In The Night Garden - Who's Here?

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blooming marvellous

Beautiful!!

This is What They Want

Yes...his name is Iggle Piggle!

It's isn't SUCH a pip.

In The Night Garden - Who's Here?
Starring: Derek Jacobi
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000R343OE
Release Date: 2007-09-10

Amazon.co.uk Review

Chances are there's barely a parent of a toddler in the country who hasn't encountered In The Night Garden in some form over the past few months. The latest BBC-hit from the CBeebies channel, and with a passing resemblance to Teletubbies, this debut DVD for the show brings together five episodes. And many parents already, we suspect, will have their credit cards ready.

In true childrens' television tradition, In The Night Garden is often as alien to adults as it is compelling to its real target audience. But heck, do children love it. Accompanied by the gentle narration of Sir Derek Jacobi, it's billed a nursery rhyme picture book of sorts. This manifests itself in the shape of a wild mix of children and characters, who get up to a mixture of diverse and diverting activities.

And this is one of the many areas where In The Night Garden strikes gold. Not only does it have a distinctive and warm collection of characters, but it does have an educational undercurrent to it all. In short, it engages its target audience particularly well, and teaches them a little in the process.

The DVD is rounded off with special bonus footage and a parents' guide, but it's the five episodes that are set to be spun time and time again. And rightly so. Expect this to be the first DVD release of many, too, for a show with many, many years ahead of it. --Jon Foster

Customer Reviews:

blooming marvellous.......2008-02-13

wonderful. my 18 year old absolutely loves this programme. it keeps him quiet and contented and it just THE most perfect viewing after he's played with his superskunk. it sets him up nicely for some really intense hallucinations and out-there political opinion-forming. marvellous.

Beautiful!!.......2007-12-07

Absolutely beautiful programme. Not sure whether I should be worrying more about my daughters eyesight as she stands an inch away from the screen so as not to miss anthing or the relationship between Iggle Piggle and Upsy Daisy.... (all that kissing, getting into Upsy Daisys bed and private rooms in the Pinky Ponk......!!!)

Took the dvd on holiday with us and we watched an episode each evening before bath as we do at home - worked a treat and she (generally!) went down without a problem.

Only hitch now, is she has figured out it is bath and bed after Night Garden so once the carousel comes on she immediately become very absorbed in "playing" with just half an eye on the programme so as not to miss anything but also to look very busy!!

Anyway, every under 3 should have this dvd - In the Night Garden on tap!!!

This is What They Want.......2007-12-05

There is only one programme which helps to wind down the active toddler, and this DVD, if you miss the 6.30pm slot on CBeebies, is it. Great music too.

Yes...his name is Iggle Piggle!.......2007-11-20

WOW! This is such a cool DVD....join Iggle Piggle, Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka and the gang on their day to day shinanagans in the garden. The beautiful colours, sounds and storylines will keep your little one entertained. Unlike the teletubbies this has character and is enjoyable for parents as well....GO AND BUY IT YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!!!!

It's isn't SUCH a pip........2007-11-04

Like most of the parents reviewing below my two year old really likes the show although thankfully his attention is now starting to wander. I find some of the characters really quite disturbing - none more so than Upsy Daisy whose repeated mannerisms and little yelps and giggles are exceptionally irritating. The 'stories' don't seem to me to have much heart and the other squeaking repetitive characters annoy me considerably - especially when watching it for the 5 millionth time. And the perspective is very weird - how big are these characters relative to each other, it makes me dizzy.

But I fully accept that it's not meant to be for me. I just wish it really WAS as charming as some claim and something that I could actually enjoy watching with my kid rather than making me want to reach for the revolver every time I hear "Daisy Do" announcing the arrival of one of these distubing, incessantly kissing, non-humans hoving on screen. The Ninky Nonk is quite good particularly as they have done us the favour of not investing it with a "personality".

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