Shot over the course of a year in Hackney, London, B Is For Book follows a group of primary schoolchildren as they take their first steps into the world of the written word.
Some make a flying start, others struggle. Some parents meticulously home-tutor their children, while others themselves find reading a challenge.
The film charts each child's progress, from their tentative first steps with the alphabet, to their first meetings with an author and their introduction to the magical world of stories.
B Is For Book is directed by Sam Benstead for Century Films. The Executive Producer at Century Films is Liesel Evans. It was commissioned by Mark Bell, Head of Arts Commissioning, BBC.
