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Dom Robinson reviews

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The Complete Willo The Wisp is another of Kult Kidz's compilations for an entire series of children's magic which has been released on DVD.

If you've been down to the woods today you may have spotted some little creatures in the forest in the form of the aforementioned Willo the Wisp, the nosy gossip and storyteller, Evil Edna, the wicked witch that's a TV set, Mavis Cruet, the too-fat-to-fly fairy, Arthur the cynical, down-to-earth caterpillar, The Moog, the simple, stupid sausage dog, Carwash, the pompous and short-sighted cat and The Beast, once a "pwince" but now a beast.

All 26 near-5-minute episodes are here, including :

The episodes included are :

1. The Bride-Groom
2. Edna's Secret
3. Food for Thought
4. Holidays
5. The Dragon
6. The Wish-Bone
7. The Chrysalis
8. The Magnet
9. Wugged Wocks
10. The Flight of Mavis
11. The Thoughts of Moog
12. The Joys of Spring
13. Games with Edna
14. The Hot, Hot Day
15. Halloween
16. The Gnome
17. Boring old Edna
18. The "You Know What"
19. The Bean-Stalk
20. Cats and Dogs
21. The Midas Touch
22. The Viqueen
23. The Potion
24. The Beauty Contest
25. Magic Golf
26. Christmas Box


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A perfect picture we have not been given, but children's TV production values weren't concerned with HDTV and anamorphic widescreen back in 1981, so if you can get past all the print defects there is a watchable show underneath. I was unable to determine the average bitrate, but it is free of artifacts.

The sound is very scratchy as each episode begins, but oh, the memories of the theme tune! Once you understand that the DVD is a penny short of a tenner and it's the content that counts, you'll soon forgive them for a lack of Dolby Digital Surround EX 6.1 :)


Extras :

Just one to speak of: a red "Do Not Touch" sign amongst the extras. I'll leave you to find out what it does.

Sadly there are no subtitles, but the chaptering is fine with one for each of the 26 episodes. Don't zoom through them too fast though as the DVD just crashes your machine otherwise.

There's a small amount of animation as Evil Edna zaps someone when you go through the individual chapters and changes their appearance.


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Another cheap DVD compilation and another must-buy, it's that simple and it joins the likes of The Complete Flumps on the digital home format.

I shall look forward to more output from Kult Kidz in the near future. The Official Kult Kidz Website gives info on many other favourites from yesteryear such as Crystal Tipps and Alistair, Mary Mungo and Midge, Hector's House, Ludwig, Fred Bassett, Mr. Magoo, Willo The Wisp, Fingerbobs and.... wait for it... Bod!

The next titles are likely to include another compilation of various shows, plus a DVD each of Bod and Bagpuss.

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Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2000.

The following is a list of all the Kult Kidz DVDs reviewed online to date :

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