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The Herbs and The Adventures of Parsley
On this page ..... All the dvd releases.
Adventures of P. - " Works of Art by Dill "
Released on February 12th,2007
EAN number - 5012106932074
One Disc. Total run time - approx. 62 mins
1. Works of Art by Dill 2. The Crystal Ball 3. Dill's Day
4. The Quiz 5. Dill's Television 6. Eggs and the Golf ball
7. On Strike 8. The Pop Group
Compilation dvd
(ie. includes other kids tv series)
"Santa's Favourites" was a compilation dvd released at the end of 2006,featuring seasonal episodes
from lots of different Filmfair series -including one from The Adventures of Parsley.
ie. a similar "taster" idea to the newspaper freebies,except that this was a commercial release.
And,if you ever needed proof of Filmfair's contribution to kids tv,then how's this for a cv ....
The Adventures of Parsley .... The Wombles .... Paddington Bear .... Huxley Pig .... Nellie the Elephant ....
The Perishers .... and .... Moschops.
Moschops ?
A mid-80's effort featuring colourful,cuddly dinosaurs.Good fun,allbeit one of the least popular things they produced.
In short,a hard-to-find release,but thoroughly recommended.
Not only as a great showcase of Filmfair's work,but also a great little window into what UK kids' animation used to be like before CGI.
And a fitting way to end the page I think.
Footnote ....
There was a fault with the first batch of pressings.
Episode 7 of The Herbs - "Miss Jessop Tidies Up" - ended abruptly,lopping off the last few minutes of footage.
This was rectified for all subsequent pressings.
All the other releases [below]
When the above boxset came out these 5 earlier piecemeal releases ceased to have much relevance.
For the record though ....
The quality of the footage is comparable to the boxset,except for the very first release which is noticeably worse and should be avoided ....
Adventures of P.- " Cowboys and Indians "
Released on February 27th,2006
EAN number - 5012106931725
One Disc. Total run time - approx. 60 mins.
1. Cowboys and Indians 2. Aunt Mint's Barbecue Party 3. Toothache
4. Dill's Who's Who Entry 5. Parsley's Invention of a Mechanical Dog
6. Holiday's at Home 7. Parsley at a Loose End 8. Dill's Restaurant
9. Sage's Birthday 10. Buried Bones 11. The Conch Shell
12. Putting on a Show
" Parsley the Lion & The Herbs "
2 Herbs eps + 8 Adventures of Parsley
Release Date - Unknown. But deleted Autumn 2005
EAN number - 5050582234244
One Disc. Total run time - approx. 52 mins.
Extras - none
Free promotional dvds
The Distributor,AbbeyHomeMedia,had actually acquired the rights to handle the entire Filmfair back-catalogue,and not just the 2 Herbs series.
And the dvds below were given away by newspapers as part of a promotional blitz to publicise its own retail website.
Although as it only sold stuff they had the rights to and wasn't any cheaper than the big online retailers,then I'm not sure why anyone would have bothered quite frankly.
But fair do's.These were free ....
The Express Herbs dvd had 2 episodes.
The Express Advens of Parsley dvd had 6.
And both came out in August 2007.
The Times one had 5 Herbs episodes
And came out in January 2008.
The Herbs -" The Snake Charmer "
Released on February 12th,2007
EAN Number- 5012106932081
One Disc. Total run time - approx. 50 mins
1. Pashana Bedhi,the Snake Charmer 2. Miss Jessop Tidies Up
3. Parsley and the Circus Lion 4. Sage's Singing Lesson
5. Strawberry Picking
1. Sage's Birthday
2. Buried Bones
3. The Conch Shell
4. Putting on a Show
5. Works of Art by Dill
6. The Crystal Ball
7. Dill's Day
8. The Quiz
1. The Birthday Party 2. Tarragon & the Egg
The Herbs -" Parsley's Tail "
Released on February 27th,2006
EAN number - 5012106931527
One Disc. Total run time - approx. 70 mins
1. Parsley's Tail
2. Sage's Nest Blows Down
3. Belladonna the Witch
4. Tarragon and the Eggs
5. The Chives Catch Colds
The complete boxset
As of 2023,the most recent release. [ Released May 19th, 2008 ]
Disc 1 - All 13 Herbs episodes
Disc 2 - All 32 Adventures of Parsley
Total Running Time - Approx. 3 Hours 20 Minutes.
Extras - None
EAN number - 5012106933194
The 1st ever DVD release ...
The later dvds brought out by Abbey Home Media ( listed above ) all claimed to be the "first time on dvd".
But it was only the 1st time by them.
Because the one directly below was the very 1st release,courtesy of another company,Universal.
And it remains the only dvd of the bunch where you can get a flavour of both series on the same disc.
But ... the quality of the footage is sub standard when compared to all the later releases.And it's really best avoided.
