Advantages: Henson puppets rock
Disadvantages: gets addictive

...It's only over the last 3 years that I was made aware of Bear in the Big Blue House when it was on Channel 5's Milkshake - a series of programs aimed at the under 5's on between 6.30 and 9.30 in the mornings. Every time the theme tune for this came on my son would stop what he was doing from an early age and start laughing - we ended up taping one episode to start with just to stop him crying, it was great. Now 3 years on he still loves this big furry bear and all his friends who he helps along the way. Bear lives in Woodland valley in a big blue house and there are a number of friends who spend time with him. Tutter is a small blue mouse who lives in the house with Bear - he has his own little mouse hole where he tries to fit as much cheese into as possible. OJo is a young female bear cub who's favourite toy is snow bear. Pip... Read review

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Advantages: Wonderful story
Disadvantages: Too quiet for some children?

...What would YOU do if a polar bear appeared at your bedroom window one night? After the runaway success of The Snowman, Channel 4 was very keen for Raymond Briggs to provide a sequel. He was not keen on the idea, but the idea of adapting his bestselling book ‘The Bear’ arose. To follow the style of The Snowman, subtle changes to the story in the book were made. The relationship between the little girl (Tilly) and the Bear has been emphasised and the dialogue contained in the book has been dropped, to be replaced by an orchestral score. The animation is very strongly based on the original pictures, and has been hand coloured in pencil, giving a look that is instantly recognisable to a fan of Raymond Brigg’s work. ### The story begins when a young polar bear is separated from his family and rescued by a boat. Years later, Tilly... Read review

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Advantages: Wonderful music, great animation, unique storyline
Disadvantages: None! (maybe the length of it..)

...Having seen 'The Snowman' on numerous occasions and absolutely loving it, I decided to buy 'The Bear' since it was in the sale. I wasn't disappointed! 'The Bear' is based on the book by Raymond Briggs and was released in 1999. The cover of the dvd case has a blue background with the bear on the front of it and Tilly, the little girl in the film. At the top of the dvd case 'The Bear' is written in large white letters and 'based on the book by Raymond Briggs' underneath it. At the bottom of the case it says 'from the makers of the Snowman' in purple letters. The picture on the dvd disc is a picture of the polar bear of the star constellation 'Ursa Major', which is really beautiful, the at the side it has a picture of Tilly riding on the bear. On the inside of the dvd case there are some really interesting 'Bear Facts' which... Read review

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Advantages: Great family film
Disadvantages: No Comment