Five friends

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Five ( english The Famous Five ? / I ) of the English children's book author Enid Blyton is one of the most successful children's book series in the world. Audio file / audio sample

main characters

  • Georgina (called George, also Georg in the German book editions), daughter of the scientist Quentin and his wife Fanny, is eleven years old at the beginning of the book series. She would rather be a boy, hates clothes and dolls and is described as dismissive, cheeky and surly, but basically brave and loyal. She has short brown curly hair and is the cousin of the other three children. The rock island , which has been in the family for many years, belongs to her. She is very proud that one of her ancestors was a great captain.
  • Julian (Ju, also renamed Julius in the German book editions) is twelve years old and the leader and spokesman of the Five Friends. He appears very mature and always has a solution for all difficulties. He has medium-short straight blonde hair.
  • Richard (mostly shortened to Dick) is the eleven-year-old brother of Julian and Anne. He's the joker and occasionally raises George with her desire to be a boy. He is also a passionate eater. He has medium-short brown straight hair.
  • Anne is ten years old, Julian and Dick's little sister, and is portrayed as a role-compliant girl. She actually hates adventure and - in contrast to George - is more housewarming. She has shoulder length straight blonde hair.
  • Timotheus, often called Timmy and sometimes Tim for short, is the fifth in the group: an above-average intelligent mixed breed dog that George found in the moor and that now belongs to her. George loves him more than anything.

bibliography

Original volumes by Enid Blyton

The individual episodes in the order in which the original editions appeared:

No. German title year Original title year Radio play sequence
01 Five friends are exploring Treasure Island 1953 Five on a Treasure Island 1942 20th
02 Five friends on new adventures 1953 Five Go Adventuring Again 1943 21st
03 Five friends on mysterious tracks 1954 Five Run Away Together 1944 18th
04th Five friends on a smuggler hunt 1954 Five Go to Smuggler's Top 1945 19th
05 Five friends at the traveling circus 1955 Five Go Off in a Caravan 1946 01
06th Five friends on the rocky island 1955 Five on Kirrin Island Again 1947 12
07th Five friends in the tent camp 1955 Five Go Off to Camp 1948 02
08th Five friends get into trouble 1955 Five Get into Trouble 1949 11
09 Five friends help their comrade 1958 Five Fall into Adventure 1950 06th
10 Five friends on a long journey 1958 Five on a Hike Together 1951 17th
11 Five friends and a gypsy girl 1 1964 Five have a wonderful time 1952 08th
12 Five friends chase the wreckers 1961 Five Go Down to the Sea 1953 07th
13 Five friends in the fog 2 1962 Five Go to Mystery Moor 1954 10
14th Five friends are chasing the kidnappers 1961 Five Have Plenty of Fun 1955 13
15th Five friends smell a secret 1962 Five on a Secret Trail 1956 15th
16 Five friends as saviors in need 1959 Five Go to Billycock Hill 1957 04th
17th Five friends in the old tower 1960 Five Get into a Fix 1958 09
18th Five friends and the castle dungeon 1965 Five on Finniston Farm 1960 03
19th Five friends on the lighthouse 1962/1967 Five Go to Demon's Rocks 1961 16
20th Five friends make a discovery 1966 Five Have a Mystery to Solve 1962 14th
21st Five friends and the magician Wu 1965/1967 Five Are Together Again 1963 05
22nd Five friends master every danger 3 1996 Five Have a Puzzling Time and Other Stories 1995 -
- - - The Famous Five - Adventure 4 2000 -
1Subsequent changes: Since 1990, volume 11 has been given the title Five Friends and the Wilde Jo in most of the new editions . In the books, the word “ gypsies ” was also replaced by “land drivers”.
2The clear deviation of the German title from the original title can be explained by the original text of the story: Originally the moor was called “Misty Moor” by the locals, later called “Mystery Moor” (German actually "The moor shrouded in mystery"); from which the German title of the volume arose.
3 An additional volume with eight short stories, which for the first time since 1954 were printed step by step in various magazines and books with different content.
4thBook in which Enid Blyton's script for a play from 1955 is printed, which has some similarities to Five Friends Help Their Comrade and thus also to Five Friends Hunt the Kidnappers , but which is still different from them. A German translation exists but has not yet been published.

Brigitte Blobel

Brigitte Blobel is considered to be the author of volumes 22 and 23 of the Five Friends series published by C. Bertelsmann Verlag . She is given as the translator . The two volumes were published without permission from the English copyright holder; the books had to be taken off the market for licensing reasons and founded the myth of the so-called ghost volumes among German Enid Blyton collectors .

The volumes are considered rarities today:

  • Five Friends on the Forbidden Island, 1977
  • Five Friends and the Blue Diamond, 1979

Claude Voilier

Claude Voilier wrote other episodes between 1971 and 1985, which first appeared in France . The volumes are partially interspersed with numerous comic inserts.

