As usual a bit late with the mid-month, but we have a new series starting today. Enid Blyton's Famous Five was the 70's take on Blyton's famous tale about four kids who had a seemingly endless supply of summer breaks at various places, and who alway seem to find trouble wherever they go. The Five are George (Michelle Gallagher), Julian (Marcus Harris), Dick (Gary Russell) and Anne (Jenny Thanisch). The Five in question is completed by George's dog Timmy (played by Toddy) a Border Collie, who is invaluable as both a clue finder and an ice breaker when they are met by difficult people.
The places were usually on or around Kirrin Island owned by George's father and nearly every crime is covered in some 21 books in the series, The books have been covered in a number of adaptations in comics, radio and of course on TV. This particular one, like the rest, is just a series of stories adapted from the original books, only a handful of them made it into Look-in. In all, 18 stories made it to TV over two series, a third series was planned which would have seen to the remaining books, but the Blyton estate vetoed anyone using the characters in new stories, so sadly the idea was binned.
I didn't see the point in wasting space on stories that had just been shown on TV, and if not for Noble's beautiful artwork, would have gotten bored very quickly. Still, it lasted quite a while and seemed to be enjoyed by readers in the main.
As each story is a pretty good length, I will be uploading them 1 a month, The first story is a short prologue before the first one, so I've uploaded that aswell for today.
Story 1 - Prologue
Story: Adapted by Darell Waters (from the original story by Enid Blyton)
Art: Mike Noble
Story 2 - Five Have A Mystery to Solve
Story: Adapted by Darell Waters (from the original story by Enid Blyton)
Art: Mike Noble
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