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Tag Archives: 70s Famous Five TV Series
The most misleading Famous Five covers
While doing the worst covers I almost chose several which actually had good or at least reasonable artwork. I was picking them as terrible because they don’t match what actually happens in the book. There are various very generic covers … Continue reading
The Famous Five covers through the years, part 1: 1940s-1990s
The Famous Five books have been in print for nearly 80 years now, and along the way they have appeared with a lot of different looks from the original Eileen Soper covers to TV tie-ins and famous illustrators. We will … Continue reading
Famous Five on TV
As we all know, there have been various adaptations of the Famous Five books for the TV and big Saturday afternoon screenings back in the fiftes, but I thought we’d just have a look at the reviews I’ve done over … Continue reading
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Tagged 70s Famous Five TV Series, 90s Famous Five TV Series, The Famous Five
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Famous Five 70s Style: Five Go to Kirrin Island part 2
So if you have managed to follow the title of this piece – which if you’re not hugely up to speed with the 70’s Famous Five might take some explaining (however look back here for a bit more of an idea … Continue reading
Famous Five 70s Style: Five Go to Kirrin Island part 1
Right so, a long time ago at the beginning of time (for this blog) I had this crazy notion that I was going to compare these TV series like for like and side by side. I did give it a … 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
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
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 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
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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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
Famous Five 70s Style: Five Go Down to the Sea, part 1
As far as I am concerned Five go Down to the Sea comes in three different stories. The premise is the same in each, there is something going on in this quiet Cornish village that the Five stumble across and … Continue reading
Famous Five 70s Style: Five Have a Wonderful Time
Five Have a Wonderful Time was one of the Fives that brought my attention back to Enid Blyton when I was about eleven or twelve. I remember coming across the Millennium editions in the local library and loving that they … Continue reading
Famous Five 70s Style: Five on a Hike Together
For those of you who are avid and regular readers of the blog, you all probably know my favourite Famous Five novel is Five on a Hike Together and the adaptations on to screen are the most scrutinized due to … Continue reading
A Guide to Blyton on TV and in film
This is a (roughly) chronological list of Enid Blyton’s works adapted for TV and film. I haven’t included stage or theatre productions unless they were filmed. I have tried to include information about who made the work, the cast, episode … Continue reading
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Tagged 70s Famous Five TV Series, 90s Famous Five TV Series, Children's Film Foundation, Funf Freunde, Hanni and Nanni, Malory Towers on TV, Noddy, The Adventure Series DVD, The Castle of Adventure TV series, The Comic Strip Presents, The Five Find-Outers, The Secret Series DVD
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