Editing The Famous Five (section)

====''Famous 5: On the Case''====
{{Main|Famous 5: On the Case}}
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.