No. German title year Original title year
01 The famous 5 as treasure hunters ( new edition: five friends and the jewel thieves) 1979 Les Cinq sont les plus forts 1971
02 The famous 5 and the dance of the spies ( Reissue: Five friends chase the spies) 1979 Les Cinq au bal des espions 1971
03 The famous 5 in the bat cave ( new edition: Five Friends and the Cave Secret) 1979 Le Marquis appelle les Cinq 1972
04th The famous 5 and the missing big cat ( remake: five friends and the mysterious formula) 1980 Les Cinq au Cap des tempêtes 1972
05 The Famous 5 on TV ( Reissue: Five Friends and the Abduction) 1980 Les Cinq à la télévision 1973
06th The Famous 5 and the Mysterious Medicine Man ( Reissue: Five Friends in the Jungle) 1982 Les Cinq et les pirates du ciel 1973
07th The famous 5 and the Black Mask ( Reissue: Five Friends and the Black Mask) 1979 Les Cinq against le masque noir 1974
08th The Famous 5 and the Mysterious Shipwreck ( Reissue: Five Friends and the Sunken Ship) 1982 Les Cinq et le galion d'or 1974
09 The famous 5 and the mysterious sun god ( reissue: five friends and the mystery of the statue) 1979 The Cinq font de la brocante 1975
10 The Famous 5 and the Pearl Smugglers ( New Edition: Five Friends and the Hidden Pearls) 1979 The cinq se mettent en quatre 1975
11 The famous 5 in the ghost town ( new edition: five friends are looking for the lost gold treasure) 1979 The Cinq in the Cité Secrète 1976
12 The famous 5 and the golden chest ( reissue: five friends and the mysterious treasure chest) 1979 La fortune sourit aux Cinq 1976
13 The famous 5 and the mysterious magic rays ( new edition: Five friends and the dangerous invention) 1979 Les Cinq et le rayon Z 1977
14th The famous 5 and the secret of the blue bears ( new edition: Five friends on an expedition) 1980 The Cinq vendent la peau de l'ours 1977
15th The famous 5 and the Devil's Island ( new edition: Five friends expose the cheater) 1984 Les Cinq aux rendez-vous du Diable 1978
16 Five friends and the strange inheritance 2002 You neuf pour les Cinq 1978
17th Five friends and the knight's legacy 2003 Les Cinq et le trèsor de Roquèpine 1979
18th Not yet published. Literally translated the title would be: Five friends and the ruby ​​of Akbar Les Cinq et le rubis d'Akbar 1980
19th Not yet published. Literally translated the title would be: Five friends on a cruise Les Cinq en croisière 1980
20th Five friends and the suspicious professor 2003 Les Cinq jouent serrè 1980
21st Not yet published. Literally translated the title would be: Five friends against the ghosts The Cinq versus the Fantomes 1981
22nd Not yet published. Literally translated the title would be: Five friends on the Amazon Les Cinq en Amazonie 1983
23 Not yet published. Literally translated the title would be: Five friends and the pirate treasure Les Cinq et le trésor du pirate 1984
24 Not yet published. Literally translated the title would be: Five friends against the werewolf Les Cinq contre le loup-garou 1985

Sarah Bosse

Sarah Bosse has been writing as a German author since 2005 . All volumes in the series from volume number 41 are from her. In September 2013, she announced that the publishing house would continue the series up to volume 80. Volume 70 was last published on September 1, 2014. After that, the series was put on hold.

With the volume Five Friends and the Secret by the River , a line of audio books was introduced in addition to the books , based on abridged versions of the books. The audio books were read by Rosemarie Fendel , and Oli.P took on this task for volumes 58 and 59 . This audio book series was apparently discontinued with Volume 59.

Five friends …

  1. #
  2. ... and the mysterious snowman ( ISBN 9783570128459 )
  3. ... and the mysterious cemetery ( ISBN 9783570128466 )
  4. ... and the dangerous Aquarius ( ISBN 9783570129302 )
  5. ... and the mysterious ruin ( ISBN 9783570129319 )
  6. ... save the rocky island ( ISBN 9783570129326 )
  7. ... and the fortune teller ( ISBN 9783570129333 )
  8. ... and the secret by the river ( ISBN 9783570130414 )
  9. ... and a bad suspicion ( ISBN 9783570130421 )
  10. ... and the monster from below ( ISBN 9783570130438 )
  11. ... and the curse of the mummy ( ISBN 9783570130445 , anniversary volume with two adventures that belong together in terms of content )
  12. ... and the Teufelsmoor ( ISBN 9783570131695 )
  13. ... in the horror castle ( ISBN 9783570131701 )
  14. ... and the Hexenring ( ISBN 9783570131718 )
  15. ... on the high seas ( ISBN 9783570131725 )
  16. ... and the turtle secret ( ISBN 9783570131732 )
  17. ... and the riddle of the fine lady ( ISBN 9783570131749 )
  18. ... and the sun god ( ISBN 9783570131756 )
  19. ... and the wrong princess ( ISBN 9783570131763 )
  20. ... chase the mysterious burglar ( ISBN 9783570131770 )
  21. ... and the ghost at midnight ( ISBN 9783570131787 )
  22. ... looking for the pirate treasure ( ISBN 9783570138175 )
  23. ... on the Orient-Express ( ISBN 9783570138182 )
  24. ... and the ghost ship ( ISBN 9783570139929 )
  25. ... chase the vampire ( ISBN 9783570153338 )
  26. ... and the curse of the Vikings ( ISBN 9783570153345 )
  27. ... in the Geisterwald ( ISBN 9783570154472 )
  28. ... danger in the mine ( ISBN 9783570154489 )
  29. ... crimes on the horse farm ( ISBN 9783570154908 )
  30. ... The double game ( ISBN 9783570154915 )
  31. ... and the secret of the blue cat ( ISBN 9783570155981 )

Bruno Vincent

In 2016, Bruno Vincent published the first books in English, in which the five friends grew up. In 2018 the first were published in German.

