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Bob the Builder-Project: Build It-Benny's Back (2005)

Bob the Builder-Project: Build It-Benny's Back (2005)

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Released 6-Apr-2006
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Details At A Glance

General		Extras
Category	Childrens	Main Menu Audio & Animation
Rating
Year Of Production	2005
Running Time	60:14
RSDL / Flipper	No/No	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Menu	Cast & Crew
Region Coding	1,2,3,4,5,6	Directed By	Sarah Ball
Studio Distributor	Roadshow Home Entertainment	Starring	Sarah Ball Jimmy Hibbert Brenda Blethyn Richard Briers Kate Harbour Neil Morrissey
Case	Handle	Starring
RPI	$19.95	Music	None Given

Video		Audio
Pan & Scan/Full Frame	None	English Dolby Digital 2.0 (256Kb/s)
Widescreen Aspect Ratio	1.78:1
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 : Bob The Builder : Project: Build It

Title of Disc : Benny's Back!

Year of Production : 2005

Country of origin : UK

What's included? : 6 episodes. These episodes follow straight on from those included on Project: Build It - Chip off the Old Block.

Episode Length : 10 minutes each.

Details of episodes :

Benny's Back - The team are building storerooms in Sunflower Valley. Benny is working in Bobsville but soon Scoop needs his help and he moves to Sunflower Valley.
Spud's Straw Surprise- The team are building a new farmhouse for Farmer Pickles. Spud gets worried that Farmer Pickles is planning to replace him.
Off Road Scrambler - They build a new barn for Farmer Pickles but need to get Scrufty out of their hair. Scrambler is given the job of taking him exploring.
Meet Marjorie - Farmer Pickles is building a factory to process the sunflower seeds into oil. Marjorie, who is an expert in these sort of factories, moves to Sunflower Valley.
Muck's Mud Hut - The team are building a house for Marjorie, however Muck wants to build one made of mud. It doesn't go well.
Wendy's Party Plan - Wendy is planning a surprise party for Bob but the building of a dome keeps getting in her way.

Style of Production : Puppet animation

Premise of show : Bob The Builder has been going for quite a few seasons and the producers decided to spruce it up and change the concept by relocating the main characters to a new location, Sunflower Valley. Bob has won a competition to design and build a new town in Sunflower Valley by proposing a low impact approach known as Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Some new characters are introduced such as Scrambler, a quad bike.

Age Group : 3-10

Related to any other children's shows? : The original Bob The Builder.

Adult's view : I think this is an excellent move to update Bob The Builder and revive interest in the show. The new location makes for some interesting and different story lines rather than sticking to the locations which have been done to death in the old series. They don't go too overboard with the lefty-pinko-tree-hugging-hippy message which is good but it's a worthwhile message so it's certainly worth having in the show. The ongoing story line also improves the show, in my opinion.

Child's view : Certainly there was no issue with my test audience not liking the move to the new location as the characters are maintained. Scrambler has quickly become a favourite of my three year old.

Other Releases of this show available? : This is the third release of the new series and there are lots of the original Bob The Builder available.

Overall : Highly recommended.

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Transfer Quality

Video

The video quality is very good.

The feature is presented in a 1.78:1 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, rich and solid throughout.

There were no noticeable artefacts.

There are no subtitles, unlike previous Bob releases.

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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 and there was no problem with audio sync. There was some noticeable stereo separation in the voices.

The surround speakers and subwoofer were not used.

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Extras

Unlike previous Bob discs this one has no extras.

R4 vs R1

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

The Region 2 release is packaged differently with 5 normal episodes and four short ones. Not available in Region 1 yet.

Summary

A third disc of the new Bob The Builder spin-off, Project: Build It.