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Good old Mr Toad!

Advantages: funny, appeals to all ages, good actors
Disadvantages: you will likely already know the plot

This is the latest version on dvd of the Wind in the Willows which was released out on dvd 26/03/2007. I found this version of the classic tale to be the greatest version yet and i think Matt Lucas from little Britain play a quality character as good old Mr Toad. This dvd will appeal to children and adults alike, definately a must see film. The film is set in the english countryside with lovely picturesque views, the dialogue of the characters and ...
...your little rowing boat across the river. costumes - very detailed, although i doubt anyone would want to wear the simple clothes of Mole or Badger, the lovely suits worn by Mr Toad, Rat and the weasels are simply divine. soundtrack - very upbeat and jolly music when all is well and good but things turn sinister when theres a weasel around. story - The weasels have bought a field from Mr Toad leaving poor Mole (lee ingleby) without a place to call ...

slik321 03.04.2008 · Read full review
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Review of The Wind In The Willows (DVD)

Its the bare Necessities

Advantages: great film for all family, very funny, never gets old
Disadvantages: nothing

...he meets all the different jungle characters including baloo, the big bear, bagheera, the friendly panther, king louie, the ape who everyone knows the song too. "i wanna walk like you, talk like you". The film shows his journey and how he finally makes it too the tribe. Cast: Mowgli, Baloo, Shere Kahn, Bagheera, kaa andKing louie! Information: Genre: Family, Animation, Comedy Runtime: 78 MIns Cert. : U Writer: Rudyard Kipling (Novel) Director: ...

chris-greenfield 23.11.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Jungle Book (DVD)

Hartley - Just The Hare I Wanted!

Advantages: Great nostalgia, excellent extras, well thought out DVD, the adorable Hartley!
Disadvantages: Only that it's taken so long to be released!

INTRODUCTION Pipkins reminds me of childhood lunchtimes in my old house. It was one of my favourite TV programmes and I loved it. Decades later, my most vivid memories are of Hartley Hare, Octavia the Ostrich and the 'It's ……. TIME….' With its visual display of ticking clocks. Nostalgia indeed. But some 25 to 30 years later, how would the real thing - not seen since childhood - hold up to my treasured memories? I had to find out. So I pre-ordered ...
...A BRIEF SUMMARY Pipkins began on ITV in 1973 - when I was four - and finished in 1981, to be replaced by Let's Pretend. The first two series of Inigo Pipkin (as it was called) featured an elderly actor who died, which led the series to a change of name to Pipkins and a change of presenter (obviously!). Wayne Laryea took over and he is the first presenter I remember and the one I associate with the series. Other presenters followed, but the characters ...

KarenUK 30.04.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Pipkins - Series 1 - Complete (DVD)

Speed of Your Penceload Must Defeat My Eyebold

Advantages: Bravely boring exit point for Anderson's puppet career.
Disadvantages: It doesn't really work.

...deservedly almost completely forgotten is the final project of Gerry Anderson's highly lucrative Supermarionation franchise of the late sixties, continuing in the tradition of its predecessor 'Joe 90' to distance Anderson's work from the action-packed science fiction clichés of his more popular projects. It was also allegedly Anderson's personal favourite of his puppet series in a prime example of the "I have done other things" frustration often ...
...silly show is better than the classic 'Stingray' are quite clearly unreasonable, but watching this series back as an adult (or something in that general area), it has a lot to offer as a self-conscious commentary of Supermarionation in its twilight year. Even owning the video as a child, I found it amusing for somewhat different reasons than I suspect were intended. Where Thunderbirds, Stingray and most of the other, previous, better series focused ...

Frankingsteins 21.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of The Secret Service - The Complete Series (DVD)

Adventures on Button Moon

Advantages: my kids love it and so do i
Disadvantages: none

...watching the tv series of Button Moon in the 1980's as a child in the mornings on ITV and singing along t the theme tune. "We're off to Button Moon will follow Mr Spoon Button Moon Button Moon." I really liked this programe as a child but it dispeared off our screens without trace. This was proberley due to advancing technogoly and kids wanting better effects on the telly. Button Moon is aimed at the under fives It's written by Ian Allen. The DVD ...
...his telescope and goes to Button Moon.(a big yellow button.) Only sometimes will Mrs Spoon and Tina Teaspoon go with him. Once Mr Spoon arrives at Button Moon he always will take out his telescope for everyone to look through and find out whats happening on Button Moon. Sometimes he also will look over to other planets aswell. When he is looking through the telescope this reveles the story line for the episode. My kids love this DVD and i like my ...

dcojago 28.03.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Button Moon - Adventures On Button Moon (DVD)