Five friends …

  1. ... eat gluten-free
  2. ... become helicopter parents

In 2019 a radio play series with the first two volumes was published.

For 2019, the books “Five friends put an end to alcohol” and “Five friends have fun teambuilding” were announced in German.

Radio plays

The first known German radio play adaptation, Five Friends Exploring Treasure Island , was published in 1975 by the Teldec label Tom & Della Club and was staged by Konrad Halver .

This was followed by three productions by Kurt Vethake , which were published by Ariola and later by Baccarola and Marcato :

  • Five friends on new adventures
  • Five friends on mysterious tracks
  • Five friends on a smuggler hunt

Speaker of the first five friends radio play productions

character Tom & Della Club 1. Ariola version 2. Ariola version
teller Hans Paetsch Peter Schiff Klaus Jepsen
Julian Stephan Chrzescinski Peter Schiff Santiago Ziesmer
Thick Martin Düwel
Juerg Rasch 		Michael Nowka Torsten Sense
Anne Michaela Pressler Ina Patzlaff Madeleine Ziesmer
George Susanne Wulkow Monika Ogorek Claudia Marnitz
Uncle Quentin Michael Weckler Heinz Rabe Rolf Marnitz
Aunt Fanny Veronika Weckler Sigrid Pein Christiane Black

Due to the great success of the Five Friends TV series , the Poly label released a series of radio plays based on the original dubbing tracks from the TV series.

In 1978 the first episode of the radio play series was published by EUROPA- Verlag, which also includes the series Die drei ??? and TKKG published as radio plays. The four main speakers of the television series were again engaged. The order of the series was changed for the radio plays: Since the first four volumes had already been set to music, the remaining episodes were initially dealt with and the first four episodes were only edited last.

Only episodes 1 to 21 are from Enid Blyton; the series was continued by various authors after her death. The first eight of the new series of radio plays (from episode 22) are based on the books by Claude Voilier, which were published in France between 1971 and 1983 and some of them also appeared in German translation. From episode 22 of the radio play series, the speakers will also change. With episode 30, the radio play production set its own stories to music that did not appear as books. So far, neither the Five Friends books by Sarah Bosse nor the ghost books have been set to music. Most of the audio play scripts set to music are by Gabriele Hartmann and Katrin McClean . The children's speakers were exchanged again with episode 30.

Spokesman for European production

character Version with the first generation of speakers (episode 1-21) Version with new main speakers (episode 22-29) Version with the newest main speakers (from episode 30)
teller Lutz Mackensy Lutz Mackensy Lutz Mackensy
Julian Oliver Rohrbeck Florian Schmidt-Foss Marco Kraft (episode 30-67)
Ivo Möller (from episode 68)
Thick Oliver Mink Kim Hasper Jannik Endemann
Anne Ute Rohrbeck Dascha Lehmann Theresa Underberg
George Maud Ackermann Julia digit Alexandra Garcia
Uncle Quentin Harald Pages Harald Pages Harald Pages (up to episode 42)
Andreas von der Meden (episode 43-95)
Gordon Piedesack (from episode 100)
Aunt Fanny Ursula Sieg ,
Claudia added value (episode 4)
Renate Pichler (episode 8) 		Renate Pichler (episode 22-28) Ursula Sieg (episode 30-94)
Maud Ackermann (from episode 101)

Episode overview

Five friends (Some episodes were re-released in boxes of three.)

