I remember when I was younger I loved some of the audiobooks, but recent productions don't seem nearly as good, and I was wondering if anybody wanted to recommend which of the audiobooks they really enjoyed.
For example, I loved the Shadow the Sheepdog adaptation, and the Sarah Greene version of 'Five go to Finnestan Farm' I always remembered as very good.
Are there any other exceptional audiobook or audioplay adaptations? Are there any very good modern versions?
Many thanks
Best audiobook productions of Enid Blyton Books?
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Re: Best audiobook productions of Enid Blyton Books?
I love Good Old Secret Seven Enid Blyton Audiobook Abridged audio dramatization (1998)
which may be on youtube.
Also, although she does Blyton and also none Blyton dramatizations, I find Judi Hughes hard to beat:
Chicken Licken & The Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly - Judi Hughes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdNg7MyROSI&t=13s
which may be on youtube.
Also, although she does Blyton and also none Blyton dramatizations, I find Judi Hughes hard to beat:
Chicken Licken & The Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly - Judi Hughes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdNg7MyROSI&t=13s
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Re: Best audiobook productions of Enid Blyton Books?
I read Enid Blyton in the 1970s/very early 1980s and audiobooks weren't so popular at the time, though I did have a couple of non-Blyton storytellings on LP (Anna Sewell's Black Beauty and a selection of Hans Andersen's fairy tales).
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Re: Best audiobook productions of Enid Blyton Books?
The Famous Five audiobooks read by Jan Francis are very good. They are the book being read by a pleasant reader, which is exactly what I want, not a full cast dramatization. They are about 4 hours long, or a bit longer. If you see audiobooks that are much shorter than that, then you can assume they are abridged.
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Re: Best audiobook productions of Enid Blyton Books?
These are excellent:
Five on a Hike Together (two Archers actors):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmaGuqHAFKE
Five Go Down to the Sea (Jane Asher):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay9bKzA8TvM
Five Go to Smuggler’s Top (good cast including Noddy’s voice):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqciRHxLIrI
Five on a Hike Together (two Archers actors):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmaGuqHAFKE
Five Go Down to the Sea (Jane Asher):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay9bKzA8TvM
Five Go to Smuggler’s Top (good cast including Noddy’s voice):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqciRHxLIrI
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Re: Best audiobook productions of Enid Blyton Books?
I listened to a bit and it does sound good.Sooty wrote: ↑18 Feb 2024, 17:55 These are excellent:
Five Go to Smuggler’s Top (good cast including Noddy’s voice):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqciRHxLIrI
I must listen to all of it and maybe some of the others.
But why would Noddy be at Smuggler's Top without my knowledge I wonder?
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