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Boohbah-Big TV and more Boohbah Magic (2003)

Boohbah-Big TV and more Boohbah Magic (2003)

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Released 27-Mar-2006
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Details At A Glance

General		Extras
Category	Childrens	None
Rating
Year Of Production	2003
Running Time	79:49 (Case: 66)
RSDL / Flipper	No/No	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Menu	Cast & Crew
Region Coding	1,2,3,4,5,6	Directed By	Chris Bernard Vic Finch Annie Gibbs
Studio Distributor	Roadshow Home Entertainment	Starring	Emma Ainsley Manuel Bravo Dash Phil Hayes Cal Jaggers Linda Kerr Scott Sachi Kimura Chris Langham Laura Pero Alex Poulter Robin Stevens Vee Vimolmal Harvey Virdi
Case	Handle	Starring
RPI	$19.95	Music	Paul Honey Andrew McCrorie-Shand Vin Burnham

Video		Audio
Pan & Scan/Full Frame	None	English Dolby Digital 2.0 (256Kb/s)
Widescreen Aspect Ratio	1.75:1
16x9 Enhancement
Video Format	576i (PAL)
Original Aspect Ratio	1.78:1	Miscellaneous
Jacket Pictures	No	Miscellaneous
Subtitles	None	Smoking	No
		Annoying Product Placement	No
		Action In or After Credits	No

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Plot Synopsis

Title of Show : Boohbah

Title of Disc : Big TV and more Boohbah Magic

Year of Production : 2003

Country of origin : UK

What's included? : 4 episodes.

Episode Length : 20 minutes each

Details of episodes :

Big TV - Mr Man finds a Big TV.
Windows - Brother & Sister find a big window with curtains.
Long Drink - Mrs Lady finds a glass of juice with a long straw.
Pencil Sharpener - Grandpapa finds a pencil, pad and pencil sharpener.

Style of Production : Live action - main characters in full body suits.

Premise of show : According to the packaging - Join the Boohbahs, five magical atoms of power, light and fun as they travel in their Boohball around the world from child to child. Combining infectious magical movement and stories, the Boohbahs encourage creative thinking and movement. Anyway, back in this parallel universe, there are five coloured creatures who are large, round and furry called Boohbahs. Their heads pop up out of their bodies like some sort of strange telescope. The twenty minutes of each episode follows a very similar format; the Boohbahs arrive, dance to some music, some children arrive with a present which is passed through to a more realistic world called Storyworld. In this world, whatever was in the present brought by the children is found by a character (see episode details above) who then interacts with it. The story is narrated by a very monotonic narrator. The characters do not speak. Once the story is over, the Boohbahs dance again and the twenty minutes is up.

Age Group : Pre-school

Related to any other children's shows? : Developed by the same people who were responsible for the Teletubbies. If you thought that was weird, you ain't seen nothing yet.

Adult's view : This show really weirds me out. I find it very hard to watch but I can understand why the kids like it.

Child's view : It's like crack cocaine for pre-schoolers. It's addictive and they can't get enough of it. My three year old thinks it's fantastic. I put it to him that it was a bit weird, and his response was 'But it's nice'. It seems very soothing and certainly does get them moving.

Other Releases of this show available? : There are at least five volumes of this show now available locally.

Overall : Tough call. There's no reason not to let your kids watch it, but it's certainly not one of which you can share their enjoyment.

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Transfer Quality

Video

The video quality is very good.

The feature is presented in a 1.75:1 aspect ratio 16x9 enhanced which is probably the original aspect ratio.

The picture was very clear and sharp throughout, with no evidence of low level noise.

The colour was wonderful and rich throughout but I did notice some minor colour bleeding here and there.

There were no other noticeable artefacts.

There are no subtitles.

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Audio

The audio quality is very good.

This DVD contains an English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo soundtrack encoded at 256 Kb/s.

Dialogue was clear and easy to understand.

The music is very calm and relaxing.

The surround speakers and subwoofer were not used.

*Audio Ratings Summary*
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Extras

None.

R4 vs R1

NOTE: To view non-R4 releases, your equipment needs to be multi-zone compatible and usually also NTSC compatible.

This show is available in Region 1 but the discs only contain three episodes each so there is no direct comparison. The Region 2 releases seem to be the same as the local ones, although this one does not yet seem to be available.

Summary

The weirdest children's television show I have ever seen. The Teletubbies seems sane and normal by comparison.