Makaton Nursery Rhymes

Jan 1, 2012

0h 40m

★ 10.0

Makaton

Overview

Nineteen popular children's nursery rhymes, signed, sung and spoken by Dave Benson Phillips of BBC Playdays fame. Funded by a grand from the BBC Children in Need Appeal 1990/91 and originally release on VHS in 1992. The Makaton signs in this video are derived from British Sign Language (BSL) with some finger spelling.

Genres

Family

Music

Production Companies

Felgate Productions Ltd

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Cast

Himself

Dave Benson Phillips

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0.0

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6.3

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5.8

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0.0

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5.8

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6.0

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0.0

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6.4

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0.0

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5.3

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