Childrens Film Foundation Bumper Box Volume 6 DVD   British Film Institute

Children’s Film Foundation Bumper Box: Volume 6 offers up another glorious opportunity for a warm wallow in nostalgia, showcasing nine more of the best feature-length Saturday Morning Pictures ever made, from the UK’s best-loved, longest running purveyor of quality cinematic entertainment for kids.

You’ll find escapist fun and vintage thrills galore for all the family in this latest selection of terrific time-capsules and corking old-school classics, unleashed at last from the vaults of the BFI National Archive – from the far-away 1940s, right up to the electric 1980s, alongside a sumptuous array of exciting retro extras and a brand-new documentary.

As usual, there are well-known names galore, with films showcasing such famous screen faces as Francesca Annis, Jeremy Bulloch, Susan George, Joe Brown, Wilfrid Brambell, Irene Handl, Michael Elphick, Gareth Thomas, Patricia Hayes - on a set which offers something for everyone.

The Films:

Mystery on Bird Island (1954), One Wish Too Many (1956), The Cat Gang (1958), Rockets in the Dunes (1960), Davey Jones’ Locker (1965), Lionheart (1968), Smokey Joe’s Revenge (1974), Black Island (1978), Danger on Dartmoor (1980).