Ben & Holly - Big Ben & Holly [DVD]

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Ben and Holly meet some of the friendly aliens [from Picnic on the Moon], and a small green one called Zyros, who are on holiday when their flying saucer crashed into Earth. 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. Mr. Elf has built a new boat to replace the one Big Bad Barry ate. So Mr. Elf is very nervous when the king commands him to take them all on a cruise to a tropical paradise. Will Big Bad Barry strike again? Springtime in the Little Kingdom brings out tulips, daffodils, hedgehogs, and two very hungry gnomes. Nanny Plum and the Wise Old Elf come up with a plan to stop the gnomes from eating everything in sight. Mrs. Fig's magic school has been crashed by a falling apple. A cake stall is arranged to pay for the repairs, but no one can eat Queen Thistle's cakes.

Naughty Daisy and Poppy magic their teacher, Mrs. Fotheringill, to the centre of the Earth. Granpapa Thistle leads Ben and Holly on a dangerous mission through dinosaurs and volcanoes to find the missing teacher.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 accidentally smashes the Queen's new teapot, and Ben tries to help her repair it, but it doesn't work. After a mishap involving a demonstration of the magic money chest and buttons, King Thistle tries to do a job to get a gold coin, with chaotic results. Ben, Holly, and King Thistle decide to send Gaston to Miss Jolly's pet school and he meets his friends there. But soon, Gaston learns how good it is to be himself. The duo befriends a caterpillar called Betty, who wishes she could fly, and King Thistle advises them to fatten her up. They soon get a big surprise the next day! Queen Thistle wants to take a day off, so Ben, Holly, Nanny, and the King have to look after the naughty twins, Daisy and Poppy, for the day. But even all the elves in the Little Kingdom can't help them keep the twins out of trouble.Everyone is visiting snooty King and Queen Marigold's Castle. King and Queen Marigold give them a which features a room made of ice sculptures and an upside-down room. 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.

Mr. Elf is overworked, so King Thistle sentences him to a holiday. He isn't too pleased. Mrs. Elf and Ben, however, are overjoyed by the news. Meanwhile, Nanny takes over the food deliveries. 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. Part 2 of the Second Christmas Special) Ben and Holly set out on a Christmas rescue mission to save the 3 trapped grown-ups from Part 1, but they all end up in Lucy's house for a Merry Christmas with Lucy and her family!Ben and Holly want to play with Gaston the ladybird, but he is missing. Nanny Plum uses her magic crystal ball to retrace Gaston's steps and find his whereabouts.

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. It's Father's Day in The Little Kingdom and all the dads are given a day off work to go and play together in the meadow. Ben and Holly are surprised to learn that The Wise Old Elf is a dad too, with three sons of his own. 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. Ben is in training for the elf games, Holly wants to join in but the rules state there is no flying or magic allowed. Ben gives Holly one last chance to join in without using her magic.

Ben and Holly go to the beehive to see how honey is made. The Wise Old Elf is the beekeeper and proceeds to show the children his special way of collecting honey. Gaston catches a cold, so King Thistle invites him to stay at the castle while his old home is being repaired due to a leak in the roof. Holly's father struggles to cope during a busy day, in which he has to launch a boat, judge a fruit and vegetable competition and make a speech at a dance festival. 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.