Mr Benn is getting a live-action movie. Details here https://bit.ly/4bFn1SM
Mr Benn is getting a live-action movie. Details here https://bit.ly/4bFn1SM
‘I Swear’ Director Kirk Jones Tapped for Live-Action Film Adaptation of Beloved British Kids’ Animation ‘Mr. Benn’
‘I Swear’ Director Kirk Jones Tapped for Live-Action Film Adaptation of Beloved British Kids’ Animation ‘Mr. Benn’
#Variety #Global #News #KirkJones #MrBenn
‘Mr Benn’: Harry Potter Producer & Jack Whitehall Team With ‘Nanny McPhee’ & ‘I Swear’ Director Kirk Jones For Film Version Of Brit Kids Classic
#News #JackWhitehall #KirkJones #MrBenn
Damn. And as if by magic, the Mr Benn narrator disappeared.
#MrBenn
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ray-brooks-dead-mr-benn-narrator-actor-1236341188/
"The list of TV shows in which Brooks appeared in the 1960s and 1970s reads like a run-down of the British small screen's biggest hits of the era."
I just downloaded the complete collection of Mr Benn episodes from the Internet Archive!!!!!!!!
https://archive.org/details/mr-benn-classic-childrens-bbc-series
McKee wrote and animated (with Ian Lawless) thirteen Mr Benn episodes for the BBC between 1971 and 1972.These episodes were repeated twice a year for 21 years...
RHLSTP Book Club: The Golden Age Of Children’s TV – Tim Worthington
https://timworthington.org/2025/05/17/rhlstp-book-club-the-golden-age-of-childrens-tv/ #MrBenn #Pipkins #retroTV #1970s
@miah @Richard_Littler it's an old British children's cartoon about a seemingly 'proper;' and 'very serious' looking man who leads a secret life at lunchtimes of dressing up and adventure.
It is a very British thing, delightfully so!