Editing The Famous Five (section)

===Television===
====1978–79 series====
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[[File:The Famous Five (cast photo).jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|[[Jennifer Thanisch]] as Anne, Michele Gallagher as Georgina, [[Gary Russell]] as Dick, Marcus Harris as Julian from ''[[The Famous Five (1970s TV series)|Famous Five]]'' (1978–79) television series]]
The  ''Famous Five'' television series was produced by [[Southern Television]] and Portman Productions for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] in the UK, in 26 episodes of thirty minutes (including time for advertisements). It starred Michele Gallagher as Georgina, Marcus Harris as Julian, [[Jennifer Thanisch]] as Anne, [[Gary Russell]] as Dick, Toddy Woodgate as Timmy, [[Michael Hinz]] as Uncle Quentin and Sue Best as Aunt Fanny. It also starred [[Ronald Fraser (actor)|Ronald Fraser]], [[John Carson (actor)|John Carson]], [[Patrick Troughton]], [[James Villiers]], [[Cyril Luckham]] and [[Brian Glover]]. The screenplays were written by Gloria Tors, [[Gail Renard]], [[Richard Carpenter (screenwriter)|Richard Carpenter]] and Richard Sparks. The episodes were directed by [[Peter Duffell]], Don Leaver, James Gatward and Mike Connor. The series was produced by Don Leaver and James Gatward. Most of the outdoor filming was done in the [[New Forest]] and parts of [[Dorset]] and [[Devon]].The series was set in the present day, fifteen years after Blyton's last novel in the series.

Of the original 21 novels, three were not adapted for this series; ''[[Five on a Treasure Island]]'' and ''[[Five Have a Mystery to Solve]]'' because the [[Children's Film Foundation]] still own the film and TV rights to the books, while ''[[Five Have Plenty of Fun]]'' did not fit in the production schedule.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fuenffreundefanpage.at/en_schauspieler78-gary.htm |title=Gary Russell's ('Dick') memories about being Dick |publisher=Fuenffreundefanpage.at |date=23 January 2009 |access-date=3 October 2013}}</ref> Due to the success of the series, Southern Television were keen to make another season of episodes, but the Enid Blyton estate forbade them to create original stories.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://johnslookout.150m.com/five.htm |title=Enid Blyton's Famous Five |publisher=Johnslookout.150m.com |access-date=3 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002225654/http://johnslookout.150m.com/five.htm |archive-date=2 October 2015}}</ref>

The 1978 series was originally released on video by Portman Productions with reasonable regularity between 1983 and 1999, many of which are still easy to find second-hand, although the sound and picture quality is not always what it could be. A four-disc DVD collection, containing 23 of the 26 episodes produced for the 1978 series (and two episodes from the 1996 series) was released in region 4 (Australia and New Zealand) in 2005. The box and disc art identify it as a release of the 1996 series. (The distributor had licensed the 1996 series, but due to an administrative glitch was supplied with master tapes and artwork for the 1978 series.) The error was corrected in a later release.

A seven-DVD set containing the entire series and extensive bonus material was released in October 2010 in Germany by Koch Media; although there was an option to choose either the original English or German dubbed versions, the English version had non-removable German subtitles across the bottom of the screen on every episode. The same company released the DVD set in the UK (without the non-removable subtitles) on 25 June 2012.

A four DVD set containing all 26 episodes, without additional content, was released for region 4 (Australia and New Zealand) in late 2011, as ''Enid Blyton's The Famous Five: The Complete Collection''.
(The Finnish punk band Widows (of Helsinki) made three different cover versions of the theme song, the first  in early 1979, as did the Irish indie outfit Fleur, in 1996.)

====1995 series====
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A later series, ''[[The Famous Five (1990s TV series)|The Famous Five]]'', initiated by [[Victor Glynn]] of [[Portman Zenith]] was aired first in 1995, a co-production between a number of companies including [[Tyne Tees Television]], [[ITV Wales & West|HTV]], Zenith North and the German channel [[ZDF]]. Unlike the previous TV series, this set the stories in the 1950s, around when they were written. It dramatised all the original books. Of the juvenile actors the best known is probably [[Jemima Rooper]], who played George. Julian was portrayed by [[Marco Williamson]], Dick by [[Paul Child (actor)|Paul Child]], and Anne  by Laura Petela. In this series, because of the slang meaning of the word fanny, Aunt Fanny, played by Mary Waterhouse, was known as Aunt Frances. (In some but not all recent reprints of the book, the character has been re-christened Aunt Franny.)

The 1995 series was released in its entirety on VHS video.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}} A three-disc DVD collection, containing 13 of the 26 episodes of the 1995 series, was released in Australia and New Zealand in 2005,{{citation needed|date=July 2014}} and is marked "Revised Edition" to avoid confusion with the previous release of the 1979 series with 1995 artwork. A complete edition of the series was released on DVD in Australia and New Zealand in 2016.<ref>https://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/Enid-Blyton-More-Adventures-with-The-Famous-Five/dp/6199102</ref> Other episodes have reportedly been released on DVD in Europe,{{citation needed|date=July 2014}} but only the adaptation of ''Five on a Treasure Island'' was released on DVD in the UK.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}

====''Famous 5: On the Case''====
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A new Famous Five animated TV series began airing in 2008. ''[[Famous 5: On the Case]]'' is set in modern times and features the children of the original Famous Five: Max (the son of Julian and Brandine), Dylan (son of Dick and Michelle), Jo (daughter of George and Ravi&nbsp;– a tomboy who, like her mother, prefers a shorter name to her given name Jyoti) and Allie (daughter of Anne and John).<ref name="Stuff.co.nz_326309">{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/326309 |title=Famous Five get modern makeover |date=22 March 2008 |agency=[[Reuters]] |work=[[Stuff.co.nz]] |access-date=21 November 2011}}</ref> It has not been stated whether their dog is a descendant of Timmy. The new series was first announced in 2005, and is a co-production of [[Chorion (company)|Chorion]] (which currently owns all Famous Five rights) and [[Marathon Media Group|Marathon]], in association with [[France 3]] and [[The Disney Channel]]. [[Disney]] confirmed their involvement in December 2006.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article659361.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221033822/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article659361.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 February 2007 |work=The Times |title=Famous Five to get a Disney makeover |first=David |last=Sanderson |date=4 December 2006 | access-date=27 March 2010}}</ref> Stories were developed by [[Douglas Tuber]] and [[Tim Maile]], who have previously written for ''[[Lizzie McGuire]]''. Chorion claims on its website that "these new programmes will remain faithful to the themes of mystery and adventure central to Enid Blyton's classic series of books."<ref>[http://www.chorion.co.uk/chorion/brand/famfive] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531160727/http://www.chorion.co.uk/chorion/brand/famfive|date=31 May 2008}}</ref> A total of 26 episodes, each 22 minutes long, were produced.

==== 2023 series ====
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On 26 June 2023, the [[BBC]] announced that filming has begun on a new adaptation of The Famous Five, in co-production with the German channel [[ZDF]]. The series will comprise three episodes, each 90 minutes long, and will aim to bring the stories to a "progressive new audience". The series creator is Danish film director [[Nicolas Winding Refn]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Filming has begun on a brand-new series based on The Famous Five |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2023/the-famous-five/ |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=BBC |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC announces "modern, timely" Famous Five series from Drive director |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/bbc-famous-five-drive-director-newsupdate/ |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=Radio Times |language=en}}</ref>