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Category Archives: Blyton on TV
The Adventure Series on TV: The Castle of Adventure
I have already watched and reviewed the 8 episodes of The Adventure Series made in New Zealand. You may have tried to repress this information (I know I have) but they couldn’t make The Castle of Adventure, as the rights weren’t … Continue reading
Famous Five 70s Style: Five Run Away Together
As we know, I managed to lose the track of which Famous Five episodes I had reviewed, which is why we have come back to Five Run Away Together. I completely skipped it for some reason! Anyway shall we get on … Continue reading
Blyton’s Britain, part 2
Last time I brought you a selection of destinations in London and Buckinghamshire where you could go and be close to our favourite authoress Enid Blyton. This week I’m going to start looking down by the coast, the south west … Continue reading
Monday #207
Proving she is still current Enid Blyton featured in a CBeebies video about female authors, alongside Jacqueline Wilson, Beatrix Potter and Malorie Blackman. I thought it was done this year for World Book Day but it turns out it’s actually … Continue reading
Famous Five 70s Style: Five Are Together Again, part 2
The second part of Five Are Together Again, makes for interesting viewing. In this blog I will look at the differences and changes from the novel and as usual we will find out whether the changes are good or bad. … Continue reading
The Adventure Series on TV: The making of feature
On the final disc of the set is a feature called The making of The Enid Blyton Adventure Series. I can’t say I noticed one on the Secret Series DVD but I will have to check that. THE SERIES IN … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, The Adventure Series, The Adventure Series on TV, The Making Of
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Famous Five 70s Style: Five Are Together Again, part 1
Like a lot of the 70s episodes of the TV series, Five Are Together Again comes in two parts. For me that means another blog and for us as viewers it means more content from Enid Blyton’s book on the TV screen. Gloria … Continue reading
The Adventure Series on TV – The River of Adventure
Here I am going back to the penultimate episode after watching in book order. I rate River as my least favourite anyway, so I suspect this could be quite dire. I imagine a lot will have to be changed, as … Continue reading
The Famous Five 70s Style: Five Go to Demon’s Rocks, part 2
This is going to sound harsh as I know that there are people out there who love the theme tune for the 70s Famous Five but after several false starts (I put the wrong DVD in for the episode three … Continue reading
Famous Five 70s Style: Five Go to Demon’s Rocks, part 1
Not being as familiar with the 70s Famous Five as I am with the 90s one, I clearly didn’t realise that Demon’s Rocks was a two-parter! I thought it was just one episode and actually it’s two, so next week … Continue reading
Famous Five 70s Style: Five on Finniston Farm
Five on Finniston Farm, in my humble opinion, has always been one of my favourite later Famous Five novels. In my opinion I think that it one of the three books in the latter part of the series that brings … Continue reading
The Adventure Series on TV: The Circus of Adventure
So two things before I start this week. Firstly, I had forgotten that the TV series has mucked about the order of the episodes. For some reason they have River as the seventh and Circus as the eighth. I promised … Continue reading
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Tagged The Adventure Series, The Adventure Series on TV, The Circus of Adventure
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Famous Five 70s Style: Five Get Into a Fix
Five Get Into a Fix is one of my favourite books of the Five series; I love the imagery of the snow-capped Welsh hills, the tobogganing, the skiing and all of that. It’s one of the only Christmas stories and … Continue reading
The Famous Five 70s Style: Five Go to Billycock Hill
Before I start properly, I want to apologise to everyone because I believe that at the beginning of this series of blogs I said I would review the episodes as they appeared on the collectors’ edition boxed set discs. As … Continue reading
Famous Five 70s Style: Five on a Secret Trail
This episode is one I remembered from my childhood, I think it was one that I had on video with Five on a Hike Together. I don’t remember a lot of the episode as a rule, but I certainly remember … Continue reading
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Tagged 70s Famous Five TV Series, Five on a Secret Trail, Gertan Klauber, The Famous Five
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The Adventure Series on TV: The Ship of Adventure
This is my second least favourite of the series (River being the least) so you have been warned, this review may be more negative than usual. It’s not that I don’t like the book, it’s just not as good as … Continue reading
Famous Five 70s Style: Five Go to Mystery Moor
Five Go to Mystery Moor is one of my most watched 90s Famous Five episodes, but I have to admit that I’ve only watched the 70s one a handful of times. So re-watching this episode felt new, and interesting. Read … Continue reading
Noddy: Toyland Detective
This is the latest of many Noddy adaptations for the small screen. A joint venture between the American, British and French it has been made by DreamWorks (the people behind Shrek and Kung Fu Panda). It has been showing in … Continue reading
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The Adventure Series on TV: Mountain of Adventure
This series has certainly had ups and downs in its run so far. For me, Island was an acceptable adaptation, Woods was absolutely awful in every way, Valley was an unexpected success and then Sea was another reasonable episode. Shall … Continue reading
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