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Famous Five 90s Style – Our live reactions to Five on a Treasure Island part two

Posted on November 14, 2025 by Fiona

Welcome to part two of our opinions on pullovers, parenting and picnics. [While Uncle Quentin naps in his chair Julian sneaks into the study and knocks over a stack of books] Fiona: You’re supposed to be finishing a book in … Continue reading →

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Famous Five 90s Style – Our live reactions to Five on a Treasure Island part one

Posted on October 30, 2025 by Fiona

To cheer ourselves up after enduring Peril on the Night Train Stef and I decided to watch some of the 90s Famous Five and started, naturally with Five on a Treasure Island. I don’t know if you’ll be able to … Continue reading →

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Monday #773

Posted on October 27, 2025 by Fiona

The clocks went back yesterday so it got dark even earlier. At least it leant a spooky air to the halloween party we were at after school. Letters to Enid part 78 and Famous Five 90s Style: Five on a … Continue reading →

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Monday #677

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Fiona

Stef has returned home (boo), I’m back at work (ugh) it’s cold and rainy (sob). On the plus side Stef and I watched an episode of the 90s Famous Five last week so I can bring you our thoughts on … Continue reading →

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Monday #533

Posted on June 26, 2023 by Fiona

It doesn’t happen all that often but there is Enid Blyton related news this week! The BBC have announced a new Famous Five adaptation which, apparently, is already being filmed! There will be 3 90 minute episodes and it will … Continue reading →

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The most misleading Famous Five covers

Posted on April 27, 2022 by Fiona

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 →

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What Would Julian Do? The Religion of Julianity

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Fiona

I don’t even remember quite how this started, but in 2011 Stef and I created a Facebook page called Julianity. We’ve just scheduled it for deletion, actually, as it had been a very long time since we have posted anything … Continue reading →

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The Famous Five covers through the years, part 1: 1940s-1990s

Posted on December 8, 2018 by Fiona

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 →

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Funniest Scenes from the 90s Famous Five

Posted on April 19, 2018 by pippastef

Especially in the second series of the 90s Famous Five, we had some cracking funny and cringe worthy moments.  I thought we would have a look three of the best ones. 3. Uncle Quentin’s sandwiches in Five Run Away Together … Continue reading →

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Famous Five on TV

Posted on March 3, 2018 by pippastef

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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Famous Five 90s Style: Five on a Treasure Island, part 2

Posted on June 14, 2017 by pippastef

Last week we looked into the first of the 1990s Famous Five episodes and actually it came out quite well  in the grand scheme of the episodes. So shall we have a look at how part two shapes up compared … Continue reading →

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Famous Five 90s Style: Five on a Treasure Island, part 1

Posted on June 9, 2017 by pippastef

For me, where it all began For many, Enid Blyton’s books were the beginning of their journey into the world of Blyton’s Famous Five, Secret Seven, Five Find-Outers and Adventure series and, yes, I did read Five Go to Mystery … Continue reading →

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A Guide to Blyton on TV and in film

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Fiona

This is a 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 titles … Continue reading →

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Famous Five 90s Style: Five Are Together Again

Posted on April 15, 2016 by pippastef

Now the general consensus from Blytonites is that Five Are Together Again is one of the weakest series endings to come from Blyton, and that it really isn’t the best adventure the Five could have ended on. If you think … Continue reading →

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Famous Five 90s Style: Five Have a Mystery to Solve

Posted on March 16, 2016 by pippastef

Five have a Mystery Solve is somewhere in the middle of my rankings of the Famous Five stories. Its neither one thing or the other. It signals the end of the series and the downward curve it takes from there. … Continue reading →

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Famous Five 90s Style: Five Go to Demon’s Rocks

Posted on February 24, 2016 by pippastef

Five go to Demons Rocks is one of my favourite books and one of my first books as a child, although it was much later on in my life when I actually read the story. Again I see it as … Continue reading →

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Famous Five 90s Style: Five on Finniston Farm

Posted on February 10, 2016 by pippastef

Five on Finniston Farm has to be one of my all time favourite adaptations in this TV series. It is possibly because I watched it when I was younger, and had the video on permanent loan from the library (my … Continue reading →

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Famous Five 90s Style: Five Get into a Fix

Posted on January 13, 2016 by pippastef

This episode is probably one of the furthest from the book you can get. It in the second series and it’s just a shame that the budget perhaps wasn’t big enough to provide the sort of snowy back drop that … Continue reading →

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Famous Five 90s Style: Five Go to Billycock Hill, part 2

Posted on December 4, 2015 by pippastef

I know there has been a break in the flow of my reviews of Five Go to Billycock Hill, for which I apologise, but when the break is made up of those gorgeously gooey macaroons, can you agree with me … Continue reading →

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Famous Five 90s Style: Five Go to Billycock Hill, part 1

Posted on November 20, 2015 by pippastef

Another two parter from series two, and we’re back to splitting the episodes again because I couldn’t find a block of 50 minutes to watch the two back to back (this week has been crazy busy) but I’ll walk you … Continue reading →

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