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7.2/10 TV Written by Enid Blyton Country of origin United Kingdom First episode date 10 September 1995 Network ITV Tyne Tees | 7.5/10 IMDb Genre Adventure, Children's Theme music composer Joe Campbell
Paul Hart Original language(s) English Final episode date 16 February 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Jemima Rooper
Paul Child
Marco Williamson
Laura Petela
Christopher Good
Mary Waterhouse Cast Jemima Rooper, Laura Petela, Paul Child, Christopher Good | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Famous five on a treasure island part 1
The Famous Five is a British television series based on the children's book series of the same name by Enid Blyton. It was first broadcast on Tyne Tees Television and HTV from 10 September 1995 onwards, and on CITV (the children's strand of ITV) from 1 July 1996 onwards; there were two series between 1995 and 1997, produced by Zenith North and Tyne Tees in 26 twenty-five-minute episodes.
Contents
- Famous five on a treasure island part 1
- The famous five 1970 s then now
- Broadcast
- Cast
- Episodes
- DVD releases
- References
The famous five 1970 s then now
Broadcast
Cast
Episodes
First Series (initially shown on HTV and Tyne Tees)
- Five on a Treasure Island (part 1) (10 September 1995)
- Five on a Treasure Island (part 2) (17 September)
- Five Get into Trouble (24 September)
- Five Go Adventuring Again (1 October)
- Five Fall into Adventure (8 October)
- Five Go to Demon's Rocks (15 October)
- Five on Kirrin Island Again (22 October)
- Five on Finniston Farm (29 October)
- Five Go Off to Camp (5 November)
- Five Have Plenty of Fun (12 November)
- Five on a Secret Trail (19 November)
- Five Go to Smuggler's Top (part 1) (26 November)
- Five Go to Smuggler's Top (part 2) (3 December)
Second Series (initially shown on HTV)
- Five Go Down to the Sea (part 1) (10 November 1996)
- Five Go Down to the Sea (part 2) (17 November)
- Five Run Away Together (24 November)
- Five Have a Mystery to Solve (1 December)
- Five Go to Mystery Moor (8 December)
- Five (Go) On a Hike Together (15 December)
- Five Have a Wonderful Time (part 1) (5 January 1997)
- Five Have a Wonderful Time (part 2) (12 January)
- Five Go Off in a Caravan (19 January)
- Five Get into a Fix (26 January)
- Five Are Together Again (2 February)
- Five Go to Billycock Hill (part 1) (9 February)
- Five Go to Billycock Hill (part 2) (16 February)
DVD releases
The series has been released in the Netherlands as a region 2 dvd boxset. Despite the covers and menus being in Dutch it contains the original English language soundtrack. Also despite it being labelled as complete it does not contain Five Go to Smuggler's Top.
The series has been more recently released in Australia as More Adventures Of The Famous Five. Unlike the Dutch release it is complete. As a bonus the boxset contains the Children's Film Foundation serial Five Have A Mystery To Solve.
Despite it being a British programme there has only been one DVD release in the UK which is Five On Treasure Island. This was released in 2004.