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Read All About It! is a Canadian educational television series that was produced from 1979 to 1980 by TVOntario. It starred David Craig Collard as Chris, Lydia Zajc as Lynne, Stacey Arnold as Samantha, and Sean Hewitt as Duneedon, ruler of the galaxy Trialviron. In the second season Michael Dwyer joined the cast as Alex. The main goal of the show was to educate viewers in reading, writing and history. Each episode ran for approximately 15 minutes. Eric Robertson composed the music for the show being filmed in Brampton, Ontario.
Chapter 02: The Stranger – The three friends say they are using the house to publish a newspaper. Suddenly Samantha and Lynne find themselves wheeling through space by a transporter.
Chapter 02: The Stranger – The three friends say they are using the house to publish a newspaper. Suddenly Samantha and Lynne find themselves wheeling through space by a transporter.
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00:03Read all about it. Discover all the news. Read all about it. Track down all the clues.
00:17With interesting people, there's a mystery to be solved. An adventure is unfolding, so why not get involved?
00:28Come on and read all about it.
01:06Read all about it.
01:09Read all about it.
01:10Read all about it.
01:33All right, don't move. Don't. Anybody move.
01:36What are you kids doing in here? Don't you know this is private property?
01:41My name's Chris Anderson. My uncle left me this coach house in his will.
01:45I'm sure you have proof of that, have you?
01:48Show him the letter from the lawyer. Where is it?
01:51What? What's this about a letter? What?
01:59What's this about a letter from King's Lane?
02:02Mr. Derek Norris has been missing for seven years and is therefore now presumed dead.
02:09In his will, Mr. Norris has said that the coach house on King's Lane
02:12is to become the property of his nephew Christopher Anderson on his 21st birthday.
02:17However, he may use the coach house before he's 21 for any worthwhile and practical purpose.
02:25Yes, well, I'll have to check this out.
02:27Do you mind telling us who you are?
02:29Not at all, young lady.
02:33My card.
02:39That's French, isn't it?
02:40Oh, Regan.
02:41Oh, that's Irish.
02:43I meant extraordinaire. It's a French word.
02:45Oh, yes. That, that, that means, uh, uh, special. Yeah, that's what I am. See, a special security guard.
02:52It's my job to keep an eye on King's Lane. Make sure there's nobody trespassing on private property.
02:57Well, we're not trespassing.
02:59Well, I'm not so sure of that, young lady.
03:01It says right here in the letter you must have a worthwhile reason for using the coach house.
03:06Oh, we do. Uh, don't we, Chris?
03:09Oh, sure. It's gonna be our clubhouse.
03:12Ah, clubhouse isn't worthwhile. That's just a bunch of kids playing games.
03:16Oh, this is a special clubhouse.
03:17Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. What? What? What are you saying, young lady?
03:20Uh, I said paper.
03:24Paper? What? You're going to start a paper, are you?
03:26Uh, yes. I, I guess so. Yes, a newspaper. That's a worthwhile reason. And it's practical.
03:35Herbville needs another paper, especially one written by children.
03:39Yeah, well, I, I guess that sounds all right.
03:42But I'm going to have to take this letter with me and check that it's authentic.
03:45Wait a minute. That's mine. You just can't take it. That's not fair.
03:49Don't worry. He'll get his letter back.
03:55I bet he's in on the conspiracy.
04:00That is possible. However, we lack evidence.
04:09Oh, Theta, that Mr. Regan took Chris's letter.
04:13Yeah. He said he was going to see if it was saw something.
04:18I think he said authentic.
04:20Authentic is an adjective meaning genuine or real or true.
04:26Well, the letter must be real. It's from a lawyer.
04:29I'll bet it's more genuine than that, Mr. Regan.
04:32I don't believe he's a security guard.
04:41So do I, Otto.
04:43Maybe I shouldn't have given him the letter.
04:46What do you think he'll do when he finds out we're not printing a newspaper?
04:51What do you mean, not printing a newspaper?
04:54I think it's a great idea. I've always wanted to be a reporter.
04:58Oh, come on, Sam. A newspaper is a lot of hard work.
05:13Otto's right. As reporters, we can go anywhere and ask all sorts of questions.
05:18Nobody will know we're investigating a conspiracy.
05:21It's still too much work. How are we going to print it?
05:25There is a duplicating machine in the corner of the coach house.
05:30That must be it.
05:33And we have a lot of reference books right here.
05:36But what's the paper going to be about?
05:38Oh, lots of things. Most papers tell you what adults think, what kids think is just as important.
05:44Come on, Lynn. Give it a try.
05:47All right. Just as long as I don't have to write any stories.
05:50Great. Let's go over to my place for something to eat.
05:53We'll have to make a list of all the things we're going to need.
05:57Be sure to secure the entrance of the coach house.
06:02Okay, Theta. I'll lock the door. We'll see you in Otto tomorrow.
06:06Chris, you'll have to be the editor.
06:08Why me? Because I want to be a reporter.
