A shabby old box, guarded by a mysterious old man patrick troughton, leads a boy into all sorts of magical adventures. Originally a six part tv serial, box of delights also stars devlin stanfield and geoffrey lander. Synopsis a bbc tv adaption of john masefield's classic children's story in which kay harker meets a mysterious punch and judy man who gives him his magical box of delights, which can take people into the past, for safe keeping. Kay soon becomes embroiled in the plots of an evil genius, abner brown. This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Running time 166 minutes region region 2 subtitles english release date 1 nov. 2004