Five Children and It (1991)

When I was growing up the were a few programs on for children during the day, we had a couple of hours of stuff in the afternoon, after school.Generally it was OK but they make terrible rubbish like this, and then repeat it for years, probably twice a year.

This movie deserves more credit than it has received. While it may not feature lots of action, big budget special effects or colourful animation it does have a calming mythical theme.

FIVE CHILDREN AND IT is another sterling example of Children's BBC back when they made decent, cultured fare for children. This one's a six-part adaptation of the E.