I was arguing that British boarding schools in the 1940s would have had very few people of colour. I still don't see how that has anything to do with politics. Then I can't help you. I gave you 5 paragraphs about why critiquing the use of PoC in modern TV is *entirely* political - and reflects the ...

Sadly the rise of UKIP, Brexit-supporters and the "anti-woke" idiots (who haven't got a clue what woke actually means or represents, just as they never understood what "politically correct" meant but brandished the words like a weapon) tragically means that casual (and not so ca...

I wonder if any black characters are ever played by white actors. Imagine if a film about Mandela was played by a white actor. Colourblind casting seems to be a one-way street unless I'm mistaken. And so it should be. "Colourblind casting" is about redressing an unbalance in the arts and ...

Tim, I'm pretty certain the circus was set up opposite Gatewood, just the otherside of the big shed, in those fields there

Just to clear up, Tim, I didn't mean to imply the other day that the actual circus sets were behind the woods at the foot of GH's garden in reality, merely that we used those woods to film in, for the journey *to* the circus, narratively. The actual circus was set up elsewhere. I vaguely recall that...

Saturday Banana was July 29th 1978

Well that's me proven wrong then. How on earth did they get away with that! Naughty Bob Cartwright...

it was all built at Lepe

i'm pretty positive those are not FF books - no one would have been that meta back then, indeed that would have been frowned upon both by the producers and by the Blyton people. I think they are genuine school books, probably maths or science.

After being deluged with an avalanche of requests to see the 1974 Betty Maxey - Five Go Down To The Sea illustrations, I post them here for your perusal. Can't beat a bit of Maxey. Never occurred to me that its her illos of Anne with the Aliceband that led to the tv version of Anne having one.

The term first came to mainstream use 40 years ago when they started turning up in mainstream bookshops in 1982, although the comics industry had been using the term since the late 70s.

just remember, dont over-pester these NF people...

S1: Mystery Moor/Smugglers Top/Hike/Adventuring Again/Caravan/Camp/Kirrin Island/Secret Trail/Finniston Farm/Billycock Hill. It's possible that Secret Trail was before Kirrin Island but unlikely. Also Billycock Hill and Finniston Farm may be the other way around The Elvis death date = my Billycock H...

Just checked - the blacksmith was indeed filmed at the Blacksmith Store close to Exbury

I would have liked to see a version done in 1978, though I don't know if filming was possible on Brownsea that early I dont think access to Brownsea would have mattered in 78. We’d have no need/money to lug cast and crew and equipment to the island by boat, it would have just been shot around Exbur...