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The Brilliant Book (2014)

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Country
United Kingdom

How it feels

A British children's series about a nine-year-old boy named Benjamin who has autism. Each episode is loosely based on a letter of the alphabet and shows Benjamin and his friends having adventures. The show includes animated segments and film clips, and Benjamin adds his experiences to a special book.

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What happens

The Brilliant Book is a British television series for children. It follows Benjamin, a nine-year-old boy, who has autism, and charts his and his friends' adventures. The show comes in 30-minute episodes, each of which are "loosely based on a letter of the alphabet". It has animated segments and film clips of Benjamin and his friends; each day Benjamin adds an adventure to his "brilliant book". The show is created by Rhonda Merrick, a US native who lives in Britain; she also does the animations. The "Benjamin" of the show is her own son Benjamin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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