  • 1 - ... at the traveling circus (1978) (Box 1)
  • 2 -… in the camp (1978) (Box 1)
  • 3 - ... and the castle dungeon (1978) (Box 1)
  • 4 - ... as a savior in need (1978)
  • 5 - ... and the magician Wu (1979) (Box 5)
  • 6 -… help their comrade (1979) (Box 9)
  • 7 - ... pursue the wreckers (1979) (Box 5)
  • 8 - ... and a gypsy girl (1979) (Box 5)
  • 9 - ... in the old tower (1980) (Box 7)
  • 10 - ... in the fog (1980) (Box 9)
  • 11 - ... get into trouble (1981)
  • 12 - ... on the rocky island (1981) (Box 23)
  • 13 - ... chase the kidnappers (1981)
  • 14 - ... make a discovery (1981) (Box 7)
  • 15 - ... smell a secret (1981) (Box 4)
  • 16 - ... on the lighthouse (1981) (Box 7)
  • 17 - ... on a long journey (1982) (Box 9)
  • 18 - ... on mysterious tracks (1982) (Box 23)
  • 19 - ... on the hunt for smugglers (1982) (Box 4)
  • 20 - ... explore Treasure Island (1983) (Box 23)
  • 21 - ... on new adventures (1983) (Box 4)
  • 22 - ... and the museum band (1988)
  • 23 - ... and the hunt for the emeralds (1988)
  • 24 - ... on television (1989)
  • 25 - ... and the hijackers (1989)
  • 26 - ... and the pearl smugglers (1990)
  • 27 - ... and the golden chest (1990)
  • 28 - ... and the mysterious city (1991)
  • 29 - ... and the black mask (1991)
  • 30 - ... on dangerous paths (1999) (Box 12)
  • 31 - ... in the ghost train (1999) (Box 6)
  • 32 - ... and the secret of the classic car (1999) (Box 3)
  • 33 - ... discover the secret passage (1999) (Box 3)
  • 34 - ... and the Ghost Island (1999) (Box 6)
  • 35 - ... and the stolen stamp (2000) (box 12)
  • 36 -… trapped in the megalithic grave (2000) (Box 3)
  • 37 - ... and the adventure in a balloon (2000) (Box 24)
  • 38 - ... and the enigmatic medallion (2000) (Box 11)
  • 39 - ... and the monster in the moor (2000) (Box 17)
  • 40 - ... and the missing horse (2001) (Box 2)
  • 41 - ... and the trail of the dinosaur (2001) (Box 2)
  • 42 - ... and the pirate's dagger (2001) (Box 15)
  • 43 - ... and the scary monk (2001) (Box 6)
  • 44 - ... and the message in a bottle (2001) (Box 13)
  • 45 - ... and the boathouse in Fog Bay (2002) (Box 12)
  • 46 - ... solve the riddle of the country school home (2002) (Box 2)
  • 47 - ... and the singing closet (2002) (Box 11)
  • 48 - ... and the scriptures of the Knights Templar (2002) (Box 13)
  • 49 - ... and the woman without a memory (2002) (Box 18)
  • 50 - ... Timmy in Danger (2003)
  • 51 - ... and the railway robbery (2003) (Box 22)
  • 52 - ... and the Phantom of Sherwood Forest (2003) (Box 17)
  • 53 - ... and the mysterious crop circles (2003) (Box 8)
  • 54 - ... looking for the star of the north (2003) (Box 8)
  • 55 - ... and the golden snake (2004)
  • 56 - ... and the mysterious inheritance (2004) (Box 11)
  • 57 - ... and the magic carpet (2004) (Box 8)
  • 58 - ... and the African statue (2004) (Box 13)
  • 59 - ... and the adventure in the snow (2004) (Box 15)
  • 60 - ... dive under (2005) (Box 10)
  • 61 - ... and the excitement in the predator house (2005)
  • 62 - ... and the Spuk-Festival (2005) (Box 14)
  • 63 - ... and the Pharaoh's Stone (2005) (Box 15)
  • 64 -… come under suspicion (2005)
  • 65 - ... and the black fortress (2005) (Box 16)
  • 66 - ... and the sea monster (2006) (Box 10)
  • 67 - ... and the scary arsonist (2006) (Box 24)
  • 68 - ... and the Druids of Stonehenge (2006)
  • 69 - ... and the danger to the rocky island (2006) (Box 27)
  • 70 - ... and the return to Ghost Island (2006) (Box 14)
  • 71 - ... and the betrayal on board (2007) (Box 10)
  • 72 - ... on the trail of the kidnappers (2007) (Box 18)
  • 73 - ... and the riddle of the tin mine (2007) (Box 16)
  • 74 - ... pursue the poacher (2007) (Box 20)
  • 75 - ... and the weird witch house (2008) (Box 14)
  • 76 - ... and the secret of the mascot (2008) (Box 21)
  • 77 - ... and the scary mountain monster (2008) (Box 17)
  • 78 - ... and the pirate gang (2008) (Box 19)
  • 79 - ... and the riddle of the dragon boat (2008) (Box 21)
  • 80 - ... and the dangerous Antonius fire (2009)
  • 81 - ... and the cave labyrinth (2009) (Box 16)
  • 82 - ... and the fateful quicksand (2009) (Box 22)
  • 83 - ... and the adventure in a dog sled (2009) (Box 21)
  • 84 - ... and the song of the sirens (2009) (Box 20)
  • 85 - ... and the missing Viking helmet (2010) (Box 19)
  • 86 - ... and the forbidden flowers (2010) (Box 28)
  • 87 - ... and the enigmatic constellation (2010) (Box 22)
  • 88 - ... and the Canterbury Ghost (2010) (Box 29)
  • 89 - ... and the family coat of arms (2010) (Box 18)
  • 90 - ... save the honey bees (2011) (Box 20)
  • 91 - ... and the treasure from the submarine (2011) (Box 30)
  • 92 - ... on the island of pirates (2011) (Box 24)
  • 93 - ... and the secret of the winter forest (2011)
  • 94 - ... and the storm surge (2011) (Box 19)
  • 95 - ... in the cave of primitive man (2012) (Box 25)
  • 96 - ... and the dangerous flotsam (2012) (Box 27)
  • 97 - ... on the trail of silver thieves (2012) (Box 28)
  • 98 - ... and the legend of the twin oak (2012) (Box 25)
  • 99 - ... and the strange lighthouse (2012)
  • 100 - ... and the gorilla child in danger (2013) (Box 26)
  • 101 - ... and the forgotten treasure (2013)
  • 102 - ... and the golden mask of Pharaoh (2013) (Box 29)
  • 103 - ... and the poisonous fire jellyfish (2013) (Box 26)
  • 104 - ... and the hunt for the gang of thieves (2013) (Box 29)
  • 105 - ... and the magical spider web (2014) (Box 28)
  • 106 - ... and the mysterious polar ship (2014)
  • 107 - ... and the night in the safari park (2014) (Box 26)
  • 108 - ... and the kidnapping in the ski area (2014) (Box 30)
  • 109 - ... and the mysterious message (2014) (Box 30)
  • 110 - ... on the path of the coastal smugglers (2015)
  • 111 - ... and the secret dungeon in the castle (2015) (Box 25)
  • 112 - ... and the dolphin in the rocky bay (2015)
  • 113 - ... and the fire on the rock island (2015) (Box 27)
  • 114 - ... and the scandal on the open-air stage (2015)
  • 115 - ... help the flood victims (2016)
  • 116 - ... and the Chinese plant magic (2016)
  • 117 - ... and the wolf in the Highlands (2016)
  • 118 - ... and the wrong patient (2016)
  • 119 - ... and the sunken ship (2016)
  • 120 - ... and the double invention (2017)
  • 121 - ... and the abandoned hunting lodge (2017)
  • 122 - ... and the major alarm in Kirrin (2017)
  • 123 - ... and the train in the dark (2017)
  • 124 - ... in search of Timmy (2017)
  • 125 - ... and the common trap (2018)
  • 126 - ... and the dangerous roots (2018)
  • 127 - ... and Devil's Bay (2018)
  • 128 - ... and the invisible enemy (2018)
  • 129 - ... and the little detectives (2018)
  • 130 - ... and the bell of the Vikings (2019)
  • 131 - ... pursue the bicycle thieves (2019)
  • 132 - ... and the mystery of the power failure (2019)
  • 133 - ... and the donkey in the stalactite cave (2019)
  • 134 - ... and the scary roller coaster (2019)
  • 135 - ... and the suspicious oil company (2020)
  • 136 - ... and the angry bull (2020)
  • 137 - ... and the chocolate thief of London (2020)

