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Look and Read

Season 13 1989

  • 1989-09-18T23:00:00Z on BBC One
  • 19m
  • 3h 10m (10 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
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.

10 episodes

Season Premiere

1989-09-18T23:00:00Z

13x01 The Dragon From Pelamar

Season Premiere

13x01 The Dragon From Pelamar

  • 1989-09-18T23:00:00Z19m

Jenny, Scott and Amanda mysteriously pass through a mural they've been painting and find themselves in the magical land of Pelamar. There, Gorwen the dragon has a momentous task for them.

1989-09-25T23:00:00Z

13x02 Flight to Widge

13x02 Flight to Widge

  • 1989-09-25T23:00:00Z19m

Gorwen the dragon believes that the missing Veetons must have fallen beyond the mountains in the strange land of Widge. A search party is formed, and the quest begins to save the land of Pelamar from certain destruction.

1989-10-02T23:00:00Z

13x03 The First Veeton

13x03 The First Veeton

  • 1989-10-02T23:00:00Z19m

The problem with Widge is its inhabitants - the Widgets. These are mischievous little creatures who go out of their way to make life as difficult as possible for the search party as they begin their quest.

1989-10-09T23:00:00Z

13x04 Word Magic

13x04 Word Magic

  • 1989-10-09T23:00:00Z19m

The Widgets have hidden the first Veeton inside a huge book tree. While Boris and Amanda go in search of the Veeton, Scott and the dragon Gorwen search for their missing friend Rodey.

1989-10-16T23:00:00Z

13x05 Clues in the Snow

13x05 Clues in the Snow

  • 1989-10-16T23:00:00Z19m

Doris is frightened, and too scared even to speak to Boris on the videophone. Charn, the evil one, has returned to Pelamar.

1989-10-31T00:00:00Z

13x06 Jenny's Scarf

13x06 Jenny's Scarf

  • 1989-10-31T00:00:00Z19m

Amanda has rescued Boris's magic rucksack from the Widgets, but she finds herself lost in the snow. Jenny has persuaded Charn to let Morris knit her a special scarf.

1989-11-07T00:00:00Z

13x07 The Waterfall of Words

13x07 The Waterfall of Words

  • 1989-11-07T00:00:00Z19m

'No-one can face Charn and live. Only Gorwen has a chance... ' As Gorwen prepares for his challenge, word magic again comes to the aid of the search party.

1989-11-14T00:00:00Z

13x08 The Great Battle

13x08 The Great Battle

  • 1989-11-14T00:00:00Z19m

The dragon Gorwen has returned to Pelamar to do battle with the evil Charn.

1989-11-21T00:00:00Z

13x09 Danger on High!

13x09 Danger on High!

  • 1989-11-21T00:00:00Z19m

The veetarod has fallen down a deep chasm in the tunnel. Rocey bravely volunteers to rescue it - it's their only hope.

1989-11-28T00:00:00Z

13x10 The Final Page

13x10 The Final Page

  • 1989-11-28T00:00:00Z19m

The search party are in a race against time to rescue the last Veeton and return it to save Pelamar and Gorwen, who has virtually faded away.

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