Synopsis
Parents from the '90s discuss how children's play has changed from street corners to organised and educational schedules like music or sports lessons.
- Programme: Counterblast
- Episode: 01: Baby on Board
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 1997
- Education & Childcare | Play and Learning
Licence: ERA Licence required
Free to watch for UK schools, colleges and universities with an ERA Licence
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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