Sandi Toksvig hosts this look at Britain's low adult literacy rates, as a group of adults overcome the one thing that's always held them back and lift the stigma around illiteracy
Episode 1
The group meet each other for the first time and are set their first two challenges: a travel-based task to assess their reading skills and a cookery task set by host Sandi's good friend Prue Leith
Episode 2
The group are set a pantomime challenge and face one last test as they compete in a spelling bee. After 16 weeks of intensive learning, have they improved their literacy levels?
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