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Famous Five 70s Style: Five Fall Into Adventure, part 1

Posted on September 16, 2016 by pippastef

Five Fall Into Adventure is one of the mysteries I don’t really enjoy reading much, so the finer details of the book escape me, but I still know the story well enough to give you a general overview of the … Continue reading →

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Famous Five 70s Style: Five Get Into Trouble, part 2

Posted on September 2, 2016 by pippastef

So here we are looking at the second part of Five Get Into Trouble, and I feel safe in saying that this two-parter has to be one of the best. Now, grab some ginger beer, a sandwich and read on … Continue reading →

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Famous Five 70s Style: Five Get into Trouble, part 1

Posted on August 26, 2016 by pippastef

Five Get into Trouble is one of my favourite books; the complex plot, the danger, the really really bad crooks – plus all the mystery – makes it one super adventure. So I have to say that the rushed twenty-five … Continue reading →

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The Famous Five 70s Style: Five Go Off to Camp, part 2

Posted on August 12, 2016 by pippastef

Last week I brought you part one of Five Go off to Camp, and this week it’s time for part two. I suppose the question we’re asking this week is: can the second part of the adventure be as true to … Continue reading →

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Famous Five 70s Style: Five Go Off to Camp, part 1

Posted on August 5, 2016 by pippastef

Five Go Off to Camp has been split into two parts – good! I say. It’s one of the more mysterious mysteries, and one that I cannot help but be drawn to. The 90s take on the book was unfortunately … Continue reading →

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Famous Five 70s Style: Five Go Off in a Caravan

Posted on July 22, 2016 by pippastef

Five Go Off in a Caravan is one of my favourite stories; I love the magic of the circus and it feels like a proper adventure mystery, the characters are full of charm, wit and villainy. Tiger Dan and Lou … Continue reading →

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Famous Five 70s Style: Five Go to Smuggler’s Top, part 2

Posted on July 15, 2016 by pippastef

Last week I did a review of the first part of Five go to Smuggler’s Top and now I’m going to bring you  a review of the second part. We start this episode off with a recap of what happened … Continue reading →

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Famous Five 70’s Style Five Go to Smugger’s Top, part 1

Posted on July 8, 2016 by pippastef

Now I know I did the 90s series in strict Blytonian order but as a pure mistake (or was it careful planning?) I ended up looking at Five Go to Smuggler’s Top Part 1 instead of Five Run Away Together … Continue reading →

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Famous Five 70s Style: Five Go Adventuring Again

Posted on June 17, 2016 by pippastef

So here we are, starting to look at the 70s TV adapatations of the Famous Five novels. As you well know I’ve done a review of the 90s TV series, so now we need to look into how well the … Continue reading →

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The Famous Five Adventures Card Game played by Fiona

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Fiona

I persuaded Ewan to play this with me last night, and we fell into the same trap as Stef and I did. We drew a card on every turn (the instructions are not quite clear!) and made it pointless to … Continue reading →

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The Famous Five TV Series: Even More (Funny) Captions

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Fiona

The captions I put on a fortnight ago seemed to go down well so I thought I would put some more on this week (as I couldn’t think of anything else to do!) Firstly, carrying on from last week’s leaning … Continue reading →

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The Famous Five 70s Collector’s Edition DVD

Posted on October 20, 2013 by pippastef

When it was announced to be finally hitting the shelves in August of 2012, the fans of the 1970s TV series went into squeals of delight. Many couldn’t wait to get their hands on this box set, which promised to included … Continue reading →

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TV Series Comparison: Five on a Treasure Island

Posted on June 21, 2013 by pippastef

Author’s note: I’m sorry not to be able to bring you a blog from our fabulous Blyton weekend as promised on Monday, but I’ve been so busy I haven’t had time to write it, and certainly not well. So here’s … Continue reading →

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Fiona’s 10 Facts About the Famous Five and Me

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Fiona

Again I find myself inspired to blog by a post of Stef’s (hope you don’t think I’m too much of a copycat!) I too had previously written my 10 facts on the Enid Blyton Society forums, and have reworked them … Continue reading →

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The Famous Five TV Series

Posted on December 18, 2012 by pippastef

There have been a few adaptions of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five for the television and screen over the years. The first was Five on a Treasure Island in 1957, in black-and-white, made as a weekly serial for cinema goers by … Continue reading →

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