"towards the end of the original Famous Five ""era"" (1942–63) so as to make the point that the books were already becoming outmoded while they were still being written. Both parodies made use of Famous Five set pieces, such as the surrender of the criminals at the end when Julian states ""We're the Famous Five!"", the arrival of the police just in the nick of time, and the appeal for ""some of your home-made ices"" at a village shop. Unlike the books, the four children in the Comic Strip parody are all siblings, and none is the child of Aunt"
"the stables and hear about the gypsies, the fun begins. The four children meet a blacksmith who tells them a story about ""Mystery Moor."" The four children decide to follow the gypsies and camp on the moor. There is something strange happening on ""Mystery Moor"". The Famous Five risk their lives and follow the gypsies across the moor—but will the trail lead to danger? Five Go to Mystery Moor Five Go to Mystery Moor (published in 1954) is a popular children's book written by Enid Blyton. It is the thirteenth novel in the Famous Five series of books. George and"
"Five Get into Trouble Five Get into Trouble is the eighth novel in The Famous Five series by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1949. In this novel, Dick gets kidnapped, mistaken for another boy whose name is Richard. The Famous Five track him down to a lonely, out-of-the-way house, but they are seized and imprisoned too. The five are allowed to go on a cycling holiday after a lot of argument. While there, they meet a boy called Richard Kent. His father is rich but fierce and once had a bodyguard named Rookie, whom Richard didn't like and"
"The Famous Five (1978 TV series) The Famous Five is a British television series based on the children's books of the same name by Enid Blyton. It was broadcast on ITV over two series in 1978 and 1979. It was produced by Southern Television in 26 half-hour episodes. Production for the series began in 1977, with filming commencing during the summer of that year. The series was produced by Southern Television in a co-production with a German company. The episodes were recorded on location and on film (rather than the more usual video tape), making it the most expensive children's"
"Five on Finniston Farm Five on Finniston Farm is the eighteenth novel in the Famous Five series by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1960. This summer the Famous Five are all set to spend their holidays at Finniston Farm as paying guests. Having arrived there, the five are greeted by a pleasant Mrs Philpot and her unfriendly twin children Henry and Harriet often referred to as the Harries who look alike, talk alike and seem to take an instant dislike to the five. The five also get to meet their fellow pair of paying guests an American Mr"
"Enid Blyton Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was an English children's writer whose books have been among the world's best-sellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Blyton's books are still enormously popular, and have been translated into 90 languages; her first book, ""Child Whispers"", a 24-page collection of poems, was published in 1922. She wrote on a wide range of topics including education, natural history, fantasy, mystery, and biblical narratives and is best remembered today for her Noddy, Famous Five, Secret Seven and Malory Towers series. Following the commercial success of her"
"the rescue. When all of them return to the farm they find a party being arranged as it is Morgan’s birthday. The gamebook ""The Shuddering Mountain Game"" (1987) was based on this novel. Five Get into a Fix Five Get into a Fix is a children's novel written by Enid Blyton and published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1958. It is the seventeenth book in the Famous Five series. The novel begins with the four and their dog Timmy, having the worst Christmas holidays ever with coughs and colds at Julian’s house. To recover Julian’s mother sends them to a"
"and is determined to investigate with the others. This leads to some exciting Development. Five Go Adventuring Again Five Go Adventuring Again (published in 1943) is the second book in the Famous Five series by the British author, Enid Blyton. Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy return to Kirrin Cottage for the Christmas holidays. Dick and Julian have a tutor, Mr Roland, during the holidays in order to catch up with the work they missed while off school sick. George's parents tell Mr Roland to teach George also, since George has just spent her first term at boarding school and"
