Last Sunday Yonderland hit
our screens. The new T.V. programme aired on Sky One and includes the cast of
the famous CBBC children’s TV show Horrible Histories.
Yonderland
follows 33-year old Mum Debbie Maddox who finds herself in a strange world
inhabited by a collection of weird, and usually idiotic, characters with only
an elf by her side. The story begins with Debbie thinking that she’s going mad.
Perhaps she is, as an enthusiastic elf appears from a kitchen cupboard telling
her that she is needed in another world for she is their saviour who they call ‘The
Chosen One’.Debbie is sure that there has been a mistake, but still decides that whatever the elf might need her to do can't be any worse than watching another episode of ‘What's in the Box?’, so she lets him drag her through a portal to the other world. As she does her best to help knights and monks who are incapable of lying and a race of people intent on firing the cleverest amongst them into the sun, the question is, can she fulfill the prophecy and save the world from the dark forces that are gathering to end it, and will she make it back to the real world in time for the school pick up?
The show is a real family favourite with plenty of humour for all ages. I loved when the gallants prepared to fight to the death over a point of politeness and the oracle who lived in an enormous mound of jelly. Yes, this does all sound rather bizarre but I recommend that you tune in and find out for yourself!
Olivia Haigh, year 8
