Tag Archives: The Adventure Series

The Adventure Series on TV: The Castle of Adventure, part 3

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Fiona

The previous episode ended on a cliff-hanger (almost literally) as Dinah plunged from a tree into the enormous moat around the castle. I’m fairly confident that she will be OK, however, given that she is unlikely to disappear from the … Continue reading →

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The Adventure Series on TV: The Castle of Adventure part 2

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Fiona

I have now watched the second episode of the eight. Previously we saw the children arrive at Spring Cottage which is beside some sort of military operation, and Jack and Philip have been spied on by a strange man. PREVIOUSLY … Continue reading →

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The Adventure Series on TV: The making of feature

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Fiona

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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The Adventure Series on TV – The River of Adventure

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Fiona

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 →

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The Adventure Series on TV: The Circus of Adventure

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Fiona

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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The Adventure Series on TV: Mountain of Adventure

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Fiona

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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My five favourite Blyton animals

Posted on November 11, 2016 by pippastef

I thought I would break up the TV series reviews a bit and bring you something different this week. I decided to go through some of Blyton’s well loved animal characters and look at my top five. I’m going to … Continue reading →

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The Adventure Series on TV – The Sea of Adventure

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Fiona

I think that Valley of Adventure has to be the strongest episode of this series so far (and far better than anything from The Secret Series had to offer). I really hope the series can stay on form at this point … Continue reading →

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My three Favourite Blyton adults

Posted on October 16, 2016 by Fiona

As so often is the case Stef had a good idea for a blog and now I am going to shamelessly  copy her and do the exact same. Strangely, coming up with three favourite adults has been a lot easier … Continue reading →

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The Adventure Series on TV – The Valley of Adventure

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Fiona

I am going to watch the third episode from The Adventure Series this week – and thankfully we are back to a familiar title and hopefully a more familiar plot! THE ALWAYS MYSTERIOUS PRECREDITS SCENE This time we are on … Continue reading →

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The Adventure Series on TV – The Woods of Adventure

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Fiona

The Woods of Adventure? I hear you ask. No, this is not a long-lost Blyton title you’ve never heard of. I’m not quite sure how all the copyright laws work, but earlier in the 90s there was a mini-series make … Continue reading →

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The Adventure Series on TV – The Island of Adventure

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Fiona

Several people have told me that The Adventure Series got a better adaptation than The Secret Series did, so here I am about to test that theory. FIRST UP: THE THEME SONG This sounds like it should be part of a … Continue reading →

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2015 birthday and Christmas present round up

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Fiona

I can say I was truly spoiled last year, and I was lucky enough to get a whole pile of Blyton gifts between my birthday and Christmas. I will most like end up reviewing them all in-depth at some point, … Continue reading →

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The Island of Adventure – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 13

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Fiona

We are finally in the home stretch for this lengthy comparison. There were only three chapters left of the book and I got them all done tonight! For my next comparison series I will pick something short – I’m thinking … Continue reading →

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The Island of Adventure – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 12

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Fiona

The first week of our new schedule hasn’t quite gone to plan. Tonight I settled down to  review Cheer Up, Little Noddy for you. Unfortunately when I opened the book I discovered it started on page 19. Nearly a third … Continue reading →

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The Island of Adventure – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 11

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Fiona

I managed to get through three chapters again this week, this time 22, 23 and 24. Only five more to go, now! The rest of the series is here, in posts one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine and … Continue reading →

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The Valley of Adventure by Chris

Posted on July 8, 2015 by worldofblyton

In this final discussion of my top three Adventures I look at my number one choice, The Valley of Adventure. First published by Macmillan in 1947, it is the third of the series. The first edition dustjacket, by the ever-excellent … Continue reading →

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The Mountain of Adventure reviewed by Chris

Posted on June 24, 2015 by worldofblyton

This is the second of my reviews of my top three in the Adventure series. At number three was Castle and here I discuss my number two – The Mountain of Adventure. As before, I won’t summarise the plot in detail … Continue reading →

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The Island of Adventure – How has Blyton’s original text fared in a modern edition? part 10

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Fiona

I managed to get through three chapters this week, 19, 20 and 21. Earlier chapters are here, in posts one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and nine. My copy of the book is an 8th impression from 1955 … Continue reading →

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The Castle of Adventure reviewed by Chris

Posted on June 10, 2015 by worldofblyton

Having recently reviewed my top three ‘Famous Fives’, I’m now beginning a series on my top three of the ‘Adventure’ series, of which the first, at number three in my ranking, is The Castle of Adventure. The series are very … Continue reading →

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