Favourite episode in the Famous Five 1990s series?

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Cathy wrote:I wonder why they set Go Down To The Sea in Somerset rather than Cornwall. They kept the name Tremannon, which is obviously a Cornish name, yet moved it to Exmoor and near to places like Watchet and Porlock!
Isn't that so annoying? I imagine it's to do with the cost. I was really irritated with the David Suchet TV adaptation of A Cornish Mystery. That was filmed entirely in Dunster. It ruined it for me.
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Yes, I agree about Poirot. Much as I love Dunster and it was lovely to see the village street and yarn market and shops, it was very out-of-place for something set in Cornwall, and Dunster is so obvious to people as well - people would recognise it instantly, rather than if it was just set in the street of an ordinary westcountry town. :|

In the FF there's no excuse really - the outdoor shots were just random countryside and random coves and lanes, and a farm - they could have easily left it as set in Cornwall, as there were no landmarks to identify Exmoor - it's not as if they filmed at Porlock harbour or anything - that countryside could have easily been Cornwall. :)
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I wouldn't think twice in saying it is "Five go Adventuring Again".
And even when I find it difficult to accept it, I liked it better than the 1970s "Five go Adventuring Again". I still adore the 1970s one but somehow I felt the 1990s one (this certain episode) made the story more real. 8)
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Re: Favourite episode in the Famous Five 1990s series?

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Having just watched the whole series again, I have to say the best episodes are the 'two-parter' ones, which don't rush the stories, as the 25 minute episodes do. The best one by far, I think, is Five Go To Smuggler's Top.
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