One thing was always a constant with the mag though, and that was the artists, they always did the best they could with increasingly dire material.  This was due to the aforementioned PC changes that Angus was forced to endure.  Another constant were the TV listings, which were now titled 'What's On?', and started including Channel 4.  Although I'm not sure how long they continued, they had disappeared by 1993.  Presumably the advent of Satellite TV had a bearing on this.

1985 saw the next big change, as the small title gave way to a large masthead title, in similar style lettering.

The mag was now overrun by American stuff, like 'The A-Team', and 'Street Hawk', with things like 'Super Gran' and 'Danger Mouse' things were pretty dire.  A pop strip called 'The story so far...' was a pleasant release from the dross, drawn by an excellent artist called Steve McGarry, it gave an insight into the beginnings of our favourite singers and groups.  I was by then a very, very casual reader though, and over 20 which didn't help, I did feel a bit embarrassed going into the newsagent and asking for Look-in, even though I could have been buying it for anyone!

In 1987 Look-in's cover changed slightly again, the overall look was more colourful and child-like, seemingly to go with the fact that the strips were veering more and more to younger children's stuff,

this presumably because as the action strips could no longer be done as they were intended, there must have seemed no point in doing them.  The magazine had a strange mix of children's strips (Scooby Doo and No.73) and features that seemed more aimed at teenagers.  I'd well and truly given up on it by then.

The 90s heralded the last change for Look-in, the look more in keeping with most of the magazines of the day.  Colin left the editor's post to be replaced by Frank Hopkinson.  The title was still a masthead but was now in a more dynamic font, trying to make it look more up to the minute, they even added an exclamation mark.

going into 93, the strips were sparse, and consisted of 'Mac' a strip about a teenage boy and his dog, which was called 'Junkyard'.  I had never heard of this and have no idea if it was based on a series.  Likewise 'Justin Gibbs and his massive fibs' which sounds like it should be in The Beano, 'Chuck Rock' based on a computer game character, and 'Garfield', (Justin, Chuck and Garfield, were all one page strips).  There was also 'Scooby-Doo'. Scooby Doo was drawn by Bill Titcombe, the only original artist not to jump ship before it sank.

The last issue (12th March 1994) was quite sad,  it contained a couple of retrospectives, one on the covers, and one on the strips, you can see these in the last issue online - click on the picture below.

although it brought back a lot of happy memories, It was too short.  I couldn't help wishing they'd have just published a stand alone magazine on Look-in's history, an opportunity missed, but the plain fact is that Look-in was suffering an identity crisis, it didn't know who it was trying to appeal to.  The decision was made to drop the bulk of the strips (only Garfield stayed), and be a teenage mag, changing the name to 'Now!' the following week, Look-in was no more, but I'm not as much sad as relieved, it needed to be done, a bit like putting a favourite pet down when it's really ill - you know it's for the best, but it still leaves you sad and empty.........but you still have the memories.