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Look In Magazine 

   Look In was British magazine, aimed at young teenagers and was published in the UK weekly by Independent Television Publications Limited and was classed as a junior TV Times.  

 

The magazine ran from 9th January 1971 to 12th March 1994.

 

The magazine featuring pop and TV articles, along with comic strips of shows broadcast

on ITV.  

 

These are the Issues from 1981.

 

Click on the Magazine Covers below to read issues of the magazine in full as they become available.

Pages - 32    Price - 15p

 

Front Cover - The Police

                            (by Arnaldo Putzu)

Centre Spread - Christmas Colour

     Centre with Kate Bush, Bob Geldof

 

Back Cover - The World Of Survival

 

Articals and Interviews:

Under Roman Rule


Strips: 

The Benny Hill Page (Bill Titcombe) 

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 

                  (Martin Asbury)

Worzel Gummidge (Mike Noble) 

Meet the Smurfs! (Peyo)

Charlie's Angels (Jim Baikie)

Sapphire & Steel (Arthur Ranson)

Mork & Mindy (Bill Titcombe)

Volume 11 - Number 3

10th January 1981

 

10th Anniversary Issue

Pages - 32    Price - 15p

 

Front Cover - Madness

                          (by Arnaldo Putzu)

Centre Spread - Madness

Back Cover - The World Of Survival

 

Articals and Interviews:

Madness

Sport Spotlight - Graeme Souness

Collect-a-Page - Joanna Lumley

                           (Sapphire and Steel)

Oxfam Discovery Scholarship Part 1


Strips: 

The Benny Hill Page (Bill Titcombe)

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 

      (Martin Asbury)

Worzel Gummidge (Mike Noble)

Meet the Smurfs! (Peyo)

Charlie's Angels (Jim Baikie)

Sapphire & Steel (Arthur Ranson)

Mork & Mindy (Bill Titcombe)

Pages - 32    Price - 15p

 

Front Cover - Debbie Harry and

     Gil Gerard (by Arthur Ranson)

Centre Spread - Debbie Harry

Back Cover - Advert

 

Articals and Interviews:

Debbie Harry - Plus Song Lyrics

                              to Rapture

Buck Rogers - Birth

Sport Spotlight - Paul Mariner

Collect-a-Page - Suggs (Madness)


Strips: 

The Benny Hill Page (Bill Titcombe)

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 

      (Martin Asbury)

Worzel Gummidge (Mike Noble)

Meet the Smurfs! (Peyo)

Charlie's Angels (Jim Baikie)

Sapphire & Steel (Arthur Ranson)

Mork & Mindy (Bill Titcombe)

Pages - 32    Price - 15p

 

Front Cover - Olga Mostepanova,

      Nelli Kim, Elena Davidova and

      Artur Okopyan (by Arnaldo Putzu)

 

Centre Spread - Boomtown Rats

Back Cover - The World Of Survival

 

Articals and Interviews:

Boomtown Rats

Collect-a-Page - David McCallum

                            (Sapphire and Steel)

World Of Sport - Gymnasts


Strips: 

The Benny Hill Page (Bill Titcombe)

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 

                      (Martin Asbury)

Worzel Gummidge (Mike Noble)

Meet the Smurfs! (Peyo)

Charlie's Angels (Jim Baikie)

Sapphire & Steel (Arthur Ranson)

Mork & Mindy (Bill Titcombe)

Volume 11 - Number 4

17th January 1981

 

Free Plasters - See Below

Pages - 32    Price - 15p

 

Front Cover - Adan Ant

                            (by Arthur Ranson)

Centre Spread - Adam Ant

Back Cover - Advert

 

Articals and Interviews:

Adam Ant

Oxfam Discovery Scholarship Part 2

Sport Spotlight - J.P.R willams and

                               Clive Woodward

Collect-a-Page - Sam Jones

                                 (Flash Gorden)


Strips: 

The Benny Hill Page (Bill Titcombe)

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 

      (Martin Asbury)

Worzel Gummidge (Mike Noble)

Meet the Smurfs! (Peyo)

Charlie's Angels (Jim Baikie)

Sapphire & Steel (Arthur Ranson)

Mork & Mindy (Bill Titcombe)

Pages - 32    Price - 15p

 

Front Cover - Elvis Presley

                            (by Rodger Towers)

Centre Spread - Cool For Cats

Back Cover - Advert

 

Articals and Interviews:

Cool For Cats

Sport Spotlight - Various

Collect-a-Page - Bedders (Madness)


Strips: 

Meet the Smurfs! (Peyo)

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 

                            (Martin Asbury)

Worzel Gummidge (Mike Noble)

Elvis the Story (Arthur Ranson)

Charlie's Angels (Jim Baikie)

Sapphire & Steel (Arthur Ranson)

Mork & Mindy (Bill Titcombe)

Number 37 (5th September 1981) was the end of an era.

 

This issue was the last to feature the original LOOK-IN masthead and the painted covers.

 

After 10 years of stunning paintings by the likes of Arnaldo Putzu the magazine decided to change direction.

 

This last cover was painted by Arthur Ransome,

 

Summer Extra
Special 1981
 

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Free Stuff

From Time to time Look-in gave away Free items for it's readers. 

 

Below are the pictures of the stuff that were given away Free in 1981.

Volume 11 - Number 4

17th January 1981

 

Free Plasters

 

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