his television debut on the show, accompanied by his "friend" Annette Mills.^[4] The puppet's character was devised by the puppeteer Ann Hogarth.^[5]

For the Children was last broadcast in December 1952, when "Children's Television" became the title used for the afternoon children's sequences, until use of an overall title was abandoned in the late 1950s.

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^ https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/ca8614241e4a45269f796d3f20f4f8a8 ^{[bare URL]}
^ "Broadcast - BBC Programme Index". 13 March 1937.
^ "On This Day in TV History".
^ Jamieson, Alastair (16 April 2003), "Muffin the Mule kicks back to life", The Scotsman, archived from the original on 11 February 2017
^ Jane Phillips, 'Hogarth, Ann (1910–1993)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, 2004 accessed 10 Feb 2017

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-'''''For the Children''''' is a [[British television]] programme targeted at children of school age. First broadcast on the [[BBC One|BBC Television Service]] in 1937 at 3pm as the opening programme for afternoon viewing (as television would generally be broadcast from 3pm to 4pm and then later, from 9pm to 10pm).<ref>https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/ca8614241e4a45269f796d3f20f4f8a8 {{Bare URL inline|date=September 2022}}</ref> For its first two years the series was ten minutes in length. Suspended in 1939 along with the rest of BBC Television for the duration of [[World War II]], it returned on 9 June 1946, running on Sunday afternoons and expanded to twenty minutes in length.
+'''''For the Children''''' was the umbrella title given to [[British television]] programmes and sequences targeted at children of school age, in the early years of the [[BBC One|BBC Television Service]]. The title was first used in 1937 at 3pm as the opening programme for afternoon viewing (as television would generally be broadcast from 3pm to 4pm and then later, from 9pm to 10pm).<ref>https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/ca8614241e4a45269f796d3f20f4f8a8 {{Bare URL inline|date=September 2022}}</ref> Suspended in 1939 along with the rest of BBC Television for the duration of [[World War II]], it returned on 9 June 1946, running on Sunday afternoons and expanded to twenty minutes in length.
 The series featured a variety of different presenters and acts: story readings, puppet shows, songs. On Saturday 13 March 1937, George Queen's Pantomime Goose was shown in the ''For the Children'' slot, the opening programme before ''In Your Garden'' came on at 3:10pm.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ca8614241e4a45269f796d3f20f4f8a8|title=Broadcast - BBC Programme Index|date=13 March 1937 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rewind.thetvroom.com/on-this-day-in-tv-history/|title = On This Day in TV History}}</ref> In October 1946 the "hugely popular" children's puppet [[Muffin the Mule]] made his television debut on the show, accompanied by his "friend" [[Annette Mills]].<ref name=Scotsman/> The puppet's character was devised by the puppeteer [[Ann Hogarth]].<ref>
 Jane Phillips, 'Hogarth, Ann (1910–1993)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/52116, accessed 10 Feb 2017]</ref>
-''For the Children'' was last broadcast in December 1952, when it was replaced by other BBC children's television programmes, including ''[[Watch with Mother]]''.
+''For the Children'' was last broadcast in December 1952, when "Children's Television" became the title used for the afternoon children's sequences, until use of an overall title was abandoned in the late 1950s.
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