The Write Offs
External Rating33%
202065 minEnded

The Write Offs

Network:Channel 4

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Aired on Sep 29, 2020, 8:30 PM

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Description

Sandi Toksvig hosts this look at Britain's low adult literacy rates, as a group of adults overcome the one thing that's always held them back and lift the stigma around illiteracy.

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Status
Ended
Language
English
Runtime
65 min
Premiered
September 22, 2020
Ended
September 29, 2020
Schedule
Tuesday at 9:30 PM

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Episodes (1 Season · 2 Episodes)

Episode 1

The group meet each other for the first time and are set their first two challenges: a travel-based task to assess their reading skills and a cookery task set by host Sandi's good friend Prue Leith

Sep 22, 2020

65 min

Episode 2

After 12 weeks of intensive study, Sandi Toksvig brings her group of adult learners together in London to perform a pantomime, which presents the challenge of learning scripts and reading aloud. Martin Kemp, who was diagnosed with dyslexia in 1995 after two brain tumours, is on hand to offer some acting advice before the show goes on in front of a live audience at the Globe.

Sep 29, 2020

65 min

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