Look and Read

Look and Read
GenreChildren's, educational
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time20 minutes
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC One, BBC Two
Release9 January 1967 (1967-01-09) –
29 March 2004 (2004-03-29)
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Look and Read is a BBC Television programme for primary schools, aimed at improving children's literacy skills.[1] The programme presents fictional stories in a serial format, the first of which was broadcast in 1967 and the most recent in 2004, making it the longest-running nationally broadcast programme for schools in the United Kingdom. The series remains popular among school children. Episodes of Look and Read were sometimes repeated on the CBBC Channel.

  1. ^ "Cult – Classic TV – Look and Read – Trivia". BBC. Retrieved 20 October 2013.