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Guidance on grammar and punctuation.

"LRTV supplements the standard Look and Read series, and this time emphasises writing skills. LRTV is a fictitious breakfast TV station in which the staff are played by 11- to 13-year-olds. Vin and Virn, mishchievous computer viruses, enjoy making mistakes in the TV script, and we see how the LRTV team put things right. The characters who run the station encounter problems faced by all children as their writing ability progresses. Each programme introduces a writing task which can be developed for different levels of difficulty." -publicity blurb appearing in The Guardian, May 9th 1995, pp.10

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1.   Welcome to LRTV 24-Apr-95
A budding writer arrives for a job at a TV station, where boss Crystal Clear puts him to work on the weather report. Among the regulars, presenters Frank and Daisy get the show off to a sentence-perfect start, Lloyd Stickler hosts the gameshow 'Wordpower', and Punk T Waite introduces spellings with a difference.
2.   LRTV Gets Moving 01-May-95
An early morning verb workout.
3.   Kitchen Capers 12-May-95
Punk collects nouns for the gameshow 'Wordpower' but finds himself in trouble with PC Parrot. And there's a surprise in store when the mysterious Desmond Cheesegrater stands in for the regular LRTV chef.
As May 8th was a Bank Holiday, this episode originally aired only on the Friday.
4.   A Soap Square Sizzler 15-May-95
Frank and Daisy describe their experiences on the island of Costa Lot, but seem to have differing opinions on the same holiday. Meanwhile, contestants play the opposites game on 'Wordpower', and CC sets the writing unit the task of creating a soap opera.
5.   ...and Action! 22-May-95
Frank tries his hand at sports presenting, but needs help with his adverbs. Lester steps in as storyteller Uncle Rory on `Children's Story' and becomes tongue-tied when Vin and Virn mix up his speech marks.
6.   Follow That Frog 05-Jun-95
It is the station's 20th birthday and Mona is working on the invitations.
7.   LRTV Gets It Together 12-Jun-95
Preparations are under way for LRTV's 20th birthday celebrations.
8.   Happy Birthday LRTV! 19-Jun-95
The deadline draws near for LRTV's 20th birthday celebrations.


LRTV was Look and Read's first venture into the Summer term, having just 8 instead of the normal 10 episodes. It was originally billed as 'Look and Read Special' rather than a standard story. It is *not* a proper drama serial, more like an extended framing sequence.
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LRTV aired during the following terms. See the Air Dates page for exact details.
      Summer 1995
      Summer 1996
      Summer 1999

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


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