{{Short description|British children's educational TV series (1967–2004)}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox television | image = Look and Read.PNG | genre = Educational | country = United Kingdom | language = English | num_series = 23 | num_episodes = 208 | runtime = 20 minutes | channel = BBC1 <small>(1967–83)</small><br>BBC2 <small>(1984–2004)</small> | first_aired = {{start date|1967|1|9|df=yes}} | last_aired = {{end date|2004|3|29|df=yes}} }}
'''''Look and Read''''' is a British educational television programme as part of the BBC Schools strand from 9 January 1967 to 29 March 2004. The programme is aimed at primary school children aged between 7 and 9. It teaches literacy skills<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/lookandread/trivia.shtml |title=Cult – Classic TV – Look and Read – Trivia |publisher=BBC |accessdate=2013-10-20}}</ref> alongside fictional stories in a serial format.
==Programme format== Although originally produced for the series ''Merry-Go-Round'', "Bob and Carol Look for Treasure" was broadcast as the first ''Look and Read'' story in the spring of 1967. The serial took the format, which the programme would continue for many years, of each episode's story being divided into two instalments with an educational section in the middle to teach children the relevant material. Teachers were also provided with story books, or "pupil pamphlets", for each serial, from which they could provide their pupils the story as well as exercises and games. The plots of the stories were written to appeal to children, initially inspired by adventure serials, and often featured puzzles for the characters to solve using their reading skills, which was also reflected in the material given to pupils. Each serial was also written with a limited vocabulary in mind, each of the keywords paced through the piece a certain number of times so they held a certain relevance above other words. They used Alphakids mostly when words appeared.
During the 1970s the programme began to bring in many new elements for a new generation of viewers. Popular new educational songs were introduced which would remain until into the 90s as well as the character Wordy. In the 1980s and early 1990s the plots also started to contain contemporary issues such as pollution. Towards the latter part of the 1990s the programme began to steer away from some of the elements of the past by, in some cases, removing songs and combining teaching elements with the story segment of the programme. The producers also began making use of the internet as a teaching aid for the programme, allowing children to access games and material through a dedicated website, although the BBC have since removed the sites due to dwindling use, to the dismay of some teachers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tes.co.uk/section/story/?section=Archive&sub_section=Online+Education&story_id=386656&Type=0 |title=Blogs, Forums and Groups for the World's Largest Education Community – TES Community |publisher=Tes.co.uk |accessdate=2013-10-20}}</ref>
==List of ''Look and Read'' stories== === Bob and Carol Look for Treasure (1967) === {{Episode table |background=#ABCD67 |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber =1 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = The Lost Treasure Part One | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|01|09|df=y}} | ShortSummary = Two children, Bob and Carol, search for clues to find a hidden treasure. | LineColor = ABCD67 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber =2 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = The Lost Treasure Part Two | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|01|16|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD67 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber =3 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = The Lost Treasure Part Three | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|01|23|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD67 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber =4 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = The Lost Treasure Part Four | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|01|30|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD67 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber =5 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = The Lost Treasure Part Five | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|02|06|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD67 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber =6 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = The Lost Treasure Part Six | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|02|13|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD67 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber =7 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = The Stolen Treasure Part One | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|02|20|df=y}} | ShortSummary = Bob and Carol must follow clues left by the robbers of the treasure. | LineColor = ABCD67 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber =8 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = The Stolen Treasure Part Two | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|02|27|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD67 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber =9 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = The Stolen Treasure Part Three | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|03|06|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD67 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber =10 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = The Stolen Treasure Part Four | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|03|13|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD67 }} }}
=== Len and the River Mob (1968) === {{Episode table |background=#ABCD68 |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 11 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = A Job in the Docks | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1968|01|15|df=y}} | ShortSummary = Len Tanner, a young dock worker, begins to suspect that his boss and workmates are members of an infamous gang of thieves known as "The River Mob". | LineColor = ABCD68 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 12 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = The Dutch Doll | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1968|01|22|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD68 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 13 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = The Missing Crate | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1968|01|29|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD68 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 14 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = The Big Job | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1968|02|05|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD68 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 15 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Captain Grenko | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1968|02|12|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD68 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 16 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Is Len a Thief? | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1968|02|26|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD68 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 17 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = This Way Up | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1968|03|04|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD68 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 18 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Tied and Gagged | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1968|03|11|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD68 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 19 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Find The S.S. Samba | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1968|03|18|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD68 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 20 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = After Them! | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1968|03|25|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD68 }} }}
