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Len And The River Mob
Len and the River Mob was a ten-part ''Look and Read'' serial produced by the BBC in 1968, it was written by Roy Brown. Story Len Tanner has moved to London with his friend Pat and her mother, Mrs Green; he gets a job at the docks working for Mr Moon, which involves lifting boxes, crates and sacks from the tugs on the river and moving them into Moon's shed. He decides that he wants to buy Pat a doll with his pay, so he goes to the local toy shop only to find that it has been robbed. Pat's Uncle Bill, a police officer, tells him that the thieves have stolen everything. Len heads back to the docks and begins moving boxes again. Inside of one of them he discovers various toys including dolls. His workmates, Micky and Dave, tell him to put them away before Mr Moon comes back. Later, Len asks Bill if he knows who stole the toys and he replies that there is a gang called "The River Mob" who are operating around the docks and that they are the prime suspects. Bill hands Len a pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob And Carol Look For Treasure
Bob and Carol Look for Treasure was the first story produced by the BBC as part of their ''Look and Read'' programme. The ten part serial was filmed, in September 1966, with the intention of being shown as part of the BBC's ''Merry-Go-Round'' series but was instead broadcast, between January and March 1967, as part of their new ''Look and Read'' format. The story featured many of the elements which would become standard for the programme over the years. These included children having to solve clues and puzzles to forward the story, which took the form of a mystery tale. Story The serial was split into two separate and distinct sections; the first six parts known as "The Lost Treasure" and the last four as "The Stolen Treasure". "The Lost Treasure" A young girl, Carol, is sent to deliver eggs to Miss Brown who looks after a large old house. Whilst there, Carol spots a small porcelain Chinese statue. Miss Brown is about to tell Carol a secret of the statue when she is interrupt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boy From Space
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Look And Read
''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 United Kingdom. The series remains popular among school children. Episodes of ''Look and Read'' were sometimes repeated on the CBBC Channel. History Background The first programmes for schools in Britain were broadcast in 1957. Early material was mostly aimed at secondary school pupils and seen as a convenient method of demonstration in subjects such as science and geography. In the early 1960s, there was a lot of interest in the medium as a way of educating children with certain learning difficulties, and in 1962, the BBC produced ''Television Club'' which presented stories in a drama serial format. The success of this format made some look into the possi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Brown
Roy Brown may refer to: Arts, music and entertainment * Roy Brown (blues musician) (1920/25–1981), American blues musician who was a pioneer of rock and roll * Roy Brown (Puerto Rican musician) (born 1945), Puerto Rican musician and folk singer *Roy Brown (clown) (1932–2001), American clown, puppeteer and artist * Roy Chubby Brown (born 1945), British comedian Business and industry *Roy Brown Jr. (1916–2013), American designer of the Ford Edsel *Roy Brown (businessman) (born 1946), British businessman and engineer, former chairman of GKN Politics *Roy Brown (Manitoba politician) (1896–1961), politician in Manitoba, Canada * Roy Brown (Montana politician) (born 1951), Montana state Senator and gubernatorial candidate Sports *Roy Brown (footballer, born 1917) (1917–2005), English footballer for Nottingham Forest, Wrexham and Mansfield Town *Roy Brown (footballer, born 1923) (1923–1989), English footballer with Stoke City and Watford, the first black player to play for S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Crow
Angela Rosemary Crow (13 December 1935 – 3 March 2022) was an English television actress, best known for her appearance in the early days of British soap opera ''Coronation Street'', as factory worker Doreen Lostock, between 1961 and 1963. Early life Crow trained at RADA, and following her graduation in 1954, toured in companies appearing in provincial theatres, as well as the Edinburgh Festival. Career Early career Crow's first television appearance was in ''Rheingold Theatre'', in 1956. She also appeared in other television programmes such as ''Hancock's Half Hour'', ''BBC Sunday Night Theatre'' and a 1960 adaption of the Charles Dickens novel, ''Barnaby Rudge''. ''Coronation Street'' In 1960, Crow was cast as ditzy factory worker Doreen Lostock in the newly-commissioned ITV soap opera, ''Coronation Street''. Crow appeared for two years from 1961, but was absent for most of 1962 due to the Equity Actor's Strike. The character reappeared in June of that year, before depart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Layton
