Mr Benn Shock!

[barry1010]

I am very surprised to learn that only 14 episodes of Mr Benn were ever made. About time we had more episodes.

[Mamyalynne]

I do agree, what was your favourite?


I liked 'The Frogman' and 'Zoo Keeper'.

[Buenchico]

Are you lapsing into your second childhood, Barry, or is it just that you've never really left the first one?

;-)

[ToraToraTora]

I quite agree we need more Mr Benn.

[Mamyalynne]

It would have been good to see the planned (then cancelled) film, would John Hannah have captured the man of mystery?

[DTCwordfan]

John Cleese limited Fawlty Towers as he felt that the only way was downwards after the first series. Apparently, a Beeb Exec saw his idea for a Thrust House Thrifty training video on hotel management on which he had developed Fawlty Towers and suggested that there was a much wider audience for the comedy.

[Ellipsis]

View all 14 here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtUgnySlcI0&list=PL-0TtWX9TUO2WXLEgwI6TiAZq3IOJ0pKm

I've deliberately removed the link - you will have to copy and paste - as otherwise AB will turn it into a link to episode 1.

[Hopkirk]

It was all a bit suspect. A man who likes dressing up goes to someone who helps him satisfy his needs.

[Mozz71]

I preferred Bagpuss myself, and that only has 13 episodes made.

[Bobbisox1]

I liked Gentle Ben the grizzly bear :0)

[roopower]

I loved Mr Benn. So different from the fast paced, garish programmes of today

[emmie]

i don't know who this is?

[grumpy01]

It seems that most of the early animation series only had between 12-14 episodes and they were rotated on a regular basis.

[roopower]

Emmie, youre really missing out here. Mr Benn is/was a childrens programme from way back when. He would go to a fancy dress hire shop, choose a costume, go into a cubicle and put it on and then go through a curtain to an adventure. I'm sure someone cleverer than me can give a link.

[emmie]

its alright i have looked it up, never heard of it to be honest

[roopower]

I also loved The Herbs....... "I'm a very friendly lion called Parsley".... from the 60s.

[barry1010]

My dad and I had a passion for Trumpton and Camberwick Green and from there I developed a love of many children's tv series - Bagpuss, The Herbs, Clangers, Pipkin, Button Moon and of course The Magic Roundabout. Such simple, delightful escapism

[roopower]

Oh yes, loved all of those and The Flumps

[emmie]

magic roundabout and the clangers, i remember those. but my childhood goes back to the fifities.

[emmie]

used to love Fraggle Rock. my mate and i rolled up with laughter at the antics.

[barry1010]

I didn't say I was a child when I watched them :) Muffin the Mule, Woodentops, Tales of the Riverbank, Andy Pandy, Bill and Ben, watched them all