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The Herbs: From the good old days of BBC television when quality was the prime consideration and 24hr reality, property and cookery show banality was but a distant nightmare. Originally one of the series used for the Watch With Mother slot (beautifully non-PC), and narrated by the versatile Gordon Rollings who, incidentally presented the first edition of Play School in April 1964, this charming set of stories features characters named after various herbs. So we have Parsley the Lion, Dill the Dog, Bayleaf the gardener and so on, each of whom has his or her own signature song. There is a whimsical humour throughout which makes it equally entertaining for adults, but I am certain the main audience for this is the 50-somethings who watched it as children the first time round. The series was released on VHS back in the 1990s but it is good to have the programmes presented in far better DVD quality now and presented as they were intended to be shown, complete with start and end titles and not messed about with. The Adventures of Parsley: This was a pre-evening news 5 minute spin-off from the Herbs used by BBC1 just before the evening news, usually at 5.40pm. It competed with The Magic Roundabout and Captain Pugwash et al for the slot and features all the main characters in The Herbs. Also narrated by Gordon Rollings, and again presented here complete with titles and not messed with unlike the previous VHS BBC release. Well worth buying, over 6 hours of great quality fun on two DVDs. But then I am one of those 50-somethings!Read full review
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If you are a child of The Seventies, this DVD will bring back lovely memories. Modern little children will enjoy it too, because of its simplicity, but don't expect the CGI generation to appreciate it similarly! Those of CBeebies age will enjoy the gentle humour and stories of Parsley and The Herbs.
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It was nice to see the characters and the the stories again, but it lacks the individual songs, sung by each of the characters, when they first appeared in each episode, which made the programme.
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It was amazing to show my kids my favourite programme as a kid, they absolutely loved it too and it brought back memories for me
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Its fantastic thank you
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