Enid Blyton
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Oct 29, 2026
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food ready when you're watching it.
David O'CallaghanHOST
and then one that also skipped by most families actually The Magic Faraway Tree from Enid Blyton was turned into a movie with Andrew Garfield and numerous others and probably all of British actors you can find that kind of missed everybody in cinema but now also is on Prime Video so yeah it's just they're all landing so yeah get distracted do it do it And there you go.
David O'CallaghanHOST
That is your streaming.
David O'CallaghanHOST
What did I tell you? Something for everybody.
Rosie MaggsUNKNOWN
Question number four.
Rosie MaggsUNKNOWN
Who believed the faked fairy pictures? Was it A, Arthur Conan Doyle, B, Enid Blyton, or C, Agatha Christie? We're going to go to Team Sword.
Scott WebberHOST
A, Arthur Conan Doyle.
Rosie MaggsUNKNOWN
Isn't he a sir?
Odette EnglandGUEST
Does it look the same? Does it feel the same? Yeah.
Odette EnglandGUEST
And I didn't have books to escape to, although we did have, there were these lovely Enid Blyton books, hardcover fantasy books, and I had a couple from a cousin who lived far away.
Odette EnglandGUEST
And they were these fantastical, whimsical places that I genuinely believed existed.
Odette EnglandGUEST
I believed there was a magic faraway tree because I had no reason not to.
Kristoffer HughesHOST
And we had to take examples of books with us.
Kristoffer HughesHOST
And I had a really lovely conversation with Francesca, the host of that podcast, because I took a load of Enid Blyton books and she was like, you know, nobody's ever brought Enid Blyton books here before.
Kristoffer HughesHOST
But those were my, like, gateway drug.
Sandie BeeGUEST
Into the...
Kristoffer HughesHOST
myself.
Kristoffer HughesHOST
Yeah.
Kristoffer HughesHOST
And because of Enid Blyton and other books of that
Sandie BeeGUEST
ilk,
speaker_1HOST
Like what?
speaker_2HOST
Well, the surreal mixing of streetwise city evacuees and ancient country villages directly inspired literary touchstones like Enid Blyton's famous five series or the story that became Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
speaker_1HOST
It was a forced integration.
speaker_1HOST
Town meeting country, extreme wealth meeting extreme poverty, all happening literally overnight.
James ClementsHOST
This is the magic roundabout.
James ClementsHOST
This isn't like an Enid Blyton book, but it's similar, right? The magic roundabout.
James ClementsHOST
Either Franz or Paolo gets injured.
James ClementsHOST
The Magic play very, very well.
Nick WasilievHOST
likeness of some stories set in England.
Nick WasilievHOST
Like, my thoughts were kind of immediately thinking of, say, Enid Blyton or Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden was immediately came to mind as well.
Nick WasilievHOST
um but there's also a bit more bite there's a bit more bite to it that um as well like there's literary kind of motifs color the backgrounds there's a few sneaky wizard of oz references there's an oscar wilde quote or two there's a bronte color to it as well but let's say the biggest one the biggest one is by far lewis carroll's alice's adventures in wonderland um it is very very key part of it and a deep it's a deep dive into Kate, into her own coming of age story, going through First Love, and by extension, heartbreak as well and it's parallel it's kind of that is parallel to the kind of the allegory is also present in that story too yeah and what i love is is that you've used this this kind of this skill set to create to create a very colorful environment that is dashboard you really nailed the place thank you and i want to ask you talk to me about creating place in this environment particularly because dash was located on as you kind of say on the yorkshire moors around Violet Town talk to me about creating Violet Town and this area on the page
Bryony McGuinnessGUEST
well I think it's it started I don't know why but I have like this and maybe it actually goes back to the secret garden because my sister and my mom and I used to watch that movie and the little princess all the time um and you know like how she lives in that huge estate like I think I've always just had this love of these really old estates that people used to live in, which you certainly can't live in now.
Adele ParksGUEST
But I remember just the fear of getting something wrong that I often lived with when I was little.
Adele