Famous Five

[SiHart]

There's a new series of the Famous Five being developed with scripts being written by Gareth Roberts!

http://screenterrier.blogspot.co.uk/...eback.html?m=1

[Jon Masters]

I look forward to the story that features smugglers

[Simon R]

I can't wait for Dick and Fanny at tea time.

[Nyder]

There will be lashings of course.

And not just of ginger beer.....

[SiHart]

They should get Gary Russell in for a cameo!

[Si Hunt]

Someone has sniffed Sherlock and thought "Aye aye".

It'll be brought bang up to date and set in the present day. They'll have iPad's and blackberrys and wiFi and text messages will dance accross the screen. There'll be "cyber hackers" instead of smugglers and they will explore crack dens instead of coves in Cornwall. Instead of a tomboy called George there will be a transgender member and a savvy Asian whizzkid who can "crack firewalls" with his palmtop. Instead of a dog called Timmy there will be kids taking Miow Miow.

I look forward to the unhummable theme tune and on-line "content".

Si.

[SiHart]

That's what they did in the 70s show, well without all the ipods and stuff, and that worked OK, so there's no reason why it can't again...

[Si Hunt]

All they need to do is give it a theme tune you can sing. The rest will fall into place. It's an age-old trick that, like basket weaving, has been long forgotton by the current generation.

Si.

[Jon Masters]

I thought the article said something about George being from our time but somehow being whisked into the past and joining the gang back in the 30's (or whenever the books are set )

[Si Hunt]

That would be a different angle on it. But then, why call it The Famous Five and have to pay Enid Blyton's grand-kids money? That's a different concept entirely. And it's not like there's this enormous Famous Five fanbase clamouring for new product.

Si.

[Simon R]

No one remembers the 90s version starring Jemima Rooper who played Izzy off of the comics in that Big Finish play.