New Zealand Adventure/Secret Series
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Unfortunately, they were pretty dreadful adaptations, and not for purists.
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I might be wrong, but it seems that the German station "Bibel TV" is airing the adventure series. I stumbled across it today and I'll check out coming weekend to see if I caught the right channel. They air Sundays 07.00 - 08.00 and rerun it Satudays 07.00 - 08.00.
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The Secret Series is now on sale in Australia, at several different sites - google away - ranging from $31 to $39. Plus presumably substantial postage. They all claim it's Region 4.
There's also a site on UK ebay claiming ot have 10 sets - the only doubt is they claim it's a 4-disc set when the box clearly says 3, and they say it's Region 0. Cost £40. Anyone heard any more about these? Is there going to be a genuine UK issue, and are Amazon going to have it?
There's also a site on UK ebay claiming ot have 10 sets - the only doubt is they claim it's a 4-disc set when the box clearly says 3, and they say it's Region 0. Cost £40. Anyone heard any more about these? Is there going to be a genuine UK issue, and are Amazon going to have it?
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You probably know already but you can get the full 8 movies of the adventure series on DVD. Check out ebay.
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As it seems the German station Bibel TV is showing the adventue series, today there was the rerun of the forst 2 episodes of "The island of adventure".
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@ Wolfgang That's right. Each episode is watchable, from time to time on Saturday and Sundays. Greetings, Soenke
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Its on the UK ebay site
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It's interesting that it is classified as 'medium violence'. It isn't the first thing one thinks about when Enid Blyton is concerned.
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I wish the link would work for me. I really would love to get the DVD!!!Tony Summerfield wrote:Apparently the Adventure Series that was filmed by Cloud 9 has been released on DVD in Australia and New Zealand:
http://www.umbrellaent.com.au/Product/P ... /DAVID2101
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Tony, I finally found the link to the website on the Internet, BUT when I searched for "The Castle of Adventure" or "The Island of Adventure", it did not show up.Tony Summerfield wrote:Apparently the Adventure Series that was filmed by Cloud 9 has been released on DVD in Australia and New Zealand and somebody very kindly sent me the following link:-
http://www.umbrellaent.com.au/Product/P ... /DAVID2101
I searched it in "children's movies", but they must be listed somewhere else.
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If you go to "http://www.umbrellaent.com.au/" and search for Blyton, you'll find both the Adventure and the Secret series listed, $39.99 each. You won't go very far with "Castle of adventure" with this series, because this episode doesn't exist - it's replaced by "Woods of adventure".
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Thank you so much, Wolfgang!
I typed in Blyton and found it. They seem to ship to other countries (check the bottom, shipping policies).
Is there an Australian Dollar? I wonder if it's worth more than the US Dollar. Will have to ask my husband.
Did you ever watch the Adventure TV series on German TV? Somehow I missed it on KiKa.
Is it close to the books?
I typed in Blyton and found it. They seem to ship to other countries (check the bottom, shipping policies).
Is there an Australian Dollar? I wonder if it's worth more than the US Dollar. Will have to ask my husband.
Did you ever watch the Adventure TV series on German TV? Somehow I missed it on KiKa.
Is it close to the books?
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I wouldn't waste your money on the NZ series. It's awful.
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Well, I'm mostly interested in "Castle" and "Valley" and was wondering how they realized the castle scenes in New Zealand? I doubt they have any castles.
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Great! I just added it to my amazon.de wish list.Wolfgang wrote:
Hi Tony,
this is not entirely true - there's a German DVD edition with all 5 adventures, unfortunately without English track .
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