=== The Boy from Space (1971) === {{Episode table |background=#ABCD71 |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 21 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = The Meteorite | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|09|21|df=y}} | ShortSummary = Helen and her brother Dan spot a light in the sky one night that they decide to investigate. Upon discovering a meteorite they meet a young alien child, who they name Peep-Peep. When the alien boy and his father are kidnapped it is up to the two children to follow a trail of clues to find their new friend. | LineColor = ABCD71 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 22 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = The Spinning Compass | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|09|28|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD71 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 23 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = The Man in the Sand-pit | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|10|05|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD71 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 24 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = In danger! | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|10|12|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD71 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 25 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = The Hold-up | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|10|19|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD71 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 26 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Where is Tom? | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|11|02|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD71 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 27 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = The Hunt for the Car | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|11|09|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD71 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 28 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = The Lake | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|11|16|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD71 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 29 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Captured! | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|11|23|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD71 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 30 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = In the Space-ship | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1971|11|30|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD71 }} }}
=== Joe and the Sheep Rustlers (1973) === {{Episode table |background=#ABCD73 |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 31 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Castle Farm | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|01|16|df=y}} | ShortSummary = Joe, a shepherd boy, and his friend Jill decide to investigate the theft of some sheep from Castle Farm, and discover it to be the work of the villainous Beasley brothers, Ted and Denis. | LineColor = ABCD73 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 32 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Blackmail | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|01|23|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD73 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 33 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = A Mistake? | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|01|30|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD73 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 34 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = One in Three | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|02|06|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD73 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 35 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Never Say Die | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|02|13|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD73 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 36 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Prisoner in the House | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|02|27|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD73 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 37 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = The Red Trail | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|03|06|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD73 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 38 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Left to Rot | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|03|13|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD73 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 39 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Put Up Your Hands | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|03|20|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD73 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 40 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = The Hero | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|03|27|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD73 }} }}
=== Cloud Burst (1974) === {{Episode table |background=#ABCD74 |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 41 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Out of Control | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|09|24|df=y}} | ShortSummary = Whilst playing with a toy plane, Jenny Barber and her brother, Tim, meet a scientist, Ram Pandit, who is working on a secret invention. When Ram is kidnapped apparently by the mysterious Man on a Motor Bike who is working for rivals trying to get information on his work, it is up to the children to find them and stop his invention from falling into the wrong hands. | LineColor = ABCD74 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 42 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Ram Pandit | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|10|01|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD74 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 43 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = RAV1 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|10|08|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD74 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 44 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = The Gas-gun | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|10|15|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD74 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 45 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = In The Hut | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|10|22|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD74 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 46 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = The Secret | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|11|05|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD74 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 47 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = To The Mill! | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|11|12|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD74 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 48 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = The Signal | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|11|19|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD74 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 49 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Escape | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|11|26|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD74 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 50 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = Fire The Rockets! | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|12|03|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD74 }} }}
=== The King's Dragon (1977) === {{Episode table |background=#ABCD77 |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 51 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Boy Finds Message | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|01|11|df=y}} | ShortSummary = Billy West, a fisherman's grandson, discovers some threatening messages made up from newspaper cuttings. When he and a local journalist go to investigate, they discover that they are targeted at an archaeologist working at a local castle whose life is suddenly under threat because of the long lost local treasure; King Harold's golden armring known as "The King's Dragon". | LineColor = ABCD77 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 52 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Questions at the Castle | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|01|18|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD77 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 53 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = What is King's Dragon? | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|01|25|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD77 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 54 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Miss Wood in Danger? | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|02|01|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD77 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 55 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Mr Day Helps With Story | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|02|08|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD77 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 56 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Greed For Gold | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|02|22|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD77 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 57 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Editor Asks For Proof | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|03|01|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD77 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 58 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Run Around in Old Town | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|03|08|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD77 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 59 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Archaeologist Digs Again | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|03|15|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD77 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 60 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = Banner Headlines | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1977|03|22|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD77 }} }}
