MR BENN - THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF AN ORDINARY MAN: Welcome to this immensely popular collection of original Mr Benn animated adventures by David McKee. Mr Benn - Red Knight: Mr Benn finds himself transported into a medieval world where he assists an unfortunate dragon whose role as firelighter to the king is threatened by a greedy matchmaker. Mr Benn - Caveman: Mr Benn helps a group of prehistoric, cave-dwelling people find peace and quiet by teaching them something about house building. Mr Benn - Diver: Mr Benn helps King Neptune and his mermaid friend outwit the crews of two submarines, who are out to find and photograph the King s pet sea monster. Mr Benn - Spaceman: Mr Benn visits several weird and wonderful planets when he joins an astronaut in his search for a better life and discovers that the grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Mr Benn - The Cowboy: Mr Benn joins in as a cowboy in a weekly game of hide-and-seek and helps the cowboys to win for the first time by exposing the very clever hiding place of the hidden Indian. (50 min) THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF MR BENN - SPACEMAN: Mr Benn is a character created by David McKee in the early 70 s and went on to become a household name after appearing in several children s books and an animated television series transmitted by the BBC for over thirty years. Mr Benn s adventures take on a familiar pattern... Mr Benn, an ordinary man wearing a business suit and bowler hat, leaves his house at 52 Festive Road and visits a fancy-dress costume shop where he is invited by the moustachioed, fez-wearing shopkeeper to try on a particular outfit. He leaves the shop through a magic door at the back of the changing room and enters a world appropriate to his costume, where he has an extraordinary adventure before the shopkeeper re-appears to lead him back to the changing room, and the story comes to an end. Mr Benn returns to his normal life, but is left with a small souvenir of his magical adventure. In this extraordinary adventure Mr Benn visits several weird and wonderful planets when he joins an astronaut in his search for a better life and discovers that the grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. (128 pages)
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