Reading Rainbow (1983) - Video Detective

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Reading Rainbow is an American half-hour educational children's television series that aired on PBS Kids from June 6, 1983 to November 10, 2006, with a total of 155 half-hour episodes spanning over 21 seasons. The show encouraged children to read. In 2012, an iPad and Kindle Fire educational interactive book reading and video field trip application was launched bearing the name of the program.

Original Release

06/06/1983 on PBS

US Release

06/06/1983

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Cast

Name	Character

LeVar Burton	Himself - Host
Laura Haymann	Herself
Arnold Stang	Himself (voice)
Arnold Stang	Himself
Anne Jackson	Herself (voice)
Charles Kimbrough	Himself (voice)
Isabel Sanford	Herself
Regina Taylor	Herself (voice)
Robert Ballard	Himself (as Bob Ballard)
Barbara Feldon	Herself

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	The Biggest Test in the Universe	Monday, 06 November 2006
2	I Lost My Tooth in Africa	Tuesday, 07 November 2006
3	Boxes for Katje	Wednesday, 08 November 2006
4	Game Day	Thursday, 09 November 2006
5	Hanna Hippo's Horrible Hiccups	Saturday, 07 January 2012

Directors

Larry Lancit, Mark Mannucci, Dean Parisot, Ed Wiseman, Nicholas Jacobs, Herk Harvey, Michael Sporn, Fred Surr, Gabrielle DeCuir, Steve Zink

Writers

Jill Gluckson, Ronnie Krauss, Ellis Weiner, Kristin Laskas Martin, Fred Surr, Twila Liggett, Barbara DeRubertis, Loriann Champagne Smith, Andrew Gutelle

Cast

Name	Character

LeVar Burton	Himself - Host
Laura Haymann	Herself
Arnold Stang	Himself (voice)
Arnold Stang	Himself
Anne Jackson	Herself (voice)
Charles Kimbrough	Himself (voice)
Isabel Sanford	Herself
Regina Taylor	Herself (voice)
Robert Ballard	Himself (as Bob Ballard)
Barbara Feldon	Herself
Herk Harvey	Policeman
Tyne Daly	Herself (voice)
Ben Vereen	Himself
Pete Seeger	Himself
Jack Gilford	Himself (voice)
Ron Foster	Himself
Phyllis Diller	Herself (voice)
Jamie Farr	Himself (voice)
Jane Goodall	Herself
Jeff Bridges	Himself - Book Reader (voice)

Producers

Name	Role

Tony Buttino	Executive Producer
Jill Gluckson	Producer
Aaron Levine	Producer
Ed Wiseman	Producer
Nan Schweiger	Producer
Sudie Anning	Producer
Ronnie Krauss	Producer
Orly Berger	Producer
Ellen Schecter	Producer
Sherman Bryce	Producer
Lynne Brenner Ganek	Producer
Kathy Kinsner	Producer
Don Boswell	Producer
David C. McCourt	Producer