=== Sky Hunter (1978) === {{Episode table |background=#ABCD78 |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 61 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Strangers on the Canal | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|09|19|df=y}} | ShortSummary = Whilst on a boating holiday, three friends, Jackie, Butch and Trevor, must help stop the illegal theft and trading of birds in the area. | LineColor = ABCD78 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 62 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = For Sale | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|09|26|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD78 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 63 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = The Birdman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|10|03|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD78 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 64 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Are They Crooks? | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|10|10|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD78 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 65 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = The Welsh Telegram | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|10|17|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD78 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 66 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Proof at Last! | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|10|24|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD78 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 67 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = A Friend in Need | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|11|07|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD78 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 68 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Where's Jackie? | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|11|14|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD78 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 69 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Who Can Be Trusted? | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|11|21|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD78 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 70 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = Back to the Wild | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1978|11|28|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD78 }} }}
=== The Boy from Space (1980) === {{Episode table |background=#ABCD80 |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 71 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = The Meteorite | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|01|15|df=y}} | ShortSummary = ''A reworking of the 1971 tale (above)'' | LineColor = ABCD80 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 72 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = The Spinning Compass | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|01|22|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD80 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 73 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = The Man in the Sand-pit | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|01|29|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD80 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 74 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = In danger! | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|02|05|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD80 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 75 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = The Hold-up | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|02|12|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD80 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 76 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Where is Tom? | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|02|26|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD80 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 77 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = The Hunt for the Car | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|03|04|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD80 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 78 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = The Lake | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|03|11|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD80 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 79 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Captured! | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|03|18|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD80 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 80 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = In the Spaceship | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1980|03|25|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD80 }} }}
=== Dark Towers (1981) === {{Episode table |background=#ABCD81 |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 81 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Dark Towers in Danger! | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|09|22|df=y}} | ShortSummary = When Tracy chases her dog into the mysterious Dark Towers, she becomes involved in a race to find the old house's hidden treasure. | LineColor = ABCD81 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 82 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = The Man in the Picture | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|09|29|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD81 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 83 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = The Old Legend | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|10|06|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD81 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 84 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = The Clue in the Book | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|10|13|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD81 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 85 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = The Old Coach House | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|10|20|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD81 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 86 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = The Tall Knight's Folly | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|11|03|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD81 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 87 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = The Dark Tree | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|11|10|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD81 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 88 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Beware of the Bird! | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|11|17|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD81 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 89 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Who Can Help? | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|11|24|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD81 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 90 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = The Last Laugh | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1981|12|01|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD81 }} }}
