''Cloud Burst'' is a ten-part story within the ''Look and Read'' series of
BBC Television programme for
primary schools
A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...
, aimed at improving children's literacy skills.
The first episode of Cloud Burst was first broadcast on 24 September 1974; the last (of ten) episodes was first broadcast on 3 December 1974.
Plot
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.
Cast
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Richard Carpenter as Presenter
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Jane Carr
Ellen Jane Carr (born 13 August 1950) is an English actress. She is well known for her first film role as Mary McGregor in drama '' The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' (1969) and the voice role of " Pud'n" on the animated ''The Grim Adventures of ...
as Singer
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Tina Heath
Tina Heath (born 1953) is a British actress and former television presenter. She and husband Dave Cooke have two children.
Early career
Her first television appearance was in 1969, when she appeared in ''Broaden Your Mind'' on BBC 2 alongside Gr ...
as Jenny Barber
*Anne Ridler as Mrs Green
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Charles Collingwood as Wordy
*Gerald Down -
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Derek Griffiths
Derek Griffiths (born 15 July 1946) is a British actor, singer, and voice artist who appeared in numerous British children's television series in the 1960s to present and has more recently played parts in television drama.
Career
Griffiths was ...
as Singer
*Nigel Rathbone as Tim Barber
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Kenneth Watson as Mr Barber
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Miles Anderson
Miles Anderson (born 23 October 1947) is a British stage and screen actor, born in the colony of Southern Rhodesia, who has appeared in television serials both in the United Kingdom, and North America. He recently appeared as Alistair the phot ...
as Dick Turner
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Renu Setna as Ram Pandit
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Michael Sheard
Michael Sheard (18 June 1938 – 31 August 2005) was a Scottish character actor who featured in many films and television programmes, and was known for playing villains. His most prominent television role was as strict deputy headmaster Mauric ...
as Number Two
*Bill Gavin as Sir Robert Blain
Episodes
# Out of Control
# Ram Pandit
# RAV 1
# The Gas Gun
# In the Hut
# The Secret
# To the Mill
# The Signal
# Escape
# Fire the Rockets
References
External links
BBC Cult tv programmes page: Cloud BurstBBC programmes: Look and Read - Cloud Burst episode guide
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BBC children's television shows
British television shows for schools
Look and Read
English-language television shows
Reading and literacy television series