Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom is a ten minute animation series for pre-school children set in a tiny land of elves, fairies, small animals and insects. These characters are so small that to them flowers and blades of grass seem like mighty trees. Each episode combines situations that will be familiar to small children (including playing games, snowy days, holidays, birthdays, bathtime) with the magical elements that are part of everyday life for fairies and elves.

The stories revolve around the daily lives of Holly, a tiny five-year-old fairy princess and her best friend Ben, an elf of the same age. Because Holly is a young fairy she is still learning how to do magic properly and her spells often don't work out quite as planned. She also has quite a bit to learn about flying and mostly flutters close to the ground.

Ben is a young elf. Elves can't do magic and they don't have wings. But elves are very brave, can run fast and are very good at making things – especially toys. Ben is extremely proud of being elf.

Series details

• Title: Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Adventure, Children
• Premiere date: 2010-04-14
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-12-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: 5
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 13 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 4.5/10
• TVMaze ID: 5684
• TVDB ID: 136941

Cast and credited roles

• Preston Nyman — Ben Elf
• Sian Taylor — Princess Holly

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2010-04-14; final listed air date 2011-02-07; episode order: 52.
• Season 2: premiered 2012-10-01; final listed air date 2014-12-26; episode order: 52.

Source and licence

Adapted from Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.