06:11Well, what are you going to do, then?
06:13Well, I thought I'd just...
06:34I am aware of that, Otto. But we do not want to frighten them more than necessary.
06:52Yes, Otto. Tomorrow we will tell them about Dunedin.
07:08We have to make a list of the two new rooms.
07:18The new room is at the bottom.
07:18No, the other room is at the bottom.
07:21I don't know.
07:22I am safe.
07:22All right, leave it here.
07:55A-C-C-U.
07:58I don't see why you won't type this for us, Otto.
08:08Thanks a lot, Otto. You sound just like my teacher.
08:20R-A-T-Y.
08:24Right. Accuracy.
08:26What's next?
08:27Bring me back that last line.
08:29Yes, sir, Mr. Editor, sir.
08:33We will try to report with truth and accuracy...
08:36...local events...
08:40...and neighborhood human interest stories.
08:44Congratulations on your first editorial.
08:50Thanks, Betta.
08:59There. I'm finished.
09:04We can put it on the front page of our first edition.
09:08Are you sure you don't want to write any stories, Lynn?
09:11I'm sure I'll type stories for you and Sam, but I'm not running well.
09:14And that's definite.
09:17Watch the wagon, Sam.
09:21Wait till you see my son. It's splendiferous.
09:23It's what?
09:25Splendiferous.
09:27Here, take this.
09:28I stayed up late last night to finish it.
09:32The Herbertville and surrounding area junior neighborhood Chronicle.
09:36Well, what do you think?
09:37It's miles too long.
09:39Too long?
09:40Yeah, if we have a name that long, it'll take up the whole front page.
09:43Lynn's right. The sign reads like a whole story.
09:47All we need are the key words, Herbertville and Chronicle.
09:50Herbertville tells where we are and Chronicle says we're newspaper.
09:53How do we know Chronicle is a newspaper?
09:56Because it means a list of events in order of time.
09:59It's from the ancient Greek word chronica.
10:02Chronica. That is correct.
10:05Where did you acquire such excellent information, Samantha?
10:11My father. He teaches languages at the university.
10:15He's always explaining where words come from.
10:17Like splendiferous?
10:19Yes, it's from the Latin.
10:28Yes, it is.
10:34Otto, splendiferous is a word.
10:41Look, Otto.
10:42Hold on, you two. I'll check it out.
10:52Splendiferous?
10:53Sam's right.
10:54It is a word.
10:55It's here in the dictionary.
10:56See?
10:58Wait a minute.
10:59Maybe Otto's right, too.
11:00It says colloquial beside it.
11:04What's that mean?
11:05Well, it means it's slang.
11:09It should only be used when you're talking.
11:18Nice going, Otto.
11:19Okay, you're both right.
11:21Now, are we all agreed that the Herbertville Chronicle should be the name of our paper?
11:26Right. It's a splendiferous name.
11:28Read all about it. Get your Herbertville Chronicle here. Read all about it.
11:33Guess I'll have to stay up late again and make another sign.
11:37Let's leave this sign up for the moment in case Mr. O'Regan returns today.
11:42Oh, I've forgotten about him.
11:44I haven't. He's still got my letter.
11:47You know, we better start our investigation.
11:51How?
11:51I don't know, but we have to find out certain things.
11:55Like what?
11:56I will take notes. Proceed.
12:01Thanks, then.
12:02Now, we're investigating a conspiracy.
12:07First, we've got to find out what it's all about and why it's happening.
12:13And when it's going to happen. If we know that, we might be able to stop it.
12:19And how it's going to happen, that's important.
12:24And where?
12:26We know that. Here, in Herbertville.
12:28But where in Herbertville? Are they going to rob the bank or blow the whole town up?
12:34And who are they?
12:36Who's in this conspiracy?
12:40Hey, look at that. It's the same as the poem.
12:42What poem?
12:43Oh, that one, see?
12:47I keep six honest, serving men. They taught me all I knew.
12:52Their names are what and why and when and how and where and who.
12:58See? That's what the poem means. It's a guideline.
13:01Right. If we can answer all those questions, we'll find out the truth.
13:06But how do we start?
13:07We're going to work with Mr. O'Regan.
13:10Who does he work for?
13:12I've never met a security guard being hired to watch a whole street.
13:24What's happening?
13:25I can't. It's sunny.
13:28I can't move.
13:29Sam, what is it? What's wrong?
13:32Everything's spinning.
13:33I can't help.
13:35Sam!
13:40Sam? Lynn, where are you?
13:43Sam, what's happening?
13:45Dunedin has taken them.
13:47Who's Dunedin?
13:48Where have they gone?
13:51They have been transported to another galaxy.
13:55Another galaxy?
13:57In space?
14:20There you go.
14:22It feels like nobody's living with anybody.
14:26It's beautiful.
14:26In that space?
14:28You've got to be, like a few minutes.
14:28You've got to go to the sky.
14:28On the sky?
14:29You've got to stop me.