Children’s Film Foundation Bumper Box Vol. 4 (DVD)

9 more classic adventures from the Children’s Film Foundation released for the first time on DVD in this 3-disc set

Had enough of the hideous here and now? Take a moment of me-time, turn off your phone and whizz back to analogue days with this effervescent assortment of retro-cinema corkers from the Children’s Film Foundation – Britain’s best-loved makers of quality children’s cinema for kids young and old, from the boxy blazered 1950s to the synthetic-fibred 1980s.

This very British cinematic rabbit hole leads to a land of eccentric fun, silly scrapes and escapist thrills where you’ll encounter nine marvellous feature-length mini-masterpieces for kids, not to mention a sumptuous sideshow of unusually invigorating extras. So grab your outsize bag of sherbet lemons, crack open a Vimto and settle down for a terrific box-set binge to beat those modern-world blues!

The Films:

• The Dog and the Diamonds (1953)
• The Stolen Airliner (1955)
• Blow Your Own Trumpet (1958)
• The Missing Note (1961)
• The Big Catch (1968)
• Blinker's Spy-Spotter (1972)
• The Flying Sorcerer (1973)
• Mr Selkie (1978)
• Gabrielle and the Doodleman (1984)