=== Fair Ground! (1983) === {{Episode table |background=#ABCD83 |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 91 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Trouble in the Tea-Leaves | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1983|01|11|df=y}} | ShortSummary = Ozzie Watson loves the fair that comes to town at Easter, but when a series of disturbances and crimes occur there it is up to him to solve the problem. | LineColor = ABCD83 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 92 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Comings and Goings | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1983|01|18|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD83 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 93 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Hired Hands | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1983|01|25|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD83 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 94 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = In The Dark | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1983|02|01|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD83 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 95 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Come To The Fair! | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1983|02|08|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD83 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 96 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Where Is Rachel? | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1983|02|15|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD83 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 97 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Ozzie Thinks Again | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1983|03|01|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD83 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 98 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = A Piece of Cake! | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1983|03|08|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD83 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 99 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Talk or Ride… | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1983|03|15|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD83 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 100 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = Mixed Fortunes | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1983|03|22|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD83 }} }}
=== Badger Girl (1984) === {{Episode table |background=#ABCD84 |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 101 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Sounds in the Night | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|09|18|df=y}} | ShortSummary = Three city children go on holiday to the country. Whilst there they meet various people out on the moor, some of whom are involved in pony-rustling. It is up to them to work out who is involved and how to stop it. | LineColor = ABCD84 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 102 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Stripey | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|09|25|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD84 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 103 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Running Away | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|10|02|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD84 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 104 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = The Badgerman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|10|09|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD84 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 105 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Lost on the Moor | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|10|16|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD84 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 106 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = The Secret Passage | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|10|30|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD84 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 107 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Mick's Map | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|11|06|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD84 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 108 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Finding the Ponies | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|11|13|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD84 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 109 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Panic on the Lake | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|11|20|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD84 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 110 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = Stripey the Superbadger | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1984|11|27|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD84 }} }}
=== Geordie Racer (1988) === {{Episode table |background=#ABCD88 |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 111 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Runners and Fliers | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|01|12|df=y}} | ShortSummary = Richard "Spuggy" Hilton loves spending time at the local pigeon lofts. When he discovers secret messages being received by pigeon, he suspects Baz, a local pigeon trainer, of being involved in a series of local robberies. Spuggy and his friend Janie must link the clues to try to solve the case. | LineColor = ABCD88 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 112 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Down in the Cellars | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|01|19|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD88 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 113 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Pigeon Post | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|01|26|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD88 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 114 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = 'This is Radio Newcastle' | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|02|02|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD88 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 115 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Race Day | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|02|09|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD88 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 116 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Light of St Mary | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|02|16|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD88 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 117 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Lost Bird | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|03|01|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD88 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 118 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = 'Have You Gone Daft, Man?' | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|03|08|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD88 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 119 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = 'If Only We Knew When...' | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|03|15|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD88 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 120 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = Run! | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1988|03|22|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD88 }} }}
