Editing BBC Children's and Education (section)

=== 1964–1985 ===
The 1964 launch of [[BBC2]] allowed additional room for young children's programming. On 21 April 1964, ''[[Play School (British TV series)|Play School]]'' became its first official programme after a power outage meant the opening night launch programmes were never broadcast.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2014-04-16|title=BBC Two's 50th anniversary: Disastrous launch remembered|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27033129|access-date=2021-02-18}}</ref>

Away from the screen, in 1964, the Children's department was briefly amalgamated with Women's Programmes to form Family Programmes until it was reinstated in 1967. Around this time, the production offices moved to the newly developed [[BBC Television Centre]] in White City with most offices being based in the East Tower where they remained until its closure in 2011.

Other significant series that began in the 1960s include ''[[The Clangers]]'' and in 1965, the long running story telling format, ''[[Jackanory]]''.

Significant series that began in the 1970s included the long-running children's news service, ''[[Newsround]]''. In 1975, The ''[[Watch with Mother]]'' branding was dropped.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} In 1976, Saturday Morning television began in earnest with the launch of ''[[Multi-Coloured Swap Shop]]''. In 1978, ''[[Grange Hill]]'', a contemporary drama series set in a comprehensive school, began.

[[Roger Gale]], later an MP for the Conservative Party, was head of children's television from 1976 to 1979.<ref name=bbc2001>{{cite web | series=Vote 2001 - Candidates |title=Roger Gale| publisher=[[BBC News]] | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/candidates/candidates/5/57602.stm | access-date=18 July 2022}}</ref>

Significant series that began in the 1980s include ''[[Postman Pat]]''. On 1 October 1980, ''[[See-Saw (TV programme)|See-Saw]]'' was launched (''Watch with Mother'' branding having ended in 1975), which was moved to BBC2 in June 1987, before ending in 1990.

In 1983, a Diamond Jubilee Festival Exhibition commemorated the sixtieth anniversary of BBC Children's Programmes at the Langham Hotel in London. The exhibition then moved to the [[Liverpool Garden Festival]] in 1984.