La-la-la-la-la! Now, alas, despite national appeals, we couldn’t get the full Look-in run right up to 1993 of Christmas covers. But nonetheless…
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- 1971 – “Star Christmas Number!”
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- 1972 – “The New Seekers!”
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- 1973 – “Football colour”
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- 1974 – Was there ever a better strap-line than: “Hey! It’s Showaaddywaddy”?
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- 1975 – Hae’ a braw Christmas, pals!
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- 1976 – Stewpot and Curry? Yes please!
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- 1977 – “Great Christmas ideas inside!”
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- 1978 – Giant Brucie head-and-shoulders found on the moon!
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- 1979 – Stack o’ Macca
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- 1980 – “Yes, it’s Worzel Gummidge”
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- 1981 – Cometh the photo cover
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- 1982 – A rockin’ good Christmas!
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- 1983 – Dangermouse decorations
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- 1984 – “THE HERO IS BACK!”
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- 1985 – Saint Nik
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- 1986 – Thanks, WAC gang!
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- 1987 – Michael Groth!
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- 1992 – Oh, that logo
Tomorrow: Christmas with menaces!
Also:
- Snow On The Logo pt 1: Radio Times
- Snow On The Logo pt 2: TV Times
- Snow On The Logo pt 3: Look-in
- Snow On The Logo pt 4: The Beano
- Snow On The Logo pt 5: Buster
- All-New Snow On The Logo pt 1: 2000 AD
- All-New Snow On The Logo pt 2: Eagle
- All-New Snow On The Logo pt 3: Beano Annual
- All-New Snow On The Logo pt 4: The Dandy
- All-New Snow On The Logo pt 5: Potpourri
THX 1139
December 7, 2016 at 10:27 am
Who’s that wacky, jolly funster on the 1985 cover, brimming with bright Christmas cheer? It’s Timmy Mallet, isn’t it? No? Nik Kershaw, of course!
Glenn A
December 10, 2016 at 12:25 pm
Look In always s seemed to have better covers than the TV Times. The 1978 cover, which sort of mimicked the TV Times cover in art form, would have been good enough for its adult counterpart. Also looks like this year the pop features have become a bit more cutting edge( 1972 and The New Seekers, hardly a kids band) with an interview and poster of Kate Bush, then the most talked about and innovative female in pop.
Glenn A
December 11, 2016 at 5:47 pm
Having another look at these covers and proving Look In was quite cutting edge at times, the 1977 Christmas edition has a feature on The Jam, then a very new band who would go on to be massive two years later. Had this been a BBC publication aimed at under 14s, then it would probably have been something very safe like The Brotherhood of Man.