=== Through the Dragon's Eye (1989) === {{Episode table |background=#005F6C |overall= |series= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |country=UK |episodes={{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 121 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = The Dragon from Pelamar |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = Christoper and Christine Russell |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|09|19|df=yes}} |ShortSummary = Three children (Jenny, Scott and Amanda) pass through a mural they have been painting and find themselves in the magical land of Pelamar. |LineColor = 005F6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 122 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Flight to Widge |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = Christoper and Christine Russell |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|09|26|df=yes}} |ShortSummary = Amanda, Scott, Boris, Rodey and Gorwen set off to find the lost Veetons. Gorwen the Dragon believes that the missing Veetons must have fallen beyond the mountains of Pelamar into the strange land of Widge. |LineColor = 005F6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 123 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = The First Veeton |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = Christoper and Christine Russell |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|10|03|df=yes}} |ShortSummary = With the Widgets as their guides, the search party set off through the Woods of Widge. |LineColor = 005F6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 124 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Word Magic |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = Christoper and Christine Russell |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|10|10|df=yes}} |ShortSummary=The Widgets have hidden the first Veeton inside a huge book tree. Boris and Amanda manage to unlock it and enter it in search of the Veeton, while Scott and the dragon Gorwen search for Rodey, who is still missing. |LineColor = 005F6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 125 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Clues in the Snow |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = Christoper and Christine Russell |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|10|17|df=yes}} |ShortSummary=With the help of the veetarod, Scott and Gorwen find Boris, Amanda and the first Veeton in a gravel pit. Scott, Boris and Gorwen find that the Widgets have taken the Veeton and Boris' rucksack, and that they have kidnapped Amanda. Gorwen sets off to find them, while Boris and Scott continue to Ash Rock. |LineColor = 005F6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 126 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Jenny's Scarf |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = Christoper and Christine Russell |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|10|31|df=yes}} |ShortSummary=Amanda chases the Widget who stole Boris' rucksack, with the Veeton in it. She rescues it and in doing so, finds Rodey, but they find themselves lost in the snow. Boris and Scott find another clue at Ash Rock. |LineColor = 005F6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 127 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = The Waterfall of Words |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = Christoper and Christine Russell |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|11|07|df=yes}} |ShortSummary=During the night, the search party pitch a tent and spend the night at the top of the mountains, until two troublesome Widgets sneak in and steal Boris' map of Widge. They rip the map, leaving Boris, Amanda, Scott and Rodey alone with no "map, no time and no words to help" them. Suddenly, a waterfall of words appears gushing down the mountainside, giving them a clue. |LineColor = 005F6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 128 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = The Great Battle |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = Christoper and Christine Russell |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|11|14|df=yes}} |ShortSummary=Gorwen returns to the Veetacore House, where Charn is waiting for him. Morris tries to warn him, but is zapped by Charn. There is a great battle and Charn is eventually beaten forever; Charn had already been beaten once by Gorwen and as a result was banished from Pelamar. |LineColor = 005F6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 129 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = Danger on High |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = Christoper and Christine Russell |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|11|21|df=yes}} |ShortSummary=Rodey rescues the veetarod, which had fallen down a deep chasm in the tunnel. The veetarod leads them up to the top of the mountain. Rodey rescues the veetarod, which had fallen down a deep chasm in the tunnel. The veetarod leads them up to the top of the mountain. |LineColor = 005F6C }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 130 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |Title = The Final Page |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = Christoper and Christine Russell |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1989|11|28|df=yes}} |ShortSummary=Scott, with the help of the Widgets, manages to rescue the last Veeton. Meanwhile, Doris and Morris fit the penultimate piece of the Veetacore and wait for the others to return with the last Veeton. |LineColor = 005F6C }} }}
=== Sky Hunter II (1992) === ''This series was a reworking of the 1978 series''{{Episode table |background=#ABCD92 |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes={{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 131 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Strangers on the Canal | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|01|14|df=y}} | LineColor = ABCD92 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 132 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = For Sale | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|01|21|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD92 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 133 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = The Birdman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|01|28|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD92 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 134 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Too Many Crooks | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|02|04|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD92 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 135 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = The Welsh Telegram | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|02|11|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD92 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 136 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Proof at Last | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|02|18|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD92 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 137 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = A Friend in Need | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|03|03|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD92 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 138 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Where is Jackie? | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|03|10|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD92 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 139 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Trim's Tricks | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|03|17|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD92 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 140 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = Back to the Wild | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|03|24|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD92 }} }}
=== Earth Warp (1994) === {{Episode table |background=#ABCD94 |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 141 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = It Came From Outer Space | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|01|11|df=y}} | ShortSummary = Three children, Martin, Amina and Jenny, befriend an alien named Ollie who they must help in his task of saving the local Southbeach from being destroyed due to pollution. | LineColor = ABCD94 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 142 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = An Uninvited Guest | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|01|18|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD94 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 143 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Whoops! | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|01|25|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD94 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 144 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Code Name Charley | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|02|01|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD94 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 145 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Mystifying Magic | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|02|08|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD94 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 146 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Monster Mayhem | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|02|22|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD94 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 147 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Doctor Miracle | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|03|01|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD94 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 148 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Betrayed | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|03|08|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD94 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 149 | EpisodeNumber2 = 9 | Title = Hunt The Alien | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|03|15|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD94 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 150 | EpisodeNumber2 = 10 | Title = The Final Countdown | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|03|22|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD94 }} }}