George Layton (born 2 March 1943) is an English actor, director, screenwriter and author best known for three television roles – junior doctor Paul Collier in the comedy series ''Doctor in the House (TV series), Doctor in the House'' and its sequels ''Doctor at Large (TV series), Doctor at Large'', ''Doctor in Charge'' ''and Doctor at the Top'', that of Bombardier 'Solly' Solomons in the first two series of ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum'', and as Des the mechanic in early episodes of ''Minder (TV series), Minder''. He also appeared in two episodes of ''The Sweeney'' and played Norman Simmonds in ''EastEnders'' as well as a few early appearances as himself on the light entertainment BBC 1 consumer show That's Life!, That's Life. Life and career Layton was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. He was born to a family of Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak and Jews, Jewish ancestry and educated at Belle Vue Boys' School, Belle Vue Boys' Grammar School in Bradford during which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Colley
Kenneth Colley (born 7 December 1937) is an English film and television actor whose career spans over 60 years. He came to wider prominence through his role as Admiral Piett in the '' Star Wars'' films ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980) and ''Return of the Jedi'' (1983). Career Colley was born in Manchester, Lancashire. One of his early appearances on British television was as Noah Riley in the 1970s police drama '' The Sweeney'', in an episode entitled ''Trap''. He played Jesus in ''The Life of Brian'', having also appeared in the earlier Monty Python-related production ''Ripping Yarns'' episode "The Testing of Eric Olthwaite" alongside Michael Palin. As a Shakespearean actor he played the Duke of Vienna in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of '' Measure for Measure'' in 1979. Colley worked extensively with British director Ken Russell from the early 1970s to the early 1990s as part of a repertory of actors who appeared across Russell's television and film work. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lost Treasure
''The Lost Treasure'' (''Izgubljeno blago'') is a Croatian film directed by Darko Vernić-Bundi Darko is a common Slavic given name, and an Akan family name. People: * Darko (given name) * Darko (surname) Places: * Velké Dářko, a pond in the Czech Republic Movies: * ''Donnie Darko'', a 2001 film by Richard Kelly starring Jake Gyllenhaal .... It was released in 1996. External links * 1996 films Croatian films Croatian-language films {{Croatia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Towers
Dark Towers is a 1981 educational production by the BBC in the ''Look and Read'' series. The series remains highly popular in primary schools to this day. Parts of the film were shot at Sutton Court, Somerset. The show involves two main characters; Tracy and Edward. They go about their mission to stop a group, led by Miss Hawk, from stealing the treasures of Dark Towers. Cast * Juliet Waley as Tracey Brown * Gary Russell as Lord Edward Dark * David Collings as Lord Dark / The Friendly Ghost * Christopher Biggins as Benger * Harry Jones as Bunce * Juliet Hammond (credited as Juliet Hammond-Hill) as Miss Hawk * Peter Mayhew Peter William Mayhew (19 May 1944 – 30 April 2019) was a British-American actor. He was best known for portraying Chewbacca in the ''Star Wars'' film series. He played the character in all of his live-action appearances from the 1977 origin ... as The Tall Knight Episodes Part One (Dark Towers in Danger!): A loner named Tracey Brown and her d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geordie Racer
''Geordie Racer'' is an educational BBC ''Look and Read'' production, which was first aired on BBC2 from 12 January to 22 March 1988. The story was set in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the surrounding area, and featured pigeon racers and runners competing in the Great North Run. The main character is Richard "Spuggy" Hilton (Spuggy being a nickname – the Geordie word for sparrow), who isn't a runner like the rest of his family, but is a keen pigeon fancier and owns 'Blue Flash' – one of the best birds in Newcastle. He and his friend Janie observe some suspicious activity, and link a spate of local art robberies with obscure messages they find on some of the pigeons, but find they have even more problems when they go to spy on the crooks. ''Geordie Racer'' was praised for attempting to bring a grittier edge to educational programmes shown in primary schools. The series also featured Geordie actor Kevin Whately as Spuggy's father. Whately, who went on to star in ''Inspector Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earth Warp
''Earth Warp'' is a story produced by the BBC as part of their ''Look and Read'' programme. It originally aired on BBC Two from 11 January to 22 March 1994. The story was 10 episodes long and focused heavily on pollution. It has been repeated many times since the original broadcast, as recently as 2009. Story One hundred years ago, Aliens sent a probe to Earth. The purpose of this probe was to monitor the pollution levels of the Earth. One day the probe surfaces and detects a high pollution level and signals the aliens. An alien, named Ollie, comes to investigate the town of Southbeach because of the probe. The town is also suffering from a mysterious illness found in the children, apparently due to pollutants being pumped into the sea by a local factory. The local children befriend Ollie, who informs them that the pollution in Earth's atmosphere is causing things created by his species – like the probe – to malfunction. He also informs them that the malfunctioning probe is go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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