Tag Archives: Malory Towers

Miss Grayling’s Girls 7 – the rest of her teachers

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Fiona

I seem to preface an awful lot of posts with ‘It’s been a while since the last one of these’ lately. I have a terrible habit of enthusiastically starting a series of posts and then running out of steam despite … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV: A series overview

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Fiona

It took about five months but I have now watched the whole series. In my last post I had intended to give some thoughts on the series as a whole, but rather ran out of space/time having written a lot … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV: Episode thirteen

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Fiona

I’ve come to this last episode wondering how it (and the series) will end. Will there be a huge cliff hanger? We already know why Darrell was asked to leave her last school, Pamela’s story was abruptly resolved when she … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV – Episodes eleven and twelve

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Fiona

We are nearly at the end of the series now, only one more episode to go after these two! In case you missed any of the previous posts: Episodes one and two Episodes three and four Episodes five and six … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV – Episodes nine and ten

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Fiona

Malory Towers went on the iPlayer very early in the lock down, so early April and here I am just getting to episodes nine and ten (of thirteen). I know a lot of people binged it but I watch two … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV – Episodes seven and eight

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Fiona

Reviews of episodes one and two, three and four and five and six. So far I’ve enjoyed this series with its period setting and excellent acting, though at times it deviates quite a bit from the book. Episode seven We … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV – Episodes five and six

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Fiona

I’ve reviewed the series two episodes at a time so far, so you can read about episodes one and two, then three and four if you haven’t already. Episode five We open this episode with the girls playing lacrosse but … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV – Episodes three and four

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Fiona

At the start of the lockdown the BBC released all episodes of Malory Towers onto the iPlayer ahead of their scheduled air date on CBBC on the 6th of April. Despite being very excited I’ve only managed to watch two … Continue reading →

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A ranking of Blyton’s tricks, jokes and pranks

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Fiona

I had thought about doing an April fool of my own but with current events as they are (and a lack of particularly convincing ideas) I thought instead it would be fun to have a look at the best tricks, … Continue reading →

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Monday #365

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Fiona

I’ve rather lost track of the days but I think it’s Monday now! Blyton’s best jokes and pranks and March round up As you know I’ve been watching the CBBC adaptation of Malory Towers. I’ve also discovered there is a … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV – Episodes one and two

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Fiona

I’ve heard positive things from anyone who’s managed to watch it before me, so I have my fingers crossed that this will be a positive review (a rare thing here, sometimes it seems!). I could also do with some cheering … Continue reading →

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Blyton by others: A guide to prequels, sequels and continuations

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Fiona

While writing a guide to our recommended authors if you like Blyton, I had jotted down some other names. These names were of people who had written books featuring Blyton’s own characters, and in the end I decided that these … Continue reading →

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Search terms 10

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Fiona

The latest Google searches, straight from the stats page. Summaries We get a whole load of searches looking for summaries every month. Quite often they are for a book, but equally often they want a poem or chapter summarised. Blyton’s … Continue reading →

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On my bookshelf part 4

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Fiona

I’ve already shown you most of my Blyton collection, as well as my Harry Potter books and some other stuff. So here are the last of my Blytons and then some other vintage children’s book. The last of the Blytons … Continue reading →

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Monday #332

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Fiona

Letters to Enid volume 11 and On my bookshelf, part 3  They go so nice and slowly at first. Then they start to gallop. Anne Kirrin on holidays in Five Go Off in a Caravan. In the Fifth at Malory … Continue reading →

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Malory Towers on TV

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Fiona

I’ve thought before about the possibility of Malory Towers being adapted for screen, small or big! It’s something that appears in our search terms now and again, and I’ve written about various adaptations that could be made, which included Malory … Continue reading →

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Miss Grayling’s Girls 6 – her best teachers

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Fiona

This should really be titled Miss Grayling’s Ladies, I suppose, but as all the other parts have girls in the title I stuck with consistency and not accuracy! Previous parts, about the various girls that attend Malory Towers, can be … Continue reading →

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Summer Term at Malory Towers by Pamela Cox

Posted on May 19, 2019 by Fiona

A couple of months ago I read and reviewed the first of Pamela Cox’s Malory Towers books, New Term at Malory Towers. I wouldn’t say I loved it, though I thought it was a decent attempt at an Enid Blyton … Continue reading →

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New Term at Malory Towers by Pamela Cox

Posted on March 29, 2019 by Fiona

This is the first of Pamela Cox’s sequels to the Malory Towers books. I wrote a bit about the six new books here, and have just got around to reading the first one. My initial impressions Within the first few … Continue reading →

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The Malory Towers covers through the years part 2

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Fiona

I’ve already looked at the covers from the first editions through to ones from 1990, and now it’s time for the rest of the 90s through to the present day. Here comes the nineties While we have had some modernisation … Continue reading →

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