Eight things you didn't know about Devon's Mr Benn
WEBAug 24, 2017 · Eight things you didn't know about Mr Benn - including that he's from Devon. From the name of his street, to the inspiration behind the fancy dress shop, here's what you need to know about...
Children's TV classic Mr Benn has just turned 50 years old
WEBAug 22, 2017 · Children's TV classic Mr Benn is celebrating his 50th birthday this week. The fancy-dress fanatic created by Plymouth College of Art graduate David McKee made his debut in a 1967 book - The Red...
Mr Benn (TV Series 1971–2005) - IMDb
WEBMr Benn is the ordinary, bowler-hatted office worker who lives in the ordinary suburban street of Festive Road. However, when he tries on a costume in a mysterious costume shop, he steps out of the changing room into a different time and place, appropriate to …
Mr Benn - Wikipedia
WEBMr Benn, a man wearing a black lounge suit and bowler hat, leaves his house at 52 Festive Road, London, and visits a fancy-dress costume shop where he is invited by the moustachioed, fez -wearing shopkeeper to try on a particular outfit.
Mr Benn turns 50 today: eight things you didn't know about …
WEBAug 24, 2017 · Over the course of 13 episodes, originally shown in 1971 and '72, and then repeated a staggering 42 times over the next 21 years, Mr Benn revisits the shop and has adventures that fit...
Mr Benn - BBC
WEBFeb 25, 1971 · Mr Benn was written and illustrated by David McKee, who contrasted Mr Benn's ordinary suburban life at 52 Festive Road with the magical costume shop, and its shop keeper, who would...
Mr Benn - The Robert Harrop Collection in Full and More - YouTube
WEBA tour of my very rare collection of limited edition pieces.
Mr Benn’s adventure in a London gallery - Antiques Trade …
WEBMr Benn’s adventure in a London gallery. Mr Benn is already the hero of his own series of illustrated children’s books and a 13-episode BBC animated programme. In his 50th year, however, there are displays of renewed interest in this adventurous everyman.
Mr Benn - Nostalgia Central
WEBFirst seen on television on 25 February 1971, Mr Benn lived at 52 Festive Road, London, and was the ultimate Mr Nice Guy in a bowler hat. But whenever he entered a mysterious costume shop, (where the shopkeeper always arrived “as if by magic”) and tried on a costume, Mr Benn inevitably stepped out of the changing room (through “the door ...
50 years of childhood TV favourite Mr Benn’s fancy-dress fun
WEBOver the course of 13 episodes, originally shown in 1971 and ’72, and then repeated 42 times over the next 21 years, Mr Benn revisits the shop and has adventures that fit whichever costume he’s...
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