Look and Read
1967–2003 · BBC Two · 19 min · 22 seasons
S22E08 · Programme Eight
Fri, 7 Feb, 11:00 pm
Eyes, Ears and Brain review prefixes and suffixes, words with a final silent e and the use of apostrophes.
About
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.
Episodes
- E01
Programme One
Tue, 10 Sept· 19 minEyes, Ears, and Brain deal with suffixes, prefixes and plural words.
- E02
Programme Two
Tue, 17 Sept· 19 minThis programme focuses on comparatives, superlatives, suffixes and apostrophes.
- E03
Programme Three
Tue, 24 Sept· 19 minThis programme focuses on long and short vowels, past tense endings and suffixes.
- E04
Programme Four
Tue, 1 Oct· 19 minThe characters Eyes, Ears and Brain focus on prefixes, suffixes and possessive apostrophes.
- E05
Programme Five
Fri, 17 Jan· 19 minThis programme focuses on plural words with different endings, and hard and soft 'c'.
- E06
Programme Six
Fri, 24 Jan· 19 minEyes, Ears and Brain deal with homophones, silent 'e' endings, and the 'i before e' rule.
- E07
Programme Seven
Fri, 31 Jan· 19 minCharacters Eyes, Ears and Brain are revising the spelling rules, which include doubling consonants, changing y to i and plural nouns.
- E08
Programme Eight
Fri, 7 Feb· 19 minEyes, Ears and Brain review prefixes and suffixes, words with a final silent e and the use of apostrophes.