"Five Go Adventuring Again Five Go Adventuring Again (published in 1943) is the second book in the Famous Five series by the British author, Enid Blyton. Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy return to Kirrin Cottage for the Christmas holidays. Dick and Julian have a tutor, Mr Roland, during the holidays in order to catch up with the work they missed while off school sick. George's parents tell Mr Roland to teach George also, since George has just spent her first term at boarding school and is behind her age level. One day during the holidays, the children visit Kirrin"
"Five Are Together Again Five Are Together Again (published 1963) is a children's novel in The Famous Five series by Enid Blyton. It was first published by Hodder and Stoughton and in its first edition illustrated by Eileen Soper. This is the 21st and last complete novel to feature the Famous Five and was published 21 years after their first adventure ""Five on a Treasure Island"". The children are supposed to be staying at Kirrin Cottage, but as soon as George's mother and father's maid Joanna catches scarlet fever, the Five are sent to live with an old friend, called"
"Five on a Treasure Island Five on a Treasure Island (published in 1942) is a popular children's book by Enid Blyton. It is the first book in ""The Famous Five"" series. The first edition of the book was illustrated by Eileen Soper. It has been suggested that the book was influenced by L. T. Meade's 1892 book ""Four on an Island"", which also recounts a story of four related children including a tomboy along with a dog living on an island with a shipwreck. When siblings Julian, Dick and Anne learn that they cannot go for their usual summer holiday"
"and in 2013 as a German film, ""Fünf Freunde 2"". Five Get into Trouble Five Get into Trouble is the eighth novel in The Famous Five series by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1949. In this novel, Dick gets kidnapped, mistaken for another boy whose name is Richard. The Famous Five track him down to a lonely, out-of-the-way house, but they are seized and imprisoned too. The five are allowed to go on a cycling holiday after a lot of argument. While there, they meet a boy called Richard Kent. His father is rich but fierce and once"
"Five Fall into Adventure Five Fall Into Adventure is the ninth novel in The Famous Five series by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1950. The five meet up at Kirrin Station and find Aunt Fanny and Uncle Quentin are going to Spain on holiday, leaving the five at home with their cook, Joanna. On the beach they meet a gypsy girl called Jo. After the house is burgled, George is kidnapped, and Jo comes with a card telling them to leave some documents to exchange for George. The wrong papers were left, and George is not released. After"
"Five Go Off to Camp Five Go Off To Camp is the seventh novel in the Famous Five children's adventure series by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1948, and was followed by a number of reprints and translations. The story revolves around mysterious ""spook trains"" that the Five hear about on a lonely moor. The book has been adapted to two television series. Julian, Dick, George (Georgina by rights), Anne and Timothy the dog (the Famous Five) are planning to go camping in a moor with the absent-minded and insect-loving Mr Luffy, a master at Julian and Dick's"
"Five Go to Billycock Hill Five Go to Billycock Hill is the sixteenth novel in the ""Famous Five"" series by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1957. The Five are camping again, this time on Billycock Hill, which is near the farm of Toby, a boy who thought he was a hero. When Jeff, a Royal Air Force-pilot and Toby's cousin, flies off late on a stormy night with the newest aeroplane which is full of secrets, the Five are stunned. The media claims Jeff has flown away and people think he is a traitor. Could Jeff really be"
"the real excavation of treasure take place. Five on Finniston Farm Five on Finniston Farm is the eighteenth novel in the Famous Five series by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1960. This summer the Famous Five are all set to spend their holidays at Finniston Farm as paying guests. Having arrived there, the five are greeted by a pleasant Mrs Philpot and her unfriendly twin children Henry and Harriet often referred to as the Harries who look alike, talk alike and seem to take an instant dislike to the five. The five also get to meet their fellow"
"Five Have a Mystery to Solve Five Have a Mystery to Solve is the twentieth novel in the Famous Five series by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1962. As the penultimate book in the Famous Five series, it follows the usual formula of finding secret passages, drinking ginger beer, hunting treasure, and foiling evil-doers. A 6-part Children's Film Foundation film serial was produced in 1964, directed by Ernest Morris. The film starred David Palmer (Julian), Amanda Coxell (George), Darryl Read (Dick), Paula Boyd (Anne), Michael Wennink (Wilfred). Filmed mainly on location in Cornwall, United Kingdom, and at Bushey"
"Five Get into a Fix Five Get into a Fix is a children's novel written by Enid Blyton and published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1958. It is the seventeenth book in the Famous Five series. The novel begins with the four and their dog Timmy, having the worst Christmas holidays ever with coughs and colds at Julian’s house. To recover Julian’s mother sends them to a farmhouse in the Welsh mountains for the last week of their holiday. The Five had nearly reached their destination, when they get lost in the dark and drive up a dead-end driveway leading"
"Five Go to Demon's Rocks Five Go to Demon's Rocks is the nineteenth novel in ""The Famous Five"" series by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1961. Julian, Dick and Anne are coming to Kirrin to stay for a couple of weeks with their cousin, George (Georgina by rights), but Quentin's colleague Professor Hayling and his son Tinker (and monkey Mischief) arrive first. There isn't enough room at Kirrin Cottage for everybody to stay, so Tinker suggests he and the Five go to his lighthouse at Demon's Rocks up the coast. On arrival at the lighthouse, they settle in,"
"children of the original Famous Five, embark on a new series of adventures. During these adventures the new Famous Five are able to make use of newer technology such as laptop computers and mobile phones which had not been invented in their parents' day. The show has attracted some criticism from some Blyton fans. Vivienne Endecott, a member of the Enid Blyton Society, has said she was ""wary"" of the show, telling ""The Daily Telegraph"" ""I don't really see how you can take the Famous Five out of their era, which is 1940s Britain; anybody can write about four children"
"Five Find-Outers The Five Find-Outers and Dog, also known as The Five Find-Outers, is a series of children's mystery books written by Enid Blyton and first published between 1943 and 1961. Set in the fictitious village of Peterswood based on Bourne End, close to Marlow, Buckinghamshire, the children Larry (Laurence Daykin), Fatty (Frederick Trotteville), Pip (Philip Hilton), Daisy (Margaret Daykin), Bets (Elizabeth Hilton) and Buster, Fatty's dog, encounter a mystery almost every school holiday, always solving the puzzle before Mr Goon, the unpleasant village policeman, much to his annoyance. At the beginning of the series Larry is 13, Fatty, Pip"
"UK in June 2012 by Koch Media. A new 45-minute interview (recorded earlier in 2012) with the original cast is featured on one of the Series 1 DVDs. The Famous Five (1978 TV series) The Famous Five is a British television series based on the children's books of the same name by Enid Blyton. It was broadcast on ITV over two series in 1978 and 1979. It was produced by Southern Television in 26 half-hour episodes. Production for the series began in 1977, with filming commencing during the summer of that year. The series was produced by Southern Television in"
"bicycle trips and swimming. Blyton intended to write only six or eight books in the series, but owing to their high sales and immense commercial success she went on to write twenty-one full-length ""Famous Five"" novels, as well as a number of other series in similar style following groups of children discovering crime on holiday in the countryside. By the end of 1953 more than six million copies had been sold. Today, more than two million copies of the books are sold each year, making them one of the best-selling series for children ever written, with sales totalling over a"
"Five Run Away Together Five Run Away Together (published in 1944) is the third book in the Famous Five series by the British author Enid Blyton. Julian, Dick and Anne arrive in Kirrin Cottage to stay with George (real name Georgina) for the holidays. They plan to spend time exploring Kirrin Island but their happiness is spoilt when Aunt Fanny falls ill and has to leave with Uncle Quentin to be treated in a far-off hospital. They are cared for by Aunt Fanny's temporary cook, Mrs Stick, who is accompanied by her husband and their ghastly son Edgar. The Sticks"
"""Guardian"" article published in 2005 Lucy Mangan proposed that The Famous Five series depicts a power struggle between Julian, Dick and George (Georgina), in which the female characters either act like boys or are talked down to, as when Dick lectures George: ""it's really time you gave up thinking you're as good as a boy"". To address criticisms levelled at Blyton's work some later editions have been altered to reflect more liberal attitudes towards issues such as race, gender and the treatment of children; modern reprints of the Noddy series substitute teddy bears or goblins for golliwogs, for instance. The"
"Five Go to Smuggler's Top Five Go to Smuggler's Top is the fourth book in the Famous Five series by the British author, Enid Blyton. The Five are sent away to Smuggler's Top, the home of Mr Lenoir, a fellow-scientist of Uncle Quentin, after a tree blows onto Kirrin Cottage. Smuggler's Top is a weird house in a town surrounded by dangerous marsh. They meet Pierre ""Sooty"" Lenoir (Julian's and Dick's schoolmate and the son of Mr Lenoir) and his half-sister Marybelle. Mr Lenoir hates dogs, so Timmy has to spend his time there hidden in secret passages. The boys"
"Five Go Off in a Caravan Five Go Off In A Caravan is the fifth book in the Famous Five series by the British author, Enid Blyton and published by Hodder and Stoughton. The Famous Five go on a caravan holiday, which ends up in another adventure for the intrepid gangsters when they meet a travelling circus, where some of the circus folk have more sinister plans than just clowning around. The story begins on a hot sunny day when the children see a circus go by. This gives George an idea for a camping holiday. The others are excited"
"Five Go Down to the Sea Five Go Down To The Sea is the twelfth novel in The Famous Five series by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1953. In this novel, The Famous Five decide to spend their time at a lonely and haunted farm in Cornwall suggested by Uncle Quentin and encounter Mr Penruthlan. They hear a story of the long-ago wrecking business. However, lights are being shone at night directing ships to the rocks. Is there a mystery on the way? This book has nineteen chapters describing the adventures of the Five. The novel begins with"
"Tinker, and his famous scientist father, who first appeared in ""Five Go To Demon's Rocks"" (1961). When top secret papers belonging to the scientist go missing, it is left up to the children to find the thief, whoever he is. There are some circus folk camping in Tinker's field. Five then head to the castle in the moor near TInker's field and kotch during the day. They eat lashings of pork belly mixed with tuna and jam hard. Five Are Together Again Five Are Together Again (published 1963) is a children's novel in The Famous Five series by Enid Blyton."
"Peter Lerangis. The stories which have Georgina Parker or Gina for short on them are from British author Enid Blyton's The Famous Five (1942-1963). She wrote 21 books. Television series were made in 1977 and again in 1995. The name Gina and eventually her full characteristics were based on the series. Other characters were transformed into Tin Goyenda by Hasan. The Famous Five series included two brothers and a sister whose cousin was ‘Georgina Kirrin’. These characters were transformed into the characters of Kishore, Musa & Robin. Their cousin Georgina had the dog named ‘Timmy’ which was called ‘Ruffian or"
"The Famous Five failing to go on a cycling trip. So Uncle Quentin sends them to a farm in Cornwall. However, on the way there,they pass a mysterious hole on another street. Eventually they reach their destination, where they meet Mr Penruthlan, the farm’s owner. The gamebook ""The Wreckers’ Tower Game"" (1983) was based on this novel. Five Go Down to the Sea Five Go Down To The Sea is the twelfth novel in The Famous Five series by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1953. In this novel, The Famous Five decide to spend their time at a"
"Five on a Hike Together Five on a Hike Together is the tenth novel in the Famous Five series by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1951. Two pupils at Julian’s and Dick’s school win a scholarship, so that the school gets extra holidays. Because Anne and George have a mid-term break at the same time the Five decide immediately to go for a hike across the countryside. Julian plans to spend their first night at a bed and breakfast called Blue Pond Farm-House, but on the way there Timmy falls into a rabbit burrow and damages his leg."
"Blyton's birth with the title ""The Famous Five"" and later released on DVD as ""The Famous Five – Smuggler's Gold – The Musical"". Principal actors: Elizabeth Marsland, Lyndon Ogbourne, Matthew Johnson, Vicky Taylor, Jon Lee, Director: Roz Storey and also in the five A brand new musical adaptation was premièred at the Tabard Theatre on 8 December 2009 and played until 10 January 2010. Two sets of gamebooks in a ""Choose Your Own Adventure"" style have been published. These books involve reading small sections of print and being given two or more options to follow, with a different page number"