Where will Mr Benn's imagination take him this time? (Mr Benn)

Member Name: pmcds

Product:	Mr Benn
Date:	07/11/08 (38 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Highly imaginative programme

Disadvantages: None really - inferences of drug use, apparently, though I can't see it!

Mr Benn is a well known kids' TV programme which featured the main character, Mr Benn, and his vivid imagination as he embarked on a different adventure each episode. I remember watching reruns when I was a child, and every now and then they are rerun for our kids' further enjoyment (and bewilderment!)

Each episode featured Mr Benn, an ordinary man, enter a clothe shop, and try on a different outfit. His wild imagination would then take us on a trip to somewhere the outfit suited, and we would join Mr Benn on his adventure in that place. A good example is him trying on some khaki clothes and taking us on an African safari!

There are rumours that the creators of the show were under the influence of illegal substances, and that there were inferences during the episodes that Mr Benn and the people he encountered were as well, but this was not obvious to me as a child, nor even as an adult, and I find that the programme allows children to explore their own imaginations as well as enjoy a TV programme as well, and as such I find it a commendable programme.

Part of the fun of the show was seeing that each episode takes Mr Benn on a different adventure to a different place, and he comes back in a 'dream sequence' like effect back to the changing room of the clothes shop, where the shopkeeper magically reappears once more and the episode ends, re\dy for another the next time.

I recommend watching this with your kids if you get the chance of a rerun. The imagination is very good and it's no different really to a programme such as Franny's Feet on Playhouse Disney on a regular basis, and with the wide range of strange kids' TV programmes around at the moment, it probably wouldn't stand out anyway!

Summary: Well worth watching if you see them being rerun