24.11.03
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story for Balamory!
The
first ever video and DVD release from the BAFTA nominated CBeebies
television series, Balamory, has become Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Worldwide's best-selling
children's new release title this year in its first six days on
sale.
Fans
of the show have bought almost 21,000 units of Adventures with PC
Plum between the day it went on sale on Monday 17 November and Saturday
22 November, according to sales figures from the Official UK Charts
Company. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's online shopping site,
experienced ten times the average number of pre-orders for the much-anticipated
release.
Commenting
on the success, Julia Posen, Publisher, Children's Video at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ
Worldwide said: "We're delighted that Mysteries with PC Plum
has been such a hit with Balamory fans. Balamory is a wonderfully
unique programme and we hope to release a series of videos and DVDs
based around children's favourite themes and the characters from
the show."
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ
Worldwide's award-winning software publishing division, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Multimedia,
is planning to appeal further to Balamory's young fans with the
release of a PC CD-ROM game in the New Year. BAFTA award-winning,
Glasgow-based Absolute Studios will be developing an interactive
game which, through series of fun activities, will help children
to develop key skills including spelling and letter recognition,
matching numbers and recognising familiar character and objects.
Since
Balamory first aired in Autumn 2002, the daily adventures of the
residents of the fictional Scottish seaside town along with songs,
poems, dances have charmed and delighted the nation's children.
The colourful town of Tobermory in the Isle of Mull where some of
the scenes for the programme are filmed, has experienced a large
increase in visitors hoping to catch sight of some of their favourite
characters.
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