The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill

YMA recommendation

Approved as non-violent media, with caution. Accidental harm

Most suitable age range:

2-4

Availability

At time of review, screening on ABC free to air and Foxtel.

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About the program

Year/s of production	2005-ongoing
Rating	G
Consumer advice lines	None
Duration	15 minutes per episode
Country of origin	Singapore/Australia
Production Company	Southern Star

Synopsis

Bottle Top Bill and his best friend Corky have all sorts of adventures together as they go about their lives helping everyone who needs assistance, often in very creative ways.

Points to consider

Words of caution

Accidental harm includes:

a wild sheep that causes chaos by organizing a sheep stampede, attempting to sabotage a farmer’s mechanical equipment and toppling his neatly stacked crates of apples
a tricky troll that takes a fairy’s wings and tramples fields of flowers. Eventually he does give them back and shows how sorry he is.

Positive aspects

Demonstrate creative problem solving skills and show many ways of finding creative solutions to various situations
Create objects in such a way that children would be able to make the same objects at home
Combine everyday objects in interesting ways to create new things.

Questions to ask

What was wrong with the wild sheep’s behaviour?
How do you think that the farmer felt?
What should the wild sheep have done?
Do you think that the wild sheep was sorry for what he did?
What would be a good consequence to help the sheep learn how his actions affected others?