Five Friends (1978)
| Television series | |
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| German title | Five friends |
| Original title | The Famous Five |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1978 - 1979 |
| length | 25 minutes |
| Episodes | 26 in 2 seasons |
| genre | Crime series for children |
| music | Rob Andrews (music)
Tony King (arranger, conductor) Les Spurr (text) |
| First broadcast | July 3, 1978 on ITV |
| German-language first broadcast |
September 30, 1978 on ZDF |
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Five Friends ( The Famous Five , ) is a British television series from 1978. It is based on the Five Friends series by British author Enid Blyton .
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The siblings Julian, Dick and Anne meet their cousin George and their dog Timmy (a border collie ) during their holidays . Together they go on adventures, solve puzzles and thus also help the police.
backgrounds
The implementation of the five friends series takes place in the present of the 1970s. The individual episodes adhere very closely to the stories of the novel. The film was shot in various locations in England, mostly in the Exbury area.
The series was made with the participation of ZDF - they also insisted on German actors being cast. Also with the five was considered to cast at least one German child actor, which would have led to unnecessary problems due to language barriers on the set. Finally, it was agreed on Michelle Gallagher - she had German ancestors.
The Poly label released a series of radio plays based on the original dubbed tracks from the television series. Radio play production Europe also had the children's dubbing actors re-record their roles soon afterwards and produced 21 radio plays, the covers of which clearly showed the remark "In the main roles the original speakers of the German TV series" could be found. This also were five on Treasure Island , five friends make a discovery and Five Have Plenty of Fun set to music that were not filmed in the TV series. The lesser known short stories, which only became better known with the publication of the volume Five Friends Master Every Danger in 1996, were not made into a film. The Blyton script of The Famous Five - Adventure, discovered in 2000, was also not made into a film .
The series was broadcast several times on German television.
In 1996, another television series with the same title was created , based on Enid Blyton's template, which is why the old series was broadcast less often on German television. 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 issues have been resolved. The forum and the team of the Five Friends Fanpage played a decisive role . In Germany, the 1978 series first appeared on DVD and Blu-ray in autumn 2010.
The series was later also released on DVD for the English-speaking world. In the English edition, the cover is almost identical, as is the scanned image material, but the booklet and the extras differ from the German edition. Both the DVD and BD versions contain unsynchronized passages that were cut and automatically subtitled for the first time in German for the first time, which were removed by ZDF when they were first broadcast to protect minors. For example, the discovery of a skull in the episode Five Friends Are Following the Beach Raiders (2) was not broadcast at the time. In the double episode ... help her comrade , the threat to George and later all five friends was cut with a revolver. The strongest shortening was made in the double sequence ... on the lighthouse : Here, the motifs of the brothers Ebeneezer and Jacob to find the pirate treasure were cut out in part 1 - but in another conversation between the two in episode 2, contrary to the English original, in the synchronization, albeit shortened, explained. Overall, the German dubbing is consistently more child-friendly and harmless than the original version.
Title song and credits
The theme music was composed by Rob Andrews. The English text is from Les Spurr. The same melody was used for the credits, but with a different text:
Title:
Whenever an adventure is worth it: We don't know fear and horror, because we're used to it. / Wherever there is a riddle to be solved: Up in the old castle or in the smuggler's nest. / We are five friends: Julian, Dick and Anne, George and Timmy the dog. / Five friends that’s us: We’ll come over quickly whenever you want us. / We come over quickly and we're there.
End credits:
Whatever lies behind forbidden doors: we don't know how to go back, we will discover it. / We don't let any danger slip away - trust in us, we'll tackle it, who can resist us? / We are five friends: Julian, Dick and Anne, George and Timmy the dog. / Five friends that’s us: We’ll come over quickly whenever you want us. / We come over quickly, and we're there, we're there.
Episode overview
| No. | German title | German premiere | Original title | Original first broadcast | Season number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Five friends on the rocky island (part 1) | 09/30/1978 | Five On Kirrin Island (1) | 07/03/1978 | 1.01 |
| 2 | Five friends on the rock island (part 2) | 07.10.1978 | Five On Kirrin Island (2) | 07/10/1978 | 1.02 |
| 3 | Five friends on new adventures | 04/11/1978 | Five Go Adventuring Again | 07/17/1978 | 1.03 |
| 4th | Five friends on a smuggler hunt (part 1) | 11/25/1978 | Five Go To Smuggler's Top (1) | 07/24/1978 | 1.04 |
| 5 | Five friends on a smuggler hunt (part 2) | 12/02/1978 | Five Go To Smuggler's Top (2) | 07/31/1978 | 1.05 |
| 6th | Five friends at the traveling circus | 11/18/1978 | Five Go Off In A Caravan | 08/07/1978 | 1.06 |
| 7th | Five friends in the tent camp (part 1) | 10/14/1978 | Five Go Off To Camp (1) | 08/14/1978 | 1.07 |
| 8th | Five friends in the tent camp (part 2) | 10/21/1978 | Five Go Off To Camp (2) | 08/21/1978 | 1.08 |
| 9 | Five friends on a long journey | 01/13/1979 | Five Go 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 (1) | November 19, 1978 | 2.01 |
| 15th | Five friends get in trouble (part 2) | 02/10/1979 | Five Get Into Trouble (2) | 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 Demons Rock (1) | 07/18/1979 | 2.10 |
| 24 | Five friends on the lighthouse (part 2) | 03/10/1979 | Five Go To Demons Rock (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 |
Publications
DVD / Blu-ray
- Five Friends - Box 1 (3 DVDs) - episodes 01–13 , moviemax / Universum Film GmbH, 2010
- Five Friends - Box 2 (3 DVDs) - episodes 14–26 , moviemax / Universum Film GmbH, 2010
- Five friends - Collectors Box (7 DVDs) - episodes 01–26 , moviemax / Universum Film GmbH, 2010
- Five friends - Collectors Box (3 BDs ) - episodes 01–26 , moviemax / Universum Film GmbH, 2010
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.fuenffreundefanpage.de/de_a-drehort.htm
- ^ The Enid Blyton Society Journal No 12 , No 15 and The Famous Five Adventure
- ↑ It was repeated several times, namely in the years: 1978–1979 (all 26 episodes), 1981 (24 episodes), 1983 (one episode), 1984 (8 episodes), 1985 (11 episodes), 1986 (4 episodes) , 1988 (22 episodes), 1991 (all 26 episodes), 1993–1994 (19 episodes), 1997 (2 episodes) each on ZDF ; In 1997 and 2009 it was broadcast again in full on Super RTL .
- ↑ Five friends fan page ; Page with information about Enid Blyton's Five Friends series and the release of the television series.
- ↑ Booklet of the Five Friends, Collector's Edition (7 DVDs), moviemax / Universum Film GmbH, 2010.
Web links
- Five friends in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Five Friends Fanpage, Five Friends series from 1978 (partner site for the Five Friends DVD release of the Moviemax with a lot of information about the series)
- more information about the series on wunschliste.de