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Look and Read | |
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Genre | Children's, educational |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Running time | 20 minutes |
Production company | BBC |
Original release | |
Network | BBC One, BBC Two |
Release | 9 January 1967 29 March 2004 | –
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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.