This article is about the fictional character. For real people with the surname, see Benn.
Gladiator, the final book in the original Mr Benn series
Mr Benn is a character created by David McKee who originally appeared in several children's books. The first, Mr Benn Red Knight, was published in 1967, followed by three more; these became the basis for an animated television series of the same name originally transmitted by the BBC in 1971 and 1972.
In both the books and the television series, Mr Benn's adventures take on a similar pattern. Mr 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. 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 adventure (which usually contains a moral) before the shopkeeper reappears 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. Additionally, scenes before and after his adventure usually have some connection to it, such as the games the children are playing in the street as he passes.
MrBenn is a character created by David McKee who originally appeared in several children's books. The first, MrBenn Red Knight, was published in 1967...
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of a series about one of McKee's characters, the resulting series was MrBenn, which ran for thirteen episodes first broadcast in 1971 and 1972 and was...
Stuart Jeffries from The Guardian called The Midnight Gospel a trippy MrBenn for adults and said that the show was engagingly bonkers in a quest for...
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the same colourful cut-out paper look as McKee's other works, such as MrBenn. The 2D animation style saved on production costs. The characters' legs...
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created, however the characters were quickly revealed to be Captain Pugwash, Mr. Benn, Charley the Cat and Bagpuss. The Norwegian band Kaptein Kaliber, founded...
until his death in 2002. Illustrator and creator of children's series MrBenn and King Rollo, David McKee, was born and brought up in South Devon and...
bottoms. As If By Tragic – A parody of MrBenn, in which the shopkeeper dies of a heart attack while MrBenn is on the moon, leading to astronauts finding...
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for making well known animated works for children such as King Rollo, MrBenn and Spot) for ITV Central which ran for one season of 26 episodes. It was...
series of Bodger & Badger (aka the ones with the full length theme tune), MrBenn, Paddington, Simon and the Witch, Ivor the Engine, Jonny Briggs, Pigeon...
Clark, 'Mr Wilson joins in criticism of MrBenn's figures', The Times (28 May 1975), p. 1. Roger Berthoud, 'Mr Jenkins sees cold world outside Nine', The...
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