Back in Time for...: 1940s and 50s

The time-travelling documentary reaches the post-Second World War years, when a revolution in education saw children separated into one of three schools - grammars, secondary moderns and technical. The volunteer pupils attend grammar, representing the one in four children who won a coveted place by passing the 11-plus exam. Here, they delve into teachings on sex education, cycling proficiency, the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 and rising incomes in the mid-1950s as well as debates among boys and girls on fighting for your country