music

The music used in the various radio play productions differed considerably in some cases. But two productions had one thing in common: They each had a theme song with similar content.

The theme music for the Polydor production was taken from the 1978 TV series Five Friends :

“Whenever an adventure is worthwhile: / We don't know fear and horror, / because we are used to it. / Wherever there is a riddle to solve / high up in the old castle / or in the smugglers' hest. / Five friends, that's us: / Julian, Dick and Anne, / George and Ti-hi-mmy, the Hu-hu-dog. / Five friends, that's us. / We'll come over quickly, / whenever you want it - / and we're there-ha-ha-ha. "

The theme song of the Europa-Produktion has the following text:

“We are the five friends / Julian and Dick, Anne and George / and Timmy the dog / We are the best of friends, yes! / We stick together, whatever comes up / When things get exciting, we are there / Julian, Dick, Anne and George and Timmy the dog, yes / We are attracted by adventures and we explore old walls / castles and caves and some underground ones Gear. / There's no secret in the world / that we five friends like so much! / We are on the trail of every puzzle / We solve them, believe me ... just! "

The theme song of the European production was sung by Carsten Bohn , who also composed many of the intermediate melodies in episodes 9 to 21. However, due to a legal dispute, these were replaced in later episodes or editions. The title song has remained unchanged to this day, as the rights for this are owned by Europe.

But Enid Blyton himself had the idea of ​​a theme song with similar motifs. The text of her five friends song is printed in the book The Famous Five - Adventure .

Awards

The European production received the following awards for its five friends radio plays:

  • Golden record
    • 17 × gold for episodes 5 to 21
    • 4 × platinum for episodes 1 to 4

Movies and TV series

The book series of the five friends was filmed in the form of feature films and several times as a TV series .

In 1957 the mini-series The Thing with Treasure Island (Five on a Treasure Island) was created . The script was written by Michael Barnes , directed by Gerald Landau , edited and produced by Frank Wells , while Jack Beaver was in charge of editing the music.

In 1964 there was another mini-series called Five Have a Mystery to Solve (translated: Five friends have a secret to solve ).

A Canadian-Danish co-production attempted De fem og spionerne ( Five and the Spies ) in 1969 . Katrine Hedman wrote and directed the film . Enid Blyton's novel “Five Friends on New Adventures” served as a template. Bertrand Bech was responsible for the music .

