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Join Mr Benn, The Clangers, Ivor The Engine, and Bagpuss as they head up, up and away for exciting adventures in outer space. Mr Benn steps into the Fancy Dress Shop?s changing room and emerges as a Spaceman; Major Clanger makes a flying machine; the mice use their Marvellous Mechanical Mouse Organ to sing Bagpuss a song about a woman who flew up to the Sun; and Ivor The Engine discovers a UFO? or is it?
Characterised by their easy charm, iconic imagery and wonderfully catchy soundtracks, these beautifully-crafted animations feature some of the most enduring TV characters of all time. This special programme is designed to introduce children to a range of televisual delights from the days before CBeebies ? and to bring a nostalgic smile to parents? faces.

Mr Benn
Mr Benn is the ordinary, bowler-hatted office worker who lives in the ordinary suburban street of Festive Road. However, when he tries on a costume in a mysterious costume shop, he steps out of the changing room into a different time and place, appropriate to his apparel. His adventures include him being a Spaceman, a Pirate and an American Indian.

The Clangers
A flutey-voiced family of woolen, knitted aliens living below the surface of a knobbly little planet far out in space. Their misadventures brought them into contact with such unlikely creatures as the Soup Dragon, the Froglets, the Iron Chicken and the Glow Buzzers.

Ivor the Engine
In the top, left hand corner of Wales runs an archaic railway line staffed by such characters as Jones the Steam and Dai Station. Their pride is Ivor, the steam engine with a will of his own and a penchant for such things as looking after dragons in his firebox.

Bagpuss
Bagpuss and his friends are toys in a turn of the century shop for found things. When young Emily brings them a new object, the toys come to life to work out what the strange new thing could possibly be.