Look and Read - The King's Dragon

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"A new remedial reading series for 7 to 9 year-olds was transmitted under the Look and Read banner in the Spring of 1977."
- BBC Annual Report 1978
(not a very good quote, I admit, but it's the only one I could find)

#	EPISODE TITLE	1st AIRING

1.	Boy Finds Message	11-Jan-77
	There was something strange about that fluttering sheet of newspaper...
2.	Questions at the Castle	18-Jan-77
3.	What is King's Dragon?	25-Jan-77
	The newspaper messages disappear and Miss Wood is threatened.
4.	Miss Wood in Danger?	01-Feb-77
	Ann tells Jack Dunbar about the stolen messages. He is not impressed. Meanwhile a frightened Miss Wood decides to leave Hastings.
5.	Mr Day Helps With Story	08-Feb-77
6.	Greed For Gold	22-Feb-77
7.	Editor Asks For Proof	01-Mar-77
8.	Run Around in Old Town	08-Mar-77
	Ann thinks she knows where Miss Wood has hidden King's Dragon... and Billy is hot on Miss Wood's trail.
9.	Archaeologist Digs Again	15-Mar-77
	The King's Dragon sees the light of day - only to fall into the wrong hands.
10.	Banner Headlines	22-Mar-77

Written by Richard Carpenter, producer Sue Weeks.
Starring Kenneth Watson, Frankie Jordan, Sean Flanigan, Reg Lye, John Quayle, Anne Pichon, Peter Settelen, Charles Lloyd Pack, Charles Collingwood, Stuart Fell, Jane Carr and Derek Griffiths.

The King's Dragon aired during the following terms. See the Air Dates page for exact details.
Spring 1977
Spring 1978
Spring 1979
Spring 1981

Trivia: Dave Matthews, who can't add anything to the sketchy story details above, does remember that it had
a lot of great location footage around Hastings and references to the famous battle.

If you have any information, opinions or recollections to add to this page, please mail me, ben@lookandread.fsnet.co.uk

This information is almost based entirely on what was published in the Radio Times. It is not necessarily complete or reliable, as space constraints or misprints may have led to inaccuracy.