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Original Title :
Look and Read
Genre :
TV Series / Family
Cast :
Charles Collingwood,Struan Rodger,Stephen Leigh
Type :
TV Series
Rating :
8.5/10
Look and Read Online

Children anthology series that mixed stories of adventure, sci-fi and even horror with educational segments aimed at improving children's literacy skills.
Series cast summary:
Charles Collingwood Charles Collingwood - Wordy 12 episodes, 1978-1992
Struan Rodger Struan Rodger - Joe Norland 10 episodes, 1973
Stephen Leigh Stephen Leigh - Bob 10 episodes, 1967
Veronica Purcell Veronica Purcell - Carol 10 episodes, 1967
Harvey Hall Harvey Hall - Narrator 10 episodes, 1968
George Layton George Layton - Len Tanner / - 10 episodes, 1968
Stephen Garlick Stephen Garlick - Dan 10 episodes, 1971
Sylvestra Le Touzel Sylvestra Le Touzel - Helen 10 episodes, 1971
Leon Armstrong Leon Armstrong - Spuggy Hilton 10 episodes, 1988
Bungo Bungo - Plod 10 episodes, 1988
Lesley Casey Lesley Casey - Cath Hilton 10 episodes, 1988
Michael Heath Michael Heath - Narrator 10 episodes, 1988
Brian Hogg Brian Hogg - Vicar 10 episodes, 1988
Lien Lu Lien Lu - Janie Chung 10 episodes, 1988
Madelaine Newton Madelaine Newton - Bev Hilton 10 episodes, 1988
Fred Pearson Fred Pearson - Baz Bailey 10 episodes, 1988
Peter Rowell Peter Rowell - Mickey Stone 10 episodes, 1988
Kevin Whately Kevin Whately - Ray Hilton 10 episodes, 1988
Philip Brack Philip Brack - Bill 8 episodes, 1968
Chris Chittell Chris Chittell - Micky 8 episodes, 1968
Kenneth Colley Kenneth Colley - Mr. Moon 8 episodes, 1968
Colin Mayes Colin Mayes - Peep-Peep 8 episodes, 1971
Anthony Woodruff Anthony Woodruff - Mr. Bunting 8 episodes, 1971
Denise Powell Denise Powell - Pat 7 episodes, 1968
John Woodnutt John Woodnutt - Thin Space-Man 7 episodes, 1971
David Collings David Collings - Lord Dark and the Friendly Ghost 7 episodes, 1981
Gary Russell Gary Russell - Lord Edward Dark 7 episodes, 1981
Juliet Waley Juliet Waley - Tracy Brown 7 episodes, 1981
Jean Anderson Jean Anderson - Miss Brown 6 episodes, 1967
Kenneth Gardnier Kenneth Gardnier - Roy 5 episodes, 1968
Paul Sarony Paul Sarony - Dave 5 episodes, 1968

In the "Geordie Racer" series, real-life husband and wife Kevin Whately and Madelaine Newton play a married couple, namely Spuggy's parents. This casting decision was entirely unintentional; Newton was originally cast at an audition session, and the following day the production team independently contacted Whately, who had previous experience in schools television, unaware of the relationship between the two.


User reviews

Early Waffle

Early Waffle

'Look and Read' was an educational programme shown in the 'Schools' time on BBC2. If you were one of the kids lucky enough to catch it, it meant that you were missing Maths or some other dull lesson just to watch TV. Which, when you're seven or so, is just about the best school can get! Wordy was the host of the show, a floating torso (early blue screen - no expense spared) painted orange and decorated with egg cartons (well, maybe some expense spared!), and he'd link educational snippets and cartoon sing-a-longs (good old Derek Griffiths!) with the featured episode of the drama serial. It's almost possible to tell a kid's school year from the particular serial they watched - whether it be about racing pigeons, peregrine falcons, fairgrounds or such like. At the end of the film, you'd get to read the highlights of the story on screen, and then Magic Pencil would show you how to write your letters. For anyone wondering, 'top to bottom, up and over' is how you'd write an h!
Kazigrel

Kazigrel

Hello,

I lived in England for 9 years and we would watch this series from 3rd to 6th years. It was bloody brilliant, and is even better now. Wonderful to watch as both a stupid child and a semi-rational adult, this series will make you question if ¨The Room¨ is truly the best-worst thing to been invented. The horrible child acting, or come to think of it all the acting, was piled on top of terrible writing. However, it appears two wrongs can make a right-- as is evident by the existence of this show.

To summarize, this is like an Ace card-- it is both the highest and lowest card at the same time. Watch with friends, the more intelligent the better. But remember, learn something along the way. Or don't Its just funny

Praise be to Erik, Big Money Salvia, and IHE (who I hope would review these series). If ralphthemoviemaker or YMS covered this it would be great too.

If someone could get this to them, please do.
Mala

Mala

Constantly getting mixed up with Words and Pictures, Look and Read was for Junior school age (7- 11) children. The programmes consisted of an episodic drama, split by a section on English grammar. In 1976, the serial 'Cloudburst' by Richard Carpenter, introduced the character of Wordy, who came out of Richard Carpenter's golfball typewriter. Richard Carpenter appeared as presenter, who along with Wordy, would demonstrate how a word could change it's tense and meaning with simple changes, additions of a single or two letters. The second serial for 1976-77 was The King's Demons, again scripted by Richard Carpenter, this time the educational part was set in the editor's office of the newspaper featured in the serial and was hosted by the newspaper editor, played by Kenneth Watson, with Wordy appearing, coming out of the typewriter, while the editor was out of his office, then going back in before he could be seen. The most remembered serial was The Boy from Space, originally made in 1969, it's original broadcast was in black and white, although the serial was shot on colour film. The original 1969 series, which had it's own educational section, pre-Wordy, was unfortunately wiped during the film and tape purge of the 1970s. The serial was reused, in colour, with new educational sections recorded featuring Wordy on a space station. Other serials included Sky Hunter, Sky Hunter II and Geordie Racer.