schoolgirl connie wants to learn science, not deportment, and gets her chance when she takes a
broken clock to eccentric inventor professor branestawm, who offers to teach her. however snide
councillor haggerstone wants to knock down branestawm's house and replace it with mr bullimore's
giant munitions factory. the townsfolk are against the idea until the professor's tea-making machine
causes chaos at a council meeting and he is forbidden to invent anything until his inventor's permit
is found. evil bullimore attempts to steal the permit and burn down the town hall blaming branestawm
but the tea-making machine proves to be a superb fire extinguisher and branestawm is declared a hero
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eccentric inventor professor branestawm fights the forces of evil in this comedy adventure film,
based on norman hunter's iconic children's books.
armed with a multitude of crazy inventions, and alongside his eccentric allies colonel dedshott, mrs
flittersnoop and young apprentice connie, branestawm, the original mad professor, takes on
scheming businessman mr bullimore and officious local councillor harold haggerstone, to try and
stop their plans to bulldoze his workshop to make way for a giant munitions factory, right in the
middle of town.