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Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom: Season 1

52 episodes Premiered May 4, 2009 Updated Jul 23, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

The Royal Fairy Picnic

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Holly invites Ben to the annual Royal Fairy Picnic. King Thistle hopes there won't be a repeat of last year's magical jelly flood!

S1·E2

Gaston The Ladybird

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Ben and Holly like to play with Gaston the ladybird. One morning when they come to his cave the find it empty and moreover it's absolutely filthy. Thinking it will cheer up Gaston

S1·E3

Holly's Magic Wand

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Holly loses her magic wand. Without it, the little fairy can't do any spells! Can Ben use his elf skills to locate the magical baton?

S1·E4

The Elf Farm

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Holly goes to the elf farm with Ben and Mr Elf to collect an egg for the king's breakfast. While they are there, however, a huge chicken escapes and runs amok throughout Little Kin

S1·E5

Daisy and Poppy

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Holly and her friends must stay in the courtyard and play with Daisy and Poppy. All is fine until the twins borrow a magic wand, escape from the castle and turn the whole kingdom i

S1·E6

Queen Thistle's Teapot

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Holly breaks her mother's new teapot, and Ben tries to help her repair it.

S1·E7

The Frog Prince

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Holly accidentally turns Ben into a frog, and only makes things worse as she tries to rectify her mistake.

S1·E8

The King's Busy Day

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

King Thistle struggles to cope during a busy day, in which he has to launch a boat, judge a fruit competition and make a speech at a dance festival.

S1·E9

Fun and Games

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Ben uses his elf skills to win at games, so Holly teaches him a lesson.

S1·E10

King Thistle is Not Well

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

King Thistle gets a cold, so Holly and the gang work together to collect the ingredients for a magic potion to make him better.

S1·E11

The Lost Egg

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Ben, Holly and Gaston the ladybird find a large egg in the meadow. When a tiny chick hatches, the friends must find the mummy bird.

S1·E12

The Elf Games

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Ben is in training for the games. Holly wants to join in but the rules state there's no flying or magic allowed.

S1·E13

Nanny Plum's Lesson

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Nanny Plum teaches the girls some important fairy rules. However, when she is blown away, Ben, Holly and Gaston come to her rescue.

S1·E14

The Elf Factory

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

It's almost Christmas and the elves are busy making toys. When there is a problem with the toys, a little bit of magic is needed to save the day.

S1·E15

Mrs Witch

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Nanny takes Ben and Holly to visit a witch in the forest. When Nanny is rude to the witch, she gets frozen by magic.

S1·E16

Elf Joke Day

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Holly and Ben help the Wise Old Elf play a trick on Nanny Plum. She doesn't see the funny side, so decides to turn him into a giant snail!

S1·E17

King Thistle's New Clothes

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

The king comes to visit. When Nanny accidentally shrinks all of the king's clothes, she magics some more from vegetables in the kitchen.

S1·E18

Elf School

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

The Wise Old Elf tells Holly and Ben that no magic should be used at school. Holly finds it difficult to get by until Nanny uses magic to help her.

S1·E19

The Royal Golf Course

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

A mole disturbs King Thistle's golf course, so he hires a gnome to drive it away.

S1·E20

Morning, Noon & Night

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

The Wise Old Elf teaches the children how to tell the time, and takes Ben and Holly to see the big clock at the top of Elf Tree.

S1·E21

Gaston's Visit

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Gaston catches a cold, so Holly invites him to stay at the Little Castle. Soon Gaston is taking over, eating the king's food and sleeping in his bed!

S1·E22

A Trip to the Seaside

May 11, 2009 · 11 min

Holly joins Ben and his family on a trip to the seaside. Holly must use magic to rescue herself and Ben when the tide comes in and they are stuck in their castle.

S1·E23

Ben's Birthday Card

Apr 6, 2009 · 11 min

Holly forgets Ben's birthday, and rushes home to make him a birthday card. But Nanny has stopped all magic, so Holly has to make the card herself.

