Another Page (TV series)
| Another Page | |
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| Written by | Guy Mendes |
| Directed by | Thomas Wood |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 15[2] (plus an introduction episode) |
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| Production location | Lexington, Kentucky |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Kentucky Educational Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | KET |
| Release | October 14, 1981[3] – January 1982 |
| Network | PBS |
| Release | February 1988[4] – March 1988 |
| Related | |
| Learn to Read | |
Another Page is a 1981 adult educational television series consisting of 15 episodes designed for adults looking to improve their reading skills. Produced by the Kentucky Educational Television (KET) network, the program was originally hosted by then-future WPXI-TV news anchor Jonas Cheney.[1] The program was revised in 1988 as a follow-up program to fellow adult literacy series, Learn to Read, which was first broadcast in 1987; that program's host, cookie entrepreneur and literacy advocate Wally Amos, hosted the introduction and instructional segments in the 1988 revision, with the story segments and some instructional sequences from the original version retained.
The 1988 revision was broadcast nationally through PBS, and continued to air in reruns as late as the early- to mid-2000s.[5][6]
Format
In addition to aiding adults in studying for the GED tests,[7] the series was designed to teach intermediate reading skills to adults who read on a fifth through eighth grade level.[4] The first and third segments of each episode features a soap opera-like continuing story in which the characters use reading materials to help cope with situations that can and would usually be expected in real life. The mid-episode segment known as "The Inside Story" (known as the "News and Features" segment in the original version), tips and advice on how to comprehend reading, including the pursuit of the main idea of sentences and/or paragraphs, are provided in each episode by the host and a few additional instructors.[8][9][10]
In a similar manner with KET's GED on TV series, accompanying the series were three workbooks (five for the 1988 revival), which provided further instruction and reading practice to further improve the student's reading skills.[1]
Cast
Hosts
- Jonas Cheney - Host/Anchor person (original version)[1]
- Wally Amos - Host/Anchor person (1988 revision)[2][10]
Instructional segments/"The Inside Story"
Cast of characters in the story segments
- Robert Townsend[11] as Darrell Foster
- Roxanne Reese as Gloria[8]
- Ellis Williams as Martin[8]
- Joe Seneca as Mr. John
- Tania Myren[12] as Rhonda[8]
- Sara Woods as Candy[8]
- Mike Houlihan as Bobby[8]
References
- ^ a b c d "Another Page, No. 107". The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress). Boston, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
- ^ a b Minton, Lynn (November 6, 1988). "What's Up This Week". Parade Magazine. p. 26. Retrieved June 3, 2025 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "State's New Television Season Opens Sept. 28". Kentucky New Era. September 15, 1981. p. 9. Retrieved September 17, 2025 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Embry, Mike (August 28, 1987). "KET program helps dropouts earn GED". Middlesboro Daily News. Middlesboro, Kentucky. Associated Press. p. B1. Retrieved June 2, 2025 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "TV Page". Kentucky New Era. Hopkinsville, Kentucky. August 20, 2003. p. B6.
- ^ "TV schedule". KET. Archived from the original on August 17, 2002. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
- ^ "Study Programs Set". Portsmouth Daily Times. Portsmouth, Ohio. February 25, 1988. p. 1A. Retrieved June 4, 2025 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "103". Another Page. Episode 103. Lexington, Kentucky: Kentucky Educational Television. 1988. 29 minutes in. Kentucky Educational Television.
- ^ "Another Page". Kentucky Educational Television. Archived from the original on December 23, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2025.
- ^ a b "Another Page (TV Series 1988– ) - Full cast & crew". IMDb. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
- ^ Robert Townsend at IMDb
- ^ Tania Myren at IMDb
External links
- Another Page at IMDb
- Episode on YouTube