Famous Five Grumpies!
Remember the Famous Five children's adventure stories by Enid Blyton? The series began in 1942 with Five On a Treasure Island (cover shown) and has never been out of print. Chorion - the firm that owns the copyright for Enid Blyton's work - has come up with the daft idea of resurrecting Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog as middle-aged grumpies and doggy descendant for an adult TV series! It sounds an absolute bummer. However, Chorion has a good track record as producer of ITV's successful Marple and Poirot series, both of which have excellent production values. It hopes the nostalgia trail will work again, but where is the nostalgia in a 21st Century setting? And should Chorion be encouraging gang culture and vigilantism in this day and age?
posted by Unknown @ 29.8.07
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You may not remember, but back in 1982 the Comic Strip did a spoof called "Five go Mad in Dorset" which was an absolute hoot.
It starred Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Peter Richardson, etc.
If that quality could be achieved, it would be a worthwhile series :)
Hi, Munzly
I missed that one.
Unfortunately, I think they intend the new Famous Five to be tackling serious mysteries. As a comedy it might work.
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