POSTMAN PAT TAKES THE BUS.(Review)

Just for Kids Home Video (800-451 4340), 95 min., $19.95

Postman Pat, BBC Worldwide's top-selling children's character and a licensing phenomenon in the U.K., makes his U.S. debut in this charming video. Postman Pat and his black-and-white cat, Jess, deliver mail to the colorful denizens of the village of Greendale. Pat drives his red Royal Mail van, replete with a basket seat for Jess, through the hills and dales, down lanes and by quaint cottages and shops, stopping to greet neighbors and friends. In this initial volume, viewers are treated to four different stories. In the lead-off title tale, Pat decides to make a change and drive a Royal Mail Post Bus instead of …