Mr Ben the television series was a BBC television series which was broadcast in the early 1970s that was based on Mr Benn books. The series only has fifteen (15) episodes which have been regally repeated on CBBC. After over thirty years, a brand new Mr Benn episode was screened for the first time on 1 January 2005, on the UK channel Noggin. The episode was based on McKee's 2001 book Mr Benn - Gladiator. The series was voted the sixth most popular children's television programme in the 2001 Channel 4 poll 100 Greatest Kids' TV shows.