=== LRTV (1995) === {{Episode table |background=#ABCD95 |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 151 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Welcome to LRTV | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|04|24|df=y}} | ShortSummary = A magazine style series designed to improve writing and communication skills. Set in a TV studio where the channel was run by children. | LineColor = ABCD95 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 152 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = LRTV Gets Moving | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|05|01|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD95 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 153 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Kitchen Capers | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|05|12|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD95 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 154 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = A Soap Square Sizzler | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|05|15|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD95 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 155 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = …and Action! | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|05|22|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD95 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 156 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Follow That Frog | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|06|05|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD95 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 157 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = LRTV Gets It Together | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|06|12|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD95 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 158 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Happy Birthday LRTV! | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|06|19|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD95 }} }}
=== Spywatch (1996) === {{Episode table |background=#FFE135 |overall= |series= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |country=UK |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 159 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Sent Away |DirectedBy = Nicholas Whines |WrittenBy = Derek Farmer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|01|15|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/drama-prog-for-7-9-year-olds-norman-starkey-remembers-news-footage/BBC_ESBU712W |title=LOOK AND READ - SPYWATCH:SENT AWAY |publisher=Getty Images |accessdate=7 August 2025}}</ref> |ShortSummary = Middle-aged Norman Starkey, a former wartime evacuee, finds his old scrapbook, and decides to write a book about his experience, so he heads back to Westbourne. He recounts being sent off to Westbourne where he meets Cyril Jenkins and another evacuee, Mary Parker. Cyril drives them to Westbourne Hall, home to Phillip Grainger, and his housekeeper, Miss Millington. They refuse to take Norman, but take Mary instead. Norman is driven to nearby Wells Farm where he is taken in by kindly Amy Hobbs, who has recently taken in another evacuee named Dennis Sealey. |LineColor = FFE135 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 160 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Grainger Danger |DirectedBy = Nicholas Whines |WrittenBy = Derek Farmer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|01|22|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/prog-for-7-9-yr-olds-polly-intros-norman-dennis-to-the-news-footage/BBC_ESBU713P |title=LOOK AND READ - SPYWATCH:GRAINGER DANGER |publisher=Getty Images |accessdate=7 August 2025}}</ref> |ShortSummary = Norman and Dennis, both strangers to country life, are put to work on Amy's farm by Amy's granddaughter, Polly, and are both terrified when they find themselves surrounded by cows. Meanwhile, Mary is being forced to do the housework by Grainger and Millington. Grainger also pays Wells Farm a visit and tries to get Amy to move out of the farm, to which he was the landlord, but she refuses. |LineColor = FFE135 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 161 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Spies All Around |DirectedBy = Nicholas Whines |WrittenBy = Derek Farmer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|01|29|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/drama-prog-for-7-9-year-olds-mr-jenkins-discovers-that-news-footage/BBC_ESBU714J |title=LOOK AND READ - SPYWATCH:SPIES ALL ROUND |publisher=Getty Images |accessdate=7 August 2025}}</ref> |ShortSummary = Amy's cows have escaped and it looks as if the fence has been cut. Norman, Dennis, and Polly suspect Grainger is to blame. Later, the whole village attends a lecture where Cyril Jenkins shows them a series of posters of people who may be spies in disguise, but one poster in particular startles Norman, Dennis and Polly; an image of a woman in half a Nazi uniform and half normal clothing stays in their minds. Meanwhile, in the present, Norman decides to track down Polly. |LineColor = FFE135 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 162 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Trouble For Mary |DirectedBy = Nicholas Whines |WrittenBy = Derek Farmer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|02|05|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/drama-prog-for-7-9yr-olds-amy-suspects-granger-of-news-footage/BBC_ESBU715D |title=LOOK AND READ - SPYWATCH:TROUBLE FOR MARY |publisher=Getty Images |accessdate=7 August 2025}}</ref> |ShortSummary = Luigi Balzoni, an Italian POW, arrives to help on the farm. Amy initially is untrustful of Luigi, but he soon wins her trust. Also, Miss Millington steals Mary's money and accuses Mary of stealing from her. Later, Mary writes a letter to her parents and gives it to Millington to post. However, Millington reads the letter in which Mary describes to her parents how horrible Grainger and Miss Millington are, how badly they're treating her, and begs them to come and get her. Millington throws the letter in the fire. |LineColor = FFE135 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 163 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = The Poster Comes To Life |DirectedBy = Nicholas Whines |WrittenBy = Derek Farmer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|02|12|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/drama-prog-for-7-9-year-olds-normans-feeling-homesick-news-footage/BBC_ESBU716X |title=LOOK AND READ - SPYWATCH:THE POSTER COMES TO LIFE |publisher=Getty Images |accessdate=7 August 2025}}</ref> |ShortSummary = Norman becomes homesick after receiving a letter from his mother. He goes for a walk by the river and meets Mike Johnson, a lieutenant from the nearby U.S. Army base who shows him how to fish. Meanwhile, Mary agrees to help Polly and Dennis find out if Grainger is a spy. On the way back to the Farm, Polly and Dennis encounter a strange woman who bears a striking resemblance to the woman in the poster Cyril Jenkins showed them. When the woman asks for directions to the village, Polly, convinced she's an enemy spy, intentionally sends her the wrong way and thinks they've seen the last of her – until she turns up at the front door! |LineColor = FFE135 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 164 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Bombs In The Country |DirectedBy = Nicholas Whines |WrittenBy = Derek Farmer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|02|26|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/prog-for-7-9-ur-olds-polly-even-more-convinced-that-news-footage/BBC_ESBU717R |title=LOOK AND READ - SPYWATCH:BOMBS IN THE COUNTRY |publisher=Getty Images |accessdate=7 August 2025}}</ref> |ShortSummary = The mystery woman introduces herself as Vivienne Belling, and she claims to be a government photographer. However, the kids are suspicious of her. Meanwhile, Mary overhears an interesting conversation between Grainger and Miss Millington. Mike gives the children chocolate which is rationed. Also, Polly and Dennis spot a German plane. |LineColor = FFE135 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 165 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = Surprise |DirectedBy = Nicholas Whines |WrittenBy = Derek Farmer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|03|04|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/drama-for-7-9-yr-olds-prog-re-world-war-ii-rationing-news-footage/BBC_ESBU718K |title=LOOK AND READ - SPYWATCH:SURPRISE |publisher=Getty Images |accessdate=7 August 2025}}</ref> |ShortSummary = Polly and Dennis narrowly avoid being killed by the German plane's bombs. Norman later spies Grainger giving a package to Vivienne Belling. Mary tries to uncover evidence to prove Grainger's a spy. Also, Norman's mother comes to visit him on his birthday. The next day, however, an even bigger surprise awaits the kids in their secret meeting place (the greenhouse at Westbourne Hall). |LineColor = FFE135 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 166 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = The Pilot |DirectedBy = Nicholas Whines |WrittenBy = Derek Farmer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|03|11|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/drama-for-7-9-yr-olds-a-german-pilot-is-wounded-mary-the-news-footage/BBC_ESBU719E |title=LOOK AND READ - SPYWATCH:THE PILOT |publisher=Getty Images |accessdate=7 August 2025}}</ref> |ShortSummary = The kids find an injured German pilot in the greenhouse. The pilot is later arrested, and the kids suspicions of Vivienne Belling deepen when they hear her speaking German to the pilot. Also, in another attempt to get Amy to leave the farm, Grainger pulls some strings to have Luigi moved to Westbourne Hall. That night, Mary follows Grainger and Millington to try to find out what they're up to. |LineColor = FFE135 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 167 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = The Secret Quarry |DirectedBy = Nicholas Whines |WrittenBy = Derek Farmer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|03|18|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/drama-prog-for-7-9-year-olds-mary-sees-grainger-news-footage/BBC_ESBU720Y |title=LOOK AND READ - SPYWATCH:THE SECRET QUARRY |publisher=Getty Images |accessdate=7 August 2025}}</ref> |ShortSummary = The kids find a tunnel leading from an abandoned quarry to Westbourne Hall. Norman and Dennis are caught by Grainger, but are saved by Luigi, who Grainger has arrested shortly afterwards for stealing from the Hall. |LineColor = FFE135 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 168 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |Title = Captured |DirectedBy = Nicholas Whines |WrittenBy = Derek Farmer |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|03|25|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/esbu721s-news-footage/BBC_ESBU721S |title=LOOK AND READ - SPYWATCH:CAPTURED |publisher=Getty Images |accessdate=7 August 2025}}</ref> |ShortSummary = The children learn that Grainger and Miss Millington are simply black marketeers rather than spies. Norman and Mary try to call the police from Westbourne Hall, but are caught by Grainger and Millington and locked in a shed. Seeing them captured, Polly goes off to find a phone, only to bump into Vivienne Belling. Polly attacks her, but is stopped by Mike. Polly leads them to the quarry where Dennis has managed to free Norman and Mary, who trap Grainger and Millington in the shed. The blackmarketeers are arrested, and Vivienne Belling reveals she was investigating Grainger the whole time. Mary is moved to Wells Farm and the charges against Luigi are dropped and he returns to work on the Farm. Norman's mother arrives at the Farm to take Norman home. In the present, Norman is finally reunited with Polly. |LineColor = FFE135 }} }}
=== Captain Crimson (1997) === {{Episode table |background=#ABCD97 |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 169 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Escape From The Black of Beyond | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|04|14|df=y}} | ShortSummary = Jeff is a comic book artist whose most popular creation is the superhero Captain Crimson. When Jeff's son Tom and his friend Amy make up the ending to one of the comics, it causes Captain Crimson to appear in the real world, forcing the two friends to find ways of hiding the hero whilst he goes on a series of adventures. | LineColor = ABCD97 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 170 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Guzzle Trouble | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|04|21|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD97 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 171 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Banana Drama | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|04|28|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD97 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 172 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = A Giant Celebration | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|05|09|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD97 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 173 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = It'll All Come Out in the Wash | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|05|12|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD97 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 174 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Take The Bull By The Horns | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|05|19|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD97 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 175 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Operation Recovery | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|06|02|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD97 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 176 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Black to the Future | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1997|06|09|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD97 }} }}
=== The Legend of the Lost Keys (1998) === {{Episode table |background=#CD8746 |overall= |series= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |country=UK |episodes={{Episode list |Title=The Box |EpisodeNumber=177 |EpisodeNumber2=1 |DirectedBy=Colin Cant |WrittenBy=Jim Eldridge |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|01|12|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/schools-prog-english-language-drama-for-7-9-year-olds-two-news-footage/BBC_ESBW011A |title=LOOK AND READ - THE LEGEND OF THE LOST KEYS:THE BOX |publisher=Getty Images |accessdate=7 August 2025}}</ref> |ShortSummary=Mark and Lisa need to help their Uncle George (the current guardian) stop an ancient box from being opened. The box is a doorway to a slave world. |LineColor=CD8746 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=178 |EpisodeNumber2=2 |Title=The First Key |DirectedBy=Colin Cant |WrittenBy=Jim Eldridge |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|01|19|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/schools-prog-english-language-drama-for-7-9-year-olds-two-news-footage/BBC_ESBW012T |title=LOOK AND READ - THE LEGEND OF THE LOST KEYS:THE FIRST KEY |publisher=Getty Images |accessdate=7 August 2025}}</ref> |ShortSummary=George, Mark and Lisa begin the search for the three keys to the box. Lisa is awakened during the night by people who think her uncle has the first key. |LineColor=CD8746 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=179 |EpisodeNumber2=3 |Title=The Watchers |DirectedBy=Colin Cant |WrittenBy=Jim Eldridge |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|01|26|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/schools-prog-english-language-drama-for-7-9-year-olds-news-footage/BBC_ESBW013N |title=LOOK AND READ - THE LEGEND OF THE LOST KEYS:THE WATCHERS |publisher=Getty Images |accessdate=7 August 2025}}</ref> |ShortSummary=Lisa and Mark are searching for the second key; when they find it, the Watchers try to kidnap them. |LineColor=CD8746 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=180 |EpisodeNumber2=4 |Title=Kidnap |DirectedBy=Colin Cant |WrittenBy=Jim Eldridge |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|02|02|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/schools-prog-english-language-drama-for-7-9-yr-olds-mark-news-footage/BBC_ESBW014H |title=LOOK AND READ - THE LEGEND OF THE LOST KEYS:KIDNAP |publisher=Getty Images |accessdate=7 August 2025}}</ref> |ShortSummary=Having escaped from the attempted kidnap by the Watchers, the twins join up their Uncle George to locate the third and final key at the Roman baths. |LineColor=CD8746 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=181 |EpisodeNumber2=5 |Title=The Crystal Connection |DirectedBy=Colin Cant |WrittenBy=Jim Eldridge |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|02|09|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/schools-prog-english-language-drama-for-7-9-year-olds-dr-news-footage/BBC_ESBW015B |title=LOOK AND READ - THE LEGEND OF THE LOST KEYS:THE CRYSTAL CONNECTION |publisher=Getty Images |accessdate=7 August 2025}}</ref> |ShortSummary=Now having all three keys, George and the twins persuade Professor Waters let them in to see the box. |LineColor=CD8746 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=182 |EpisodeNumber2=6 |Title=The Trap |DirectedBy=Colin Cant |WrittenBy=Jim Eldridge |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|02|23|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/schools-prog-english-language-drama-for-7-9-year-olds-two-news-footage/BBC_ESBW016W |title=LOOK AND READ - THE LEGEND OF THE LOST KEYS:6 |publisher=Getty Images |accessdate=7 August 2025}}</ref> |ShortSummary=George breaks into the Janus Foundation to try to steal the box back, but then Mark and Lisa realise it is, in fact, a trap. |LineColor=CD8746 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=183 |EpisodeNumber2=7 |Title=The Box is Opened |DirectedBy=Colin Cant |WrittenBy=Jim Eldridge |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|03|02|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/schools-prog-english-language-drama-for-7-9-years-old-two-news-footage/BBC_ESBW017P |title=LOOK AND READ - THE LEGEND OF THE LOST KEYS:THE BOX IS OPENED |publisher=Getty Images |accessdate=7 August 2025}}</ref> |ShortSummary=The gateway to the world of Heritron is now opened. George and the twins escape from the Janus Foundation, but are then betrayed. |LineColor=CD8746 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=184 |EpisodeNumber2=8 |Title=Into the Box |DirectedBy=Colin Cant |WrittenBy=Jim Eldridge |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|03|09|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/schools-prog-english-language-drama-for-7-9-year-olds-news-footage/BBC_ESBW018J |title=LOOK AND READ - THE LEGEND OF THE LOST KEYS:INTO THE BOX |publisher=Getty Images |accessdate=7 August 2025}}</ref> |ShortSummary=Professor Waters retrieves the Box back from the Watchers' Headquarters, and George goes through the portal to lock the doorway into Heritron forever. The Catchers are waiting for him on the other side. |LineColor=CD8746 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=185 |EpisodeNumber2=9 |Title=Betrayed |DirectedBy=Colin Cant |WrittenBy=Jim Eldridge |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|03|16|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/school-prog-english-language-drama-for-7-9-yr-olds-george-news-footage/BBC_ESBW019D |title=LOOK AND READ - THE LEGEND OF THE LOST KEYS |publisher=Getty Images |accessdate=7 August 2025}}</ref> |ShortSummary=George is held against his will on Heritron. Anna tells Mark and Lisa that they must rescue him. |LineColor=CD8746 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=186 |EpisodeNumber2=10 |Title=The Final Hour |DirectedBy=Colin Cant |WrittenBy=Jim Eldridge |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|03|23|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/schools-prog-english-lang-drama-for-7-9-yr-olds-mark-lisa-news-footage/BBC_ESBW020X |title=LOOK AND READ - THE LEGEND OF THE LOST KEYS:THE FINAL HOUR |publisher=Getty Images |accessdate=7 August 2025}}</ref> |ShortSummary=The twins find George imprisoned in a crystal cell. They manage to break him free, but can they escape from Heritron and get back home? |LineColor=CD8746 }} }}
=== Zzaap and the Word Master (2001) === {{Episode table |background=#ABCD01 |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 187 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Into The Crystal Caverns | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|01|16|df=y}} | ShortSummary = Josie and Peter get transported into an educational computer game at their school. Once inside they discover that the game is being controlled by the evil Victor Virus who is intent on finding a way to take over the world. The children, assisted in the real world by Simon and Frances, must stop Virus by completing the various levels of the game. | LineColor = ABCD01 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 188 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = The Castle of Gloom | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|01|23|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD01 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 189 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = The Glen of the Green Man | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|01|30|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD01 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 190 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = No Hope Valley | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|02|06|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD01 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 191 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = The Word Master | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|02|13|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD01 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 192 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Zzaap Looks Back | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|02|15|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD01 }} }}
=== Spelling Strategies (2002) === {{Episode table |background=#ABCD02 |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 193 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Spell It Out 1 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|01|10|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD02 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 194 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Spell It Out 2 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|01|17|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD02 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 195 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Spell It Out 3 | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|01|24|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD02 }} }}
=== Spelling with the Spellits (2002) === {{Episode table |background=#ABCC02 |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 196 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = Programme One | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|09|10|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCC02 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 197 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = Programme Two | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|09|17|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCC02 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 198 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = Programme Three | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|09|24|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCC02 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 199 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Programme Four | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2002|10|01|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCC02 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 200 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = Programme Five | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|01|17|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCC02 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 201 | EpisodeNumber2 = 6 | Title = Programme Six | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|01|24|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCC02 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 202 | EpisodeNumber2 = 7 | Title = Programme Seven (Revision) | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|01|31|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCC02 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 203 | EpisodeNumber2 = 8 | Title = Programme Eight (Revision) | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|02|07|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCC02 }} }}
=== Shadow Play (2004) === {{Episode table |background=#ABCD04 |overall= |series= |title= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 204 | EpisodeNumber2 = 1 | Title = A Light at the Window | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|03|01|df=y}} | ShortSummary = Whilst on holiday, Ben discovers a Victorian diary written by a girl named Hester. He finds out what growing up was like in the 19th century and, as the story goes on, he becomes progressively more involved in Hester's situation. | LineColor = ABCD04 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 205 | EpisodeNumber2 = 2 | Title = The Girl in Blue | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|03|08|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD04 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 206 | EpisodeNumber2 = 3 | Title = A Flicker at the Fairground | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|03|15|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD04 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 207 | EpisodeNumber2 = 4 | Title = Phantoms and Photographs | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|03|22|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD04 }} {{Episode List | EpisodeNumber = 208 | EpisodeNumber2 = 5 | Title = A Secret Comes to Light | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2004|03|29|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = ABCD04 }} }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{BBC programme}} *{{IMDb title|qid=Q5535610}} *[http://www.broadcastforschools.co.uk/site/Look_and_Read ''Look and Read''] at Broadcast for School
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