Mr. Benn Complete Series 50th Anniversary Edition [DVD] [2021]

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Mr Benn was adapted for the stage by Tall Stories Theatre Company. It was first performed at the 2011 Edinburgh Fringe and toured until 2013. [14] [15] DVD release [ edit ] Title: Mr Benn: The Complete Series Label: Contender Home Entertainment Release Date: 2005 Catalogue N°: CTD10390 Availability: In Print Advertising [ edit ] The series was voted the sixth most popular children's television programme in the 2001 Channel 4 poll 100 Greatest Kids' TV shows. It was also rated number 13 in the 50 Greatest Kids TV Shows which aired on Channel 5 on 8 November 2013. David, said of his grandfather: "He came from Dunfermline and worked at Rosyth before he moved south. My dad spent his youth in Scotland, too.

Mr Benn is asked by a Queen to change her husband's appearance, feeling he is not kingly enough. However, the spells cast by Mr Benn do not turn out as expected, and Mr Benn eventually convinces the Queen that how the King looks is not important. The format was simple. Mr Benn was a bowler-hatted businessman who had a bit of a kink for dressing up. Every episode, he'd toddle off to the fancy dress shop, where the magic shopkeeper would furnish him with a new outfit. He'd then step into the changing room and be transported to the appropriate setting (the Wild West if he put on a cowboy suit, a submarine if he put on the diver's suit, etc.).Parkinson, David (13 August 2008). "Ask Parky: As if by magic, will Mr Benn appear?". The Guardian . Retrieved 27 October 2014. Mr Duncan Lamont on Score Exchange". Score Exchange. Archived from the original on 30 June 2014 . Retrieved 22 October 2015. Mr Benn is best remembered from the 13-episode BBC TV children’s series. Each programme followed the bowler-hatted character as he set off from his terrace house for a wander before stopping at a local fancy dress shop.

Mr Benn is transported to Ancient Rome, where he meets his friend Smasher Lagru. But he has forgotten that prisoners are made to fight gladiators in the arena, and those who are not beaten will end up facing the lions. He continues: “I often say your characters are like your children, you potty train them and look after them and point them in a good direction, but they go off do things you don’t expect – Mr Benn is living his own life and I’m excited to see what people make of the new products that are coming – and hope a new generation of children enjoy them as much as me!”

Mr Benn was a Londoner... and there's a plaque to prove it

Mr Benn helps the animals in the zoo to improve their accommodation by making the townsfolk see that the cages are too small.