Balamory - Musical Stories DVD > Reviews > Great entertainment for under 5's!

Author's product rating:   

Did you enjoy it?	Loved it
Story	Outstanding
Characters / Performances	Outstanding
Special Effects	Standard
How does it compare to similar films?	Outstanding

Advantages:	Great music & stories, fun & colourful characters, value for money
Disadvantages:	Hardly any .  Archies sing - along does not play continually .

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

57 minute DVD taken from the BBC series Balamory.

There are three episodes on this DVD Broken Down Bus, Marching Band and Vibrations.

If you've never seen an episode of Balamory it features stories based around the lives of seven colourful and cheerful adult characters living in Balamory. The main character is Miss Hoolie who runs the nursery. Each episode has a problem or mystery to solve. There's at least one song in each episode and the theme tune is very catchy.

The Episodes-

Broken Down Bus
It is a snowing in Balamory and Edie goes missing, but Spencer is relying on her to transport the steel band instruments to the Day Centre. Can PC Plum find her before the concert?

Marching Band
Suzie Sweet is set to head the Balamory marching band and she needs to find rhythm. Penny and Spencer give her some advice, but its Josie who gets her marching in time to lead the parade.

Vibrations
Edie visits the nursery trying to track down the cause of strange noises outside her house. It's time to call PC Plum to find out who is responsible.

Balamory is a great DVD it combines storytelling, great characters and light learning. It is targeted at pre-school children, ages 3-5 years. However, I have a one year old who loves watching this DVD. It's the only time she sits still and quiet. She's already trying to sing along to the theme tune.

The DVD has a bonus episode (The Fiddle Player) and Archie's Sing-along machine which plays each characters songs. The only negative comment I can make is the Sing-along machine only plays one short song at a time. To get the next song you need to click on a different character.

I would definately recommend this DVD to anyone with children under 5 years especially is they like music.

If you want to find out more about Balamory you can watch it on the CBeebies channel most days at various times or visit www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/balamory

The DVD is UNIVERSAL so suitable for all and has SDH subtitles which can be turned on or off.

The DVD was released 5/9/2005.