The Famous Five

Seasons

1978

7.4

Modern adaptation of Enid Blyton's adventure stories about Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Five Go to Kirren Island: Episode One

Anne, Julian and Dick are going on holiday and for the first time they are going to visit their Aunt Fanny, Uncle Quentin and their tomboy cousin Georgina (or George) at Kirrin Cottage. But Uncle Quentin is busy working on a secret project. However a stranger by the name of Mr. Curton shows up and seems a little too interested in Uncle Quentin's project. Then, when Uncle Quentin goes missing, George must get together with her cousins in an attempt to try and save her father.

S1 • E2

Five Go to Kirren Island: Episode Two

George sneaks away, heading to the island to find her father hostage. Timmy retrieves the notebook containing the project's data and warning the others. They, in turn, rescues their uncle and the police is called capturing Mr. Curton.

S1 • E3

Five Go Adventuring Again

The kids found a book hidden in the wall containing a map in Latin. A stranger, Roland, who is visiting, finds the map interesting as it shows a hidden passageway, enabling him to photograph Quinton's notes on his secret project.

S1 • E4

Five Go to Smuggler's Top: Episode One

During a heavy storm, a tree fell on Kirrin Cottage - meaning with the cottage out of action, the Famous Five travel to stay with Mr. Lenoir - an acclaimed scientist and colleague of Uncle Quentin, who lives at Smuggler's Top. Lenoir has developed a plan to drain the surrounding swamps - bit Mr. Barling, a nearby rival, wants to stop him, so he kidnaps Uncle Quentin and Sooty, Mr. Lenoir's son. It's up to the Famous Five to get them back.

S1 • E5

Five Go to Smuggler's Top: Episode Two

The four children and Marybelle, Sooty's sister, suspect Block, the deaf butler, to be involved in the kidnappings. George, Anne. Julian and Dick begin their search for Sooty and Uncle Quentin in the caves underneath the house and find adventure along the way.

S1 • E6

Five Go Off in a Caravan

George and Timmy are at Julian, Dick and Anne's house for the holidays as Uncle Quentin is embarking on another secret project and needs silence at Kirrin Cottage. The children are spending their time, adventure free and lazing in the garden wondering what to do, when suddenly a circus arrives in town. Sinister members of the circus are less than pleased by the presence of the kids as their caravans hide a secret and they will stop at nothing - not even murder - to keep it a secret.

S1 • E7

Five Go Off to Camp: Episode One

The Famous Five goes camping and nearby is a train tunnel where a spook train travels back and forth. Along with their friend Jock, the boys decide to sneak out at night to check it out.

S1 • E8

Five Go Off to Camp: Episode Two

Despite warnings from a Mr. Andrews, Julian and Dick sneak back to the old goods station - but this time catch a glimpse of a spook train. Convinced something sinister is behind the trains they decide to revisit the station in daytime. But then they bump into Mr. Andrews and his men - and they look like they are up to no good.

S1 • E9

Five on a Hike Together

Dick is puzzled when he's woken by a light flashing through his window. And when the Famous Five hear of an escaped convict in the area, they are on alert. The police won't help, so the Five have no choice but to solve the mystery alone.

S1 • E10

Five Go to Mystery Moor

The Famous Five are holidaying at a Riding School, when a group of gypsies traveling by turn up with an injured horse. Talking to Sniffer, the boy whose horse has a bad leg, they hear the gypsies are traveling to Mystery Moor. The gypsies seem in a hurry to leave, and when the five follow, they are told to "clear off and leave us alone." What can possibly be the secret of Mystery Moor? It's up to the Famous Five to find out.

S1 • E11

Five on a Secret Trail

Camping again. This time the Five have pitched their tent near an old, ruined and abandoned cottage. When Anne hears strange noises at night the others don't believe her - until they see ghostly lights. Could the cottage be haunted?

S1 • E12

Five Go to Billycock Hill

It's holiday time, and the Famous Five are spending it at Billycock Hill. Most exciting of all, they've made a new friend - a real pilot. But when he disappears with top secret equipment, the Five are puzzled. Could this pilot be a spy?

S1 • E13

Five on Finniston Farm

There's a ruined castle on Finniston Farm, but only the dungeons remain; their locations unknown. The Five are determined to find them and whatever else is hidden there, but someone else wants to find out too. Can the Five get there first?