Watch Series: Look and Read Released in (1967) - Season 17 produced by UK, and content rating Family with duration 19 min broadcasted as these networks BBC One, BBC Two, Streamed at Putlocker & directed by Jill Glindon Reed, Michael Kerrigan. 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 UK. The series remains popular among school children, and has also gained a cult following among those who have grown up with it. - Season 17