S1·E24

Books

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

After Queen Thistle reads the children a story about the stars, they wonder where stars go in the daytime. When they cannot find the answer in the castle's magic books, Ben and Hol

S1·E25

Betty Caterpillar

Apr 7, 2009 · 11 min

Ben and Holly make a new caterpillar friend, but she is sad that she cannot fly. King Thistle says that feeding Betty will do the trick, and before long she turns from chubby cater

S1·E26

Queen Holly

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Holly is left in charge when King and Queen Thistle go away on important business. But ruling the Little Kingdom is not as easy as it looks...

S1·E27

Tooth Fairy

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

The duo discover that Nanny Plum is a tooth fairy by night, and head out on the job with her, but they receive a shock when they catch sight of the little girl they are visiting.

S1·E28

The Elf Windmill

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Mr Elf demonstrates why it takes so long to make flour, but Nanny Plum refuses to wait, and uses magic to speed up the elf windmill.

S1·E29

The Elf Band

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Holly and her parents try to impress Snobby King and Queen Marigold with help from the elf band.

S1·E30

The Ant Hill

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Things start to go missing all over the kingdom, and Ben and Holly realise that ants are stealing their possessions.

S1·E31

Redbeard The Elf Pirate

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Barnaby elf's uncle Redbeard has lost all his treasure, prompting Holly and Ben to follow the clues in an effort to track it down.

S1·E32

Tadpoles

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Holly takes frogspawn home to look after, but is shocked the following morning to discover it has turned into tadpoles.

S1·E33

Cows

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

The children visit a big farm to find out where milk comes from.

S1·E34

Queen Thistle's Day Off

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Holly, Ben, Nanny and the King have to look after naughty twins Daisy and Poppy for the day.

S1·E35

Nature Class

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Nanny Plum takes the children for a lesson in the woods and uses magic to transform herself into a frog.

S1·E36

The Toy Robot

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

The friends fix a broken toy robot, only for it to start cleaning out the castle.

S1·E37

Big Bad Barry

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

King Thistle goes fishing with Mr Elf, Ben and Holly, and decides they should catch the meanest fish ever - Big Bad Barry - for their supper.

S1·E38

King Thistle's Birthday

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Everyone is confused when the King declares no one is allowed to celebrate his birthday, because he does not want to get any older.

S1·E39

The Wand Factory

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Holly breaks her wand and must go to the factory at the bottom of the Great Elf Tree to get it fixed.

S1·E40

Camping Out

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Holly goes on a camping trip with Ben and his parents, but the annoying Mr Gnome turns up.

S1·E41

Dinner Party

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Snooty King and Queen Marigold invite themselves to dinner at the castle, where they sample Nanny Plum's cooking.

S1·E42

The Woodpecker

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

King Thistle is confused when his magic bird-spotting book fails to identify a new creature that has made a nest in the castle.

S1·E43

Daisy & Poppy's Pet

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Nanny Plum conjures up a hamster for the twins, but the naughty new pet causes chaos in the castle.

S1·E44

The Elf Rocket

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

King Thistle competes with the elves to build a rocket that can fly to the moon.

S1·E45

Picnic on the Moon

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

The visitors venture out of the rockets onto the moon, but quickly realise they do not have enough fuel to return home.

S1·E46

Lucy's Picnic

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

The elf and fairy children learn how the rubbish left after a picnic can be recycled into new toys.

S1·E47

Acorn Day

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

A gang of squirrels appears at the Great Elf Tree determined to store acorns inside, but the Wise Old Elf has other ideas.

S1·E48

The Elf Submarine

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

The duo set sail to retrieve Redbeard the pirate's sunken treasure, but Big Bad Barry tries to stop them.

S1·E49

Visiting the Marigolds

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

Everyone visits King and Queen Marigold's castle, but chaos ensues.

S1·E50

The Party

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

The twins cause chaos when they invite their friends to the castle for a birthday party.

S1·E51

Snow

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

The youngsters help when Mr Elf forgets to deliver the last box of toys to Father Christmas.

S1·E52

The North Pole

May 4, 2009 · 11 min

The elf plane is forced to make an emergency landing en route to delivering the last batch of Christmas presents.