A year later, the identical co-production team with an additional German partner set about filming “Five friends get into trouble” as Five Friends in Ink (original title: De Poster 5 i fedtefadet ). Amazingly, this film adaptation was not published in French or English in the production country Canada. The only English language version in North America was distributed from the United States .

Producer, actor, director and the dog Coffey at the Schleswig premiere of the film Five Friends (2012)

Two successful television series debuted in 1978 and 1996:

  • 1978 the British production Five Friends (Orig .: The Famous Five ) and
  • 1996 a British-Canadian-German co-production, also under the title Fünf Freunde (Orig .: The Famous Five )

While the 1995 film version of the Five Friends had been available on DVD in Germany for a long time, the 1978 series (which was far more popular with many fans) was a long time coming. Nobody seemed to own the rights to the film. Due to the efforts of countless fans, these problems were resolved and in autumn 2010 the 1978 series was first released in Germany on DVD and Blu-ray.

For the 100th birthday of Enid Blyton, a musical was created in 1997, which was also released on DVD under the name The Famous Five - Smuggler's Gold - The Musical .

The animated series Five Friends for All Occasions was also created in 2008 , which however had little to do with the original template. The main characters in this case are the children of the protagonists.

In May 2011, Constantin Film announced that it would produce the first German feature film about the Five Friends. Five Friends came into theaters on January 26, 2012; Actors include Michael Fitz , Anna Böttcher , Gustav Peter Wöhler , Anatole Taubman and Valeria Eisenbart . The location for the new film was mainly Schleswig . The film was based on motifs from Five Friends Exploring Treasure Island and Five Friends on the Rock Island and thus shows similarities to the implementation of the first story of the 1978 television series The Five Friends. At the beginning of 2013, the sequel to the movie Five Friends 2 appeared , in which the story Five Friends got into trouble was retold. Books were published for each of the two cinema films, for which Sarah Bosse converted the scripts by Peer Klehmet and Sebastian Wehlings into novels. Another film in the cinema series has been announced. During the production of Five Friends 3 , however, there were apparently some difficulties beforehand; the dog's actor has been replaced. After the success of Part 3, Constantin Film announced Five Friends 4 , which was released in German cinemas on January 29, 2015. Mike Marzuk also directed all of the sequels. In 2018, the 5th film Five Friends and the Valley of the Dinosaurs was produced for the German market, with five new leading actors being cast.

The English comedian group Comic Strip also released three Five ... episodes, which are extremely exaggerated five-friend parodies.

  1. Five Go Mad in Dorset (1982)
  2. Five Go Mad on Mescaline (1984)
  3. Five Go to Rehab (2012)

Follow TV series 1970s

No. German title German premiere Original title Original first broadcast Season number
01 Five friends on the rocky island (part 1) 09/30/1978 Five Go to Kirrin Island: (1) 07/03/1978 1.01
02 Five friends on the rock island (part 2) 07.10.1978 Five Go to Kirrin Island: (2) 07/10/1978 1.02
03 Five friends on new adventures 04/11/1978 Five Go Adventuring Again 07/17/1978 1.03
04th Five friends on a smuggler hunt (part 1) 11/25/1978 Five Go to Smuggler's Top (1) 07/24/1978 1.04
05 Five friends on a smuggler hunt (part 2) 12/02/1978 Five Go to Smuggler's Top (2) 07/31/1978 1.05
06th Five friends at the traveling circus 11/18/1978 Five Go Off in a Caravan 08/07/1978 1.06
07th Five friends in the tent camp (part 1) 10/14/1978 Five Go Off to Camp (1) 08/14/1978 1.07
08th Five friends in the tent camp (part 2) 10/21/1978 Five Go Off to Camp (2) 08/21/1978 1.08
09 Five friends on a long journey 01/13/1979 Five on a Hike Together 09/04/1978 1.09
10 Five friends in the fog 10/28/1978 Five Go to Mystery Moor 09/11/1978 1.10
11 Five friends smell a secret December 16, 1978 Five on a Secret Trail 09/18/1978 1.11
12 Five friends as saviors in need 01/20/1979 Five Go to Billycock Hill 09/25/1978 1.12
13 Five friends and the castle dungeon 11/11/1978 Five on Finniston Farm 10/02/1978 1.13
14th Five friends get into trouble (part 1) 02/03/1979 Five Get into Trouble - Prisoners November 19, 1978 2.01
15th Five friends get in trouble (part 2) 02/10/1979 Five Get into Trouble - Conspiracies 11/26/1978 2.02
16 Five friends in the old tower October 27, 1979 Five Get into a Fix December 3, 1978 2.03
17th Five friends and the magician Wu (part 1) 02/17/1979 Five Are Together Again (1) December 10, 1978 2.04
18th Five friends and the magician Wu (part 2) 02/24/1979 Five Are Together Again (2) December 17, 1978 2.05
19th Five friends and a gypsy girl 29.09.1979 Five have a wonderful time December 31, 1978 2.06
20th Five friends help their comrade (part 1) 03/17/1979 Five Fall into Adventure (1) 06/27/1979 2.07
21st Five friends help their comrade (part 2) March 24, 1979 Five Fall into Adventure (2) 07/04/1979 2.08
22nd Five friends on a mysterious trail 10/20/1979 Five Run Away Together 07/11/1979 2.09
23 Five friends on the lighthouse (part 1) 03/03/1979 Five Go to Demon's Rocks (1) 07/18/1979 2.10
24 Five friends on the lighthouse (part 2) 03/10/1979 Five Go to Demon's Rocks (2) 07/25/1979 2.11
25th Five friends chase the wreckers (part 1) 10/06/1979 Five Go Down to the Sea (1) 08/01/1979 2.12
26th Five friends chase the wreckers (part 2) 10/13/1979 Five Go Down to the Sea (2) 08/08/1979 2.13

Follow TV series 1990s

No. German title German premiere Original title Original first broadcast Season number
01 Five friends explore Treasure Island (part 1) 01/28/1996 Five on a Treasure Island (1) 09/10/1995 1.01
02 Five friends explore Treasure Island (part 2) 01/28/1996 Five on a Treasure Island (2) 09/17/1995 1.02
03 Five friends get into trouble 01/29/1996 Five Get into Trouble 09/24/1995 1.03
04th Five friends on new adventures 01/30/1996 Five Go Adventuring Again 10/01/1995 1.04
05 Five friends help their comrades 01/31/1996 Five Fall into Adventure 10/08/1995 1.05
06th Five friends on the lighthouse 02/01/1996 Five Go to Demon's Rocks 10/15/1995 1.06
07th Five friends on the rocky island 02/02/1996 Five on Kirrin Island Again 10/22/1995 1.07
08th Five friends and the castle dungeon 02/05/1996 Five on Finniston Farm October 29, 1995 1.08
09 Five friends in the tent camp 06/06/1996 Five Go Off to Camp 05/11/1995 1.09
10 Five friends are chasing the kidnappers 02/07/1996 Five Have Plenty of Fun 11/12/1995 1.10
11 Five friends smell a secret 02/08/1996 Five on a Secret Trail 11/19/1995 1.11
12 Five friends on a smuggler hunt (part 1) 02/09/1996 Five Go to Smuggler's Top (1) 11/26/1995 1.12
13 Five friends on a smuggler hunt (part 2) 02/12/1996 Five Go to Smuggler's Top (2) December 3rd, 1995 1.13
14th Five friends chase the wreckers (part 1) 03/04/1997 Five Go Down to the Sea (1) 11/10/1996 2.01
15th Five friends chase the wreckers (part 2) 03/05/1997 Five Go Down to the Sea (2) 11/17/1996 2.02
16 Five friends on mysterious tracks 03/06/1997 Five Run Away Together 11/24/1996 2.03
17th Five friends in the fog 03/07/1997 Five Go to Mystery Moor December 8th, 1996 2.04
18th Five friends in the old tower 03/10/1997 Five Get into a Fix 01/26/1997 2.05
19th Five friends and a leg cast (part 1) 03/11/1997 Five Have a Wonderful Time (1) 01/05/1997 2.06
20th Five friends and a leg cast (part 2) 03/12/1997 Five Have a Wonderful Time (2) 01/12/1997 2.07
21st Five friends at the traveling circus 03/13/1997 Five Go Off in a Caravan 01/19/1997 2.08
22nd Five friends make a discovery 03/14/1997 Five Have a Mystery to Solve December 01, 1996 2.09
23 Five friends on a long journey 03/17/1997 Five on a hike together 12/15/1996 2.10
24 Five friends and the magician Wu 03/18/1997 Five Are Together Again 02/02/1997 2.11
25th Five friends as saviors in need (part 1) 03/19/1997 Five Go to Billycock Hill (1) 02/09/1997 2.12
26th Five friends as saviors in need (part 2) 03/19/1997 Five Go to Billycock Hill (2) 02/16/1997 2.13

DVDs and Blu-rays

TV series 1970s

  • October 8, 2010: Enid Blyton - Five Friends Collector's Edition, The Original 70s TV Series (DVD) : Episodes 1–26 (7 DVDs)
  • October 8, 2010: Enid Blyton - Five Friends Collector's Edition, The Original 70s TV Series (Blu-ray) : episodes 1–26 (1st Blu-ray: episode 1–9, 2nd Blu-ray: episode 10 –18, 3rd Blu-ray: episodes 19–26, DVD: extras)
  • January 11, 2013: Enid Blyton - Five Friends at the Traveling Circus : (DVD)
  • January 31, 2014: Enid Blyton - Five Friends, The Original 70s TV Series : Episodes 1–13 (3 DVDs)
  • January 31, 2014: Enid Blyton - Five Friends, The Original 70s TV Series : Episodes 14–26 (3 DVDs)

TV series 1990s

  • April 13, 2004: Enid Blyton - Five friends explore Treasure Island (DVD: Episodes 1, 2)
  • April 13, 2004: Enid Blyton - Five friends on a smuggler hunt (DVD: episodes 12, 13)
  • April 13, 2004: Enid Blyton - Five friends and a leg cast (DVD: episodes 19, 20)
  • January 24, 2005: Enid Blyton - Five friends help their comrades & five friends on the lighthouse (DVD: Episodes 5, 6)
  • January 24, 2005: Enid Blyton - Five friends and the castle dungeon & five friends in the camp (DVD: episodes 8, 9)
  • February 24, 2005: Enid Blyton - Five friends smell a secret & five friends chase the kidnappers (DVD: episodes 10, 11)
  • August 22, 2005: Enid Blyton - Five friends on a long journey & Five friends and the magician Wu (DVD: episodes 23, 24)
  • August 22, 2005: Enid Blyton - Five friends as saviors in need (DVD: episodes 25, 26)
  • April 17, 2006: Enid Blyton - Five friends get in trouble & Five friends on new adventures (DVD: Episodes 3, 4)
  • April 17th, 2006: Enid Blyton - Five Friends on the Rock Island (DVD: Episode 7)
  • April 17th, 2006: Enid Blyton - Five Friends in the Old Tower (DVD: Episode 18)
  • January 22, 2007: Enid Blyton - Five Friends Fan Edition (1) (5 DVDs: episodes 3, 4, 7, 14, 15, 18, 21, 22)
  • January 22, 2007: Enid Blyton - Five friends chase the wreckers (DVD: episodes 14, 15)
  • January 22, 2007: Enid Blyton - Five friends on mysterious tracks & five friends in the fog (DVD: episodes 16, 17)
  • January 22, 2007: Enid Blyton - Five friends at the traveling circus & five friends make a discovery (DVD: episodes 21, 22)
  • September 15, 2008: Enid Blyton - Five Friends Fan Edition 2 (5 DVDs: Episodes 1, 2, 8, 9, 12, 13, 19, 20, 23, 24)
  • 2009: Enid Blyton - De Vijf The Famous Five (6 DVDs: episodes 1–11, 14–26). Episodes 12 and 13 are missing, so Five Go to Smuggler's Top (five friends on a smuggler hunt) . This is the original English version with Dutch subtitles. This version is currently the only one in English.
  • June 29, 2018: Enid Blyton - Five Friends The Complete Series (4 DVDs: Episodes 1 - 26)

cinemamovies

Others

  • April 22, 2011: Five Friends - The Treasure Island Thing (Enid Blyton) - eight short episodes as a black and white production from 1957 on DVD

Computer games

The first computer game called Famous Five on a Treasure Island was released in 1992 by Enigma Variations for the Atari ST , Commodore Amiga , C64 , Amstrad CPC , Sinclair ZX Spectrum and the SAM Coupé .

Ravensburger Interactive Media GmbH brought further computer games onto the market in 1999. The titles of the games are:

  1. On a treasure hunt
  2. ... and the secret of the silver tower (revised in 2000)
  3. On the hunt for kidnappers
  4. Dangerous discovery
  5. Secret mission MAG-X

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Five friends master every danger
  2. ^ The Enid Blyton Society Journal , No 12 , No 15 and The Famous Five Adventure
  3. ↑ Ruhrnachrichten.de: Ghostwriter for "Five Friends": Author Sarah Bosse - Enid Blyton from Billerbeck ( Memento from July 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ); accessed: August 14, 2013.
  4. ^ Westfälische Nachrichten The Blyton from Billerbeck ; dated September 18, 2013; Retrieved September 21, 2013.
  5. ↑ Stephanie Dircks: Sarah Bosse from Billerbeck writes in the name of "Enid Blyton". Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  6. ^ Enid Blyton's Famous Five spoof books to be published. Retrieved July 27, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Five friends eat gluten-free: Enid Blyton for adults. Retrieved July 27, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Five friends become helicopter parents: Enid Blyton for adults. Retrieved July 27, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Five friends - finally grown up. Retrieved July 27, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Five friends put an end to alcohol: Enid Blyton for adults. Retrieved July 27, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Five friends having fun team building: Enid Blyton for adults. Retrieved July 27, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Official page for the radio play series
  13. ↑ Internet Movie Database - Five on a Treasure Island (1957)
  14. ↑ Internet Movie Database - De 5 og spionerne (1969)
  15. ↑ Five Friends in the Ink. (No longer available online.) In: Zelluloid.de. Archived from the original on April 25, 2016 ; accessed on September 21, 2018 .
  16. ↑ Internet Movie Database - 5 Friends in the Ink (1970)
  17. ↑ Booklet of the Five Friends, Collector's Edition (7 DVDs), moviemax / Universum Film GmbH, 2010.
  18. ↑ Constantin Film and Sam Film bring the world's most famous friends to new life on the big screen: Enid Blyton's FIVE FRIENDS. Mike Marzuk directs. In: Constantin Film. May 9, 2011, accessed September 21, 2018 .
  19. ↑ Internet Movie Database - Five Friends (2012)
  20. ↑ sh: z -Zeitungsartikel: Fünf-Freunde-Kinofilm - Leading role for Schleswig ( Memento from May 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) from April 13, 2011.
  21. ↑ Movie - Five Friends 3
  22. ↑ Famous Five on a Treasure Island
  23. ↑ Famous Five, The: Five on a Treasure Island 1992, Enigma Variations