Lost for Words: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Lost for Words follows eight brave Australians on a life-changing opportunity to transform their lives by taking part in an intensive nine-week long adult literacy program. Hosted and narrated by literacy advocate Jay Laga'aia, it is an empowering and uplifting observational documentary that confronts Australia's staggeringly low adult literacy rate.

Series details

• Title: Lost for Words
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2021-09-22
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: SBS
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 57908

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-09-22; final listed air date 2021-10-06; episode order: 3.
• Season 2: premiered 2022-10-12; final listed air date 2022-10-26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Lost for Words on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.