As if by Magic… Mr. Benn 4K & Blu-ray Premium Collector’s Edition releases on 9 November

You’re invited to step back in time to enjoy one of the all-time favourite children’s TV shows, MR BENN – with a 4K UHD and Blu-ray premium collector’s edition released on 9th November from Fabulous Films, featuring all 14 episodes, a documentary and bonus extras, beautifully packaged and containing a standee, booklet and a beautiful hardcover book. The series has been completely restored from original 16mm prints, and is available for the first time on 4K and Blu-ray.

You can pre-order it here.

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Written by David McKee, the celebrated creator of storybook favourites Not Now Bernard and Elmer the Patchwork Elephant, and featuring narration by Ray Brooks (Jackanory), MR BENN, first broadcast in 1971 on the BBC, features the titular character visiting a mysterious costume shop and swapping his suit and bowler hat for various outfits, which transport him back in time for fantastical adventures.

The four disc Ultimate Collection contains all the episodes on both 4K UHD and Blu-ray, superbly packaged in a clamshell box with an o-ring and slipcase, an invitation card, a fourteen-panel concertina showing all of Mr Benn’s characters, and a Mr Benn standee, as well as an episode guide booklet, and a reformatted hardback book of Mr Benn 123456789 by McKee, where Mr Benn is transported to prison! This is more than a boxset, this is an invitation to visit Festive Road and to enter the costume shop, to really experience Mr Benn’s world. Adults can step back through the door to this truly memorable moment from childhood, and kids will delight in opening the box and experiencing the costume shop and all its wondrous delights, over and over again.

Soon to be turned into a live-action film by BAFTA-nominated I Swear writer/director Kirk Jones, MR BENN was voted 3rd in a BBC poll of 25 to 45 year olds’ All-time Favourite Children’s Shows, voted 6th in Channel 4’s poll of the 100 Greatest Kid’s TV Shows, and was named 10th Most Famous Time-traveller by The Times. The Telegraph says ‘the very name is enough to induce a warm glow of childish bliss’, and this timeless, beloved series is now ready to be discovered by a whole new generation, while adults hankering for a nostalgic treat will be immediately transported back to more innocent times, to be delighted all over again by this unique and charming character on his amazing adventures as a clown, a cowboy, a caveman, a wizard, and more.

DISC EXTRAS:

• As If By Magic – The Story of Mr Benn – documentary
• Mr Benn Advert Rushes
• Mr Benn Restoration Comparison
• Alternative revised soundtracks (5 WAV files) for The Balloonist, The Caveman, The Frogman, The Magic Carpet, and The Red Knight

As if by magic, MR BENN: THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION is released on an ULTIMATE COLLECTION DUAL 4K UHD + BLU-RAY EDITION and a BLU-RAY EDITION FROM 9th NOVEMBER