Ben & Holly - Big Ben & Holly [DVD]

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They say that at the end of every rainbow is a pot of gold. So rainbows are a pirate's best friend - if you're looking for treasure. But, if like Captain Squid, you are hiding treasure. Rainbows are a pirate's worst enemy! Snooty King and Queen Marigold invite themselves round for dinner at King and Queen Thistle's Castle to sample Nanny Plum's cooking. Nanny; the best cook in the world, tries hard to cook special modern food. Nanny Plum believes she works harder than The Wise Old Elf. The Wise Old Elf believes he works harder than Nanny Plum! King Thistle commands them to swap jobs for the day to settle the argument.

A magical card arrives at the Little Kingdom, inviting everyone to a party at Granny and Granpapa Thistle's castle. The party is full of wonderful surprises and Granpapa shows everyone his funny hobbies. The Elf Factory is deep down in the roots of The Great Elf Tree. It is almost Christmas time and the elves are busy making toys. When there is a problem with the toys a little bit of magic saves the day. The bath tap at the Little Castle is dripping, so the elf plumber is called. It’s a bigger job than first expected, but with snooty King and Queen Marigolds coming around, there’s not much time to get it looking tip-top.Three baby ladybirds, Amber, Emerald, and Keith, have come to stay at their uncle Gaston's for the day. The baby ladybirds are exhausting! So Ben and Holly help Gaston to keep them entertained. Holly accidentally breaks her wand and must go to the Wand Factory at the bottom of the Great Elf Tree to get it fixed. Out playing in the meadow, Ben, Holly, and their friends find a broken toy robot. Holly fixes it with magic, but the robot does not behave as they thought it would, and soon it is trying to clean out the whole castle. King Thistle catches a cold, so Ben, Holly, and Nanny Plum collect the ingredients for a magic potion to make him heal sooner or later.

Part 2 of the First Christmas Special) The elf airplane makes an emergency crash-landing en route to delivering the last batch of Christmas presents. King Thistle does not want to get any older so decides that no one must celebrate his birthday. But all of the Little Kingdom has been waiting to celebrate the King's birthday with a brilliant party. The children are at the Elf Farm, but to learn where milk comes from they must visit a Big Farm, to find cows. They travel to Lucy Big's Farm, where she shows them all the animals. When a spell accidentally goes wrong, Ben and Holly grow to human size! Now they can play with Lucy and her friends and want to stay big forever! Nanny Plum, Gaston, Ben, and Holly go with Lucy to her school on Nature Day, whilst trying to not be seen by her friends or her teacher, Miss Cookie. Imagine all the chaos that follows!The children are playing a game of superheroes. When Strawberry takes her supervillain a bit too far, it is up to 'Elf Man' and 'Fairy Girl' to save the day. Part 1 of the First Christmas Special) The youngsters help when Mr. Elf hasn't forgotten to deliver the last box of toys to Father Christmas.

Holly and Nanny Plum join Ben at Elf School, where the Wise Old Elf tells them that strictly no magic should be used. All the Elf children are very good at building their toys. Nanny Plum takes the Fairy children for a Nature Class in the woods and bumps into the Wise Old Elf, who is teaching a Nature Class to the Elf children. King Leopold has announced he is paying a visit to The Little Kingdom. Everyone is very excited that they have a VIP coming and preparing to welcome him in style. King Thistle is feeling left out... he is a king too! Strange holes are appearing throughout the Little Kingdom. It's the Dwarves, deep underground, digging for treasure! A solution must be found before the Dwarves dig up everything.

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Redbeard the Elf Pirate sets sail to find the lost city, but soon finds himself in trouble and in need of saving. A young witch is planning on moving into Mrs. Witch's house. Mrs. Witch has to come out of retirement to keep her place in the Little Kingdom. It is the time of the year for the blue moon which gives no fairy magic for one day of the year and also stops the Elf Factory's "Great Elf Engine" from working - and the fuel is magic. (Nanny Plum knows that the Elves hate magic, so she asks the Wise Old Elf why the Great Elf Engine is fueled by magic. The Wise Old Elf says that magic "has a low carbon footprint and it never stops working".)