Mr Benn [SEP] country of origin
most of it was thrown into a rubbish skip in the 1970s.
After over thirty years, a brand new Mr Benn episode was screened for the first time on 1 January 2005, on the United Kingdom channel Noggin. The episode was based on McKee's 2001 book "Mr Benn - Gladiator".
The series was voted the sixth most popular children's television programme in the 2001 Channel 4 poll "100 Greatest Kids' TV shows". It was also rated number 13 in the "50 Greatest Kids TV
as of 2017, the project remains dormant. In an interview with the BBC in May 2014, McKee stated that, on a film version: "I'd like to see that [the film] happen, because Mr Benn's a big boy and he can live his own life. I think he's right for being developed on the big screen".
Character origin.
Mr Benn lives in London at 52 Festive Road, which was inspired by Festing Road in Putney where David McKee used to live.