[ When the first of the three new adaptations of Enid Blyton’s The Famous Five, The Curse Of Kirrin Island, aired in December, the BBC stated that it was making the programme for “a progressive new audience”. And because the creator behind the reboot, Nicolas Winding Refn, is also responsible for ultra-violent films like Drive … Read more
[ Enid Blyton’s Famous Five series of novels have captured the imagination of generations of children, selling millions of copies every year since the 1950s. The stories, set around a cast of five children on their school holidays who inevitably get caught up in adventures, have been already been the target of numerous film and … Read more
[ Enid Blyton probably didn’t have a ‘woke’ bone in her body, but she loved the entertain children – and this adaptation does just that January 2, 2024 1:22 pm(Updated 1:46 pm) (L-R) Julian (Elliott Rose); Anne (Flora Jacoby Richardson); Dick (Kit Rakusen); George (Diaana Babnicova) in the BBC’s The Famous Five (Photo: James Pardon) … Read more
[ For a simple straightforward author of children’s books, Enid Blyton can’t half cause some trouble. Two authors had quite the dingdong about her on Radio 4’s Today programme on Saturday. She has been accused of being racist, too middle-class, not woke enough, not a demanding enough read. There are calls for her to be … Read more
