Look and Read (Scripted, English)
Genres: Children
Status: Ended
Premiered: 1967-01-09
Ended: 2003-02-07
Network: BBC Two
Country: GB
Airs on: Friday
Runtime: 19 minutes
Look and Read is a BBC television programme for primary schools, aimed at improving children's literacy skills. 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 UK. The series remains popular among school children, and has also gained a cult following among those who have grown up with it.