If you attended a UK primary school in the last 50 years, then the sight of two white, animated eyes on a black screen turning into the heart of the word ‘Look’ is likely to trigger all sorts of pink custard and plimsoll memories. Those moving eyes, shown on the big TV wheeled by teachers into classrooms every so often, signalled the start of an adventure.
The eyes were part of the Look and Read logo, a schools TV series designed to teach literacy, apostrophe usage and the joys of magic, magic E. The first Look And Read programme was 1967’s Bob And Carol Look For Treasure, a 10-part story about two kids’ clue-filled search for swag and eventual capture of a thief. The most recent, Shadow Play – about a young boy who discovers the diary of a Victorian girl – aired in 2004. In between were the likes of Geordie Racer, the...
The eyes were part of the Look and Read logo, a schools TV series designed to teach literacy, apostrophe usage and the joys of magic, magic E. The first Look And Read programme was 1967’s Bob And Carol Look For Treasure, a 10-part story about two kids’ clue-filled search for swag and eventual capture of a thief. The most recent, Shadow Play – about a young boy who discovers the diary of a Victorian girl – aired in 2004. In between were the likes of Geordie Racer, the...
- 10/6/2023
- by Jbindeck2015
- Den of Geek
Follow us through the mural on a trip to Pelamar, to look back at BBC Look And Read fantasy adventure, Through The Dragon’s Eye…
If you attended a UK primary school in the last forty years, then the sight of two white, animated eyes on a black screen turning into the heart of the word ‘Look’ is likely to trigger all sorts of pink custard and plimsoll memories. Those moving eyes signalled the start of an adventure (albeit one delivered in twenty minute instalments designed to teach you about literacy, apostrophe usage and the joys of magic, magic E).
The first Look And Read television programme, Bob And Carol Look For Treasure was broadcast in 1967, a ten-part story about two children’s clue-filled search for swag and eventual capture of a thief. Each episode was divided in two by an educational section, the material for which - puzzles, songs and reading challenges,...
If you attended a UK primary school in the last forty years, then the sight of two white, animated eyes on a black screen turning into the heart of the word ‘Look’ is likely to trigger all sorts of pink custard and plimsoll memories. Those moving eyes signalled the start of an adventure (albeit one delivered in twenty minute instalments designed to teach you about literacy, apostrophe usage and the joys of magic, magic E).
The first Look And Read television programme, Bob And Carol Look For Treasure was broadcast in 1967, a ten-part story about two children’s clue-filled search for swag and eventual capture of a thief. Each episode was divided in two by an educational section, the material for which - puzzles, songs and reading challenges,...
- 7/31/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
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There really isn’t an awful lot you can say about this. It’s the Radiophonic Workshop, performing the Doctor Who theme tune to close their Glastonbury set on Saturday, June 28th 2014. Featuring original members of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Dick Mills, Peter Howell, Roger Limb, Paddy Kingsland & Mark Ayres, the theme as featured here
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There really isn’t an awful lot you can say about this. It’s the Radiophonic Workshop, performing the Doctor Who theme tune to close their Glastonbury set on Saturday, June 28th 2014. Featuring original members of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Dick Mills, Peter Howell, Roger Limb, Paddy Kingsland & Mark Ayres, the theme as featured here
The post Miss The Radiophonic Workshop at Glastonbury 2014? [Video] appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 7/21/2014
- by Christian Cawley
- Kasterborous.com
Music Composed by: Various Artists
Formats: Digital Download
Number of Discs: 2 (45 tracks, approx. 2 hour 37 minutes)
Label: Silva Screen Records
Overview:
Fifty years, 11 Doctors and 45 tracks, this is the release that Doctor Who fans have been waiting for.
Assembled after years of research and trawls through dusty archives and libraries it’s a compilation of the very special music that has accompanied the Doctor over his travels through time and space from William Hartnell in 1963 to present day Matt Smith.
From Ron Grainer’s iconic theme realized by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s Delia Derbyshire to Murray Gold’s orchestral tapestries, this is a sci-fi musical saga.
The esteemed collection of composers featured include Tristram Cary, Brian Hodgson, Dudley Simpson, Geoffrey Burgon, Paddy Kingsland, Roger Limb, Malcolm Clarke, Keff McCulloch, Dominic Glynn, John Debney and more.
The set includes liner notes from Doctor Who composer Mark Ayres on the history of...
Formats: Digital Download
Number of Discs: 2 (45 tracks, approx. 2 hour 37 minutes)
Label: Silva Screen Records
Overview:
Fifty years, 11 Doctors and 45 tracks, this is the release that Doctor Who fans have been waiting for.
Assembled after years of research and trawls through dusty archives and libraries it’s a compilation of the very special music that has accompanied the Doctor over his travels through time and space from William Hartnell in 1963 to present day Matt Smith.
From Ron Grainer’s iconic theme realized by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s Delia Derbyshire to Murray Gold’s orchestral tapestries, this is a sci-fi musical saga.
The esteemed collection of composers featured include Tristram Cary, Brian Hodgson, Dudley Simpson, Geoffrey Burgon, Paddy Kingsland, Roger Limb, Malcolm Clarke, Keff McCulloch, Dominic Glynn, John Debney and more.
The set includes liner notes from Doctor Who composer Mark Ayres on the history of...
- 12/23/2013
- by Jess Orso
- ScifiMafia
In 1985, things were not looking so good for Doctor Who. The show was to be put on ice for 18 months in the wake of controversial storylines and supposedly poor viewing figures – all tosh of course, especially when you think that the programme was still pulling viewing figures of about seven million – a perfectly respectable number.
So The Doctor doesn't get to take Peri to Blackpool – well, on screen, at least. And unlike previous years, there were no more customary Who repeats in the summer to mollify the fans. 18 months, as I've said, isn't such a long time by today's standards, but back in 1985, you can understand why fans were weeping into their scarves. The crisis was so bad that the infamously bad 'Doctor In Distress' record was hastily assembled. The so-called supergroup of Who Cares actually comprised Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Nicholas Courtney and Anthony Ainley, along with Faith Brown,...
So The Doctor doesn't get to take Peri to Blackpool – well, on screen, at least. And unlike previous years, there were no more customary Who repeats in the summer to mollify the fans. 18 months, as I've said, isn't such a long time by today's standards, but back in 1985, you can understand why fans were weeping into their scarves. The crisis was so bad that the infamously bad 'Doctor In Distress' record was hastily assembled. The so-called supergroup of Who Cares actually comprised Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Nicholas Courtney and Anthony Ainley, along with Faith Brown,...
- 2/23/2011
- Shadowlocked
A day in the life of The Doctor. Get up. Have breakfast. Land on an alien planet. Suffer lots of silly "What does it all mean?" questions from assistant. Meet aliens. Get captured. Escape. Save the universe. Go to sleep.
In the case of The Caves Of Androzani, the daily masterplan gets somewhat lost in translation. Even though it starts off as a harmless investigation on the planet of Androzani Minor, The Doctor and his new friend Peri rapidly find that they have only one mission statement: To stay alive.
Inevitably, being a regeneration story, you know what's going to happen. But since The Doctor encounters more scrapes than a paint stripper, the question on everyone's lips is how does he buy it this time? Death by firing squad? Death by shuttle crash? Death by Magma Beast?
In the end though, it can only be Death by Spectrox Toxaemia, after...
In the case of The Caves Of Androzani, the daily masterplan gets somewhat lost in translation. Even though it starts off as a harmless investigation on the planet of Androzani Minor, The Doctor and his new friend Peri rapidly find that they have only one mission statement: To stay alive.
Inevitably, being a regeneration story, you know what's going to happen. But since The Doctor encounters more scrapes than a paint stripper, the question on everyone's lips is how does he buy it this time? Death by firing squad? Death by shuttle crash? Death by Magma Beast?
In the end though, it can only be Death by Spectrox Toxaemia, after...
- 2/2/2011
- Shadowlocked
The turbulent decade of the 1980s – not much fun, eh? Thatcherism at the height of its powers. The emergence of the yuppies. Not to mention the likes of mannequin crooners like Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet dominating the charts like suited bankers. So no wonder Doctor Who wanted to go revisit the 1960s for inspiration.
Think I'm joking? Well think on this. We've had Hartnell-like temper flares from the main man Davison. We've had an all-new historical adventure. And now, in true Daleks Masterplan-style, a companion is about to bite the dust.
Yes, time's run out for Adric, everyone's favourite laughing stock. He's about to buy it in spectacular fashion at the end of Earthshock, one of the jewels in season nineteen's crown. The great thing about this at the time was that it came totally out of the blue. Normally, companions – of late – tend to leave of their own accord or get married.
Think I'm joking? Well think on this. We've had Hartnell-like temper flares from the main man Davison. We've had an all-new historical adventure. And now, in true Daleks Masterplan-style, a companion is about to bite the dust.
Yes, time's run out for Adric, everyone's favourite laughing stock. He's about to buy it in spectacular fashion at the end of Earthshock, one of the jewels in season nineteen's crown. The great thing about this at the time was that it came totally out of the blue. Normally, companions – of late – tend to leave of their own accord or get married.
- 12/29/2010
- Shadowlocked
A couple of years ago, Doctor Who Magazine ran a contest in which you could win the chance to commentate on an episode of Survival. Foolishly, I decided to enter with a less than glowing review of Black Orchid. Needless to say, it didn't win, for one of the possible reasons. A) Peter Davison et al came up with a more scathing review on the accompanying DVD commentary; B) 200 words isn't enough for me to write everything I want, since there's more waffle in my writing than the entire output of Bird's Eye; and C) It was rubbish anyway.
Another potential reason is that in theory, Black Orchid shouldn't warrant such harsh criticism. It's a mid-season diversion with a down time, holiday feel – Doctor and co travel back to the Roaring 20s to play cricket, eat food and dance at the swanky Cranleigh abode. That's all.
But then having seen the thing again,...
Another potential reason is that in theory, Black Orchid shouldn't warrant such harsh criticism. It's a mid-season diversion with a down time, holiday feel – Doctor and co travel back to the Roaring 20s to play cricket, eat food and dance at the swanky Cranleigh abode. That's all.
But then having seen the thing again,...
- 12/27/2010
- Shadowlocked
People being terribly nice to each other. What is that again? In today's day and age, where people go around bitching behind other people's backs, slagging other people off, bankrupting, happy slapping, swearing etc, people being terribly nice to each other is about as alien as a horde of Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans, Autons and Plasmatons.
It is however, a concept rife on the tranquil planet of Traken. People seem happy. They are invited to each others' weddings. They may drink too much, but hey, it's a celebration.
Unfortunately, as soon as a statue called Melkur lands out of nowhere in the Grove, that's when things start to go wrong. Trust a certain emaciated Time Lord to put a spanner in the works, he's the sort of person who would gatecrash a birthday party, eat all the cake, break the DJ's records, drunkenly snog the girls and then scuttle off again,...
It is however, a concept rife on the tranquil planet of Traken. People seem happy. They are invited to each others' weddings. They may drink too much, but hey, it's a celebration.
Unfortunately, as soon as a statue called Melkur lands out of nowhere in the Grove, that's when things start to go wrong. Trust a certain emaciated Time Lord to put a spanner in the works, he's the sort of person who would gatecrash a birthday party, eat all the cake, break the DJ's records, drunkenly snog the girls and then scuttle off again,...
- 12/13/2010
- Shadowlocked
It's totally something not to be missed if you can make it to London - the best of the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop has been performed at the Roundhouse! Featuring Workshop archivist Mark Ayres and three of its key '70s players, Paddy Kingsland, Roger Limb and Peter Howell clad in white lab-coats and accompanied by extensive brass and percussion, the iconic soundsmiths of yesteryear brought back to life some of the most remarkable and memorable sounds from BBC television history, which...
- 5/19/2009
- by Christian Cawley info@kasterborous.com
- Kasterborous.com
Great news to fans of the iconic and influential BBC Radiophonic Workshop – a special live event takes place at the Roundhouse, London on May 17th, 2009 – with various veterans in attendance! Scheduled to appear are Peter Howell, Paddy Kingsland, Roger Limb, Dick Mills and Mark Ayres who get together to explore Radiophonics past, present, and future. With old and new innovative electronica for a large arena combined with live performance and multimedia projections, this is truly...
- 3/18/2009
- by Christian Cawley info@kasterborous.com
- Kasterborous.com
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