Release date: 2000-02-07
Run time: 45 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.04
Review Wow! That's What I Call Nursery Rhymes / Abbey Home Media:
Release date: 2001-10-08
Run time: 54 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £8.93
Review Barney's Around The World / Hit Entertainment:
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Actors & Directors
- Archie Panjabi
- Chris Taylor (VI)
- Ken Barrie
Run time: 96 min.
Price: £9.99
Review Postman Pat - Postman Pat's Prize Post Bag [1981] / 2 Entertain Video:
Actors & Directors
- Tyler Bunch
- Vicki Eibner
- James J. Kroupa
- Jim Martin
- Noel MacNeal
- Peter Linz
- Richard A. Fernandes
- Hugh Martin (III)
- Mitchell Kriegman
Price: £9.99
Review Bear In The Big Blue House - Heroes Of Woodland Valley / Uca Catalogue:
Release date: 2000-05-01
Run time: 61 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £7.70
Review Maisy - Colours And Counting / Universal Pictures UK:Maisy, the epony-mouse from Lucy Cousins' hugely popular books, has been brought to the small screen in a series of beautifully produced animated tales now collected together on video. Each episode focuses on a central theme such as "Bedtime" or "Birthday", and features Maisy's band of friends: Tallulah the effervescent chick, Eddie the elephant, Cyril the Squirrel, and the stomach-obsessed crocodile Charley. The animation reproduces the bright, block colours of the books, but adds a new dimension of playful characterisation and sound effects. The characters' voices are very much in the Teletubbies and Pingu mode, offering few discernible words but perfectly evoking the individual characters and appealing to very young children. Neil Morrissey's voice-over offers a gentle, questioning cue for Maisy and her friends' activities, and further brings out the stories' educational emphasis. The Maisy videos combine simple presentation with charming characterisation to great effect and each tale is constructed with an underlying intelligence and humour that repays repeat viewings. For those in occasional need of a Teletubby-free zone, these are the perfect videos for pre-school children. In Colours & Counting Maisy picks up all her friends in her bus (although Eddie is a tight squeeze!), plays hide and seek with Charly, and organizes an egg hunt for everyone. In "Clouds" she goes ballooning, while at the circus Cyril spin plates, Tallulah walks the tightrope, Eddie trampolines and Maisy does a turn on the trapeze. The emphasis on numbers and colours is imaginatively applied throughout, particularly when Eddie helps Maisy paint her shed in technicolour! -Steve Napleton.
Actors & Directors
- Gloria Johnson
- Peter Elliott
- Maclean Rogers
- Colin Spaull
- Richard Huggett (II)
- Leslie Sarony
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £9.95
Review Noddy In Toyland - Noddy's Magic Video / 2 Entertain Video:Traditionalists were of course scandalised enough when the stop-motion animated Noddy TV series featured regional accents and (gasp) positive black characters. God only knows what they'll make of this. Try to keep up: what you have here is an Anglo-American co-production in which stories from the stop-motion series are sandwiched between frantic scenarios featuring live-action children and adult characters and puppets-a kind of Sesame Street in total overdrive. This, of course, seems hopelessly incongruous to everyone except the show's intended audience, which simply takes the whole thing in its stride. Individually, the two elements are commendable anyway; the first live-action episode-involving a parrot and an unstoppable vacuum cleaner-is a particularly fine piece of slapstick, while the original stop-motion stories are as gently rewarding as ever. This DVD is guaranteed to meet with approval from the jingly-hatted one's many young fans. -Roger Thomas.
Actors & Directors
- Alec Baldwin
- Michael Brandon
- George Carlin
Run time: 44 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £1.49
Review Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - Brave Little Engines / 2 Entertain Video:
Release date: 2000-07-10
Run time: 57 min.
Price: £6.99
Review Tots TV - Tilly, Tom And Tiny's ABC / Tots TV:
Release date: 2003-06-16
Run time: 51 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £11.99
Review Fun Song Factory - Vol. 3 - Making Friends / 4 Front Video:
Release date: 1994-09-05
Run time: 58 min.
Price: £9.99
Review Fireman Sam - Spot Of Bother / 2 Entertain Video:
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Actors & Directors
- Alex Pascall
- Sandra Dickinson
- Rudolph Walker
- Penelope Keith
- David Hiller
- Rolf Saxon
Price: £14.99
Review Teletubbies - Teletubbies And The Snow / Happy Christmas From The Teletubbies [1997] / 2 Entertain Video:
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Actors & Directors
- Tyler Bunch
- Mitchell Kriegman
- Noel MacNeal
- Vicki Eibner
- Peter Linz
- Hugh Martin (III)
- Jim Martin
- Richard A. Fernandes
- James J. Kroupa
Run time: 48 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £2.49
Review Bear In The Big Blue House - Summer Of Love [2001] / Uca Catalogue:
Actors & Directors
- Tyler Bunch
- Mitchell Kriegman
- Richard A. Fernandes
- Vicki Eibner
- Hugh Martin (III)
- Peter Linz
- Noel MacNeal
- James J. Kroupa
- Jim Martin
Run time: 63 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £0.70
Review Bear In The Big Blue House - Live! / Uca Catalogue:
Actors & Directors
- Mary-Ann Henshaw
- Nicholas Opolski
- Ken Radley
- Sandie Lillingston
- Duncan Wass
- Ian Munro
- Michael Ailwood
Run time: 80 min.
Price: £6.99
Review Bananas In Pyjamas - 10th Birthday - Birthday Surprise / ITV DVD:
Actors & Directors
- Ken Radley
- Sandie Lillingston
- Michael Ailwood
- Ian Munro
- Duncan Wass
- Nicholas Opolski
- Mary-Ann Henshaw
Run time: 47 min.
Price: £9.99
Review Bananas In Pyjamas - Wish Fairies / Carlton Visual Entertainment Ltd:
Release date: 2000-03-06
Run time: 30 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.98
Review Little Learners - Mr Men ABC / Abbey Home Media:
Actors & Directors
- Katie Boland
- Max Morrow
- Teryl Rothery
- Kyle Kass
- Sean McCann
Run time: 70 min.
Price: £7.99
Review Noddy - Big Video / 2 Entertain Video:Noddy is back with all his friends, not to mention those pesky Goblins, in more gentle tales from what is now a very cosmopolitan Toyland. All our favourite characters are here: sensible Big Ears, mischievous Gobbo and Sly, kind-hearted Tessie Bear and, of course, Mr Plod, the strict-but-fair voice of officialdom who provides much of the humour in each episode. Reassuringly, there are no great surprises in these seven pleasing adventures, which reinforce ideas of friendship and community while delivering a mild moral message at the end of each episode. Noddy, Big Video! will delight children from three years and up. -Helen Baker.
Release date: 2002-03-04
Run time: 89 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £1.28
Review The Very Best of Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends / 2 Entertain Video:
Release date: 1999-10-11
Run time: 51 min.
Price: £9.99
Review Fun Song Factory - Music / Fun Song Factory:
Release date: 2000-07-24
Run time: 50 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.99
Review Maisy - Birthday And Other Stories / Universal Pictures UK:Maisy, the epony-mouse from Lucy Cousins' hugely popular books, has been brought to the small screen in a series of beautifully produced animated tales now collected together on video. Each episode focuses on a central theme such as "Bedtime" or "Birthday", and features Maisy's band of friends: Tallulah the effervescent chick, Eddie the elephant, Cyril the Squirrel, and the stomach-obsessed crocodile Charley. The animation reproduces the bright, block colours of the books, but adds a new dimension of playful characterisation and sound effects. The characters' voices are very much in the Teletubbies and Pingu mode, offering few discernible words but perfectly evoking the individual characters and appealing to very young children. Neil Morrissey's voice-over offers a gentle, questioning cue for Maisy and her friends' activities, and further brings out the stories' educational emphasis. The Maisy videos combine simple presentation with charming characterisation to great effect and each tale is constructed with an underlying intelligence and humour that repays repeat viewings. For those in occasional need of a Teletubby-free zone, these are the perfect videos for pre-school children. Starting with Maisy's own birthday party, the episodes in Birthday and Other Stories focus on many different types of fun and games, including "Parade", "Balloons" and "Playground". Maisy and her friends visit the fair, make lemonade, don costumes for Tallulah's fancy-dress party and even help distract Cyril from his discomfort when eating too many cakes leads to a tummy-ache. A pirate treasure hunt and playhouse tea-party ensure the celebrations are complete. [+]-Steve Napleton.
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Wow! That's What I Call Nursery Rhymes, Barney's Around The World, Postman Pat - Postman Pat's Prize Post Bag [1981], Bear In The Big Blue House - Heroes Of Woodland Valley, Maisy - Colours And Counting, Noddy In Toyland - Noddy's Magic Video, Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - Brave Little Engines, Tots TV - Tilly, Tom And Tiny's ABC, Fun Song Factory - Vol. 3 - Making Friends, Fireman Sam - Spot Of Bother, Teletubbies - Teletubbies And The Snow / Happy Christmas From The Teletubbies [1997], Bear In The Big Blue House - Summer Of Love [2001], Bear In The Big Blue House - Live!, Bananas In Pyjamas - 10th Birthday - Birthday Surprise, Bananas In Pyjamas - Wish Fairies, Little Learners - Mr Men ABC, Noddy - Big Video, The Very Best of Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends, Fun Song Factory - Music, Maisy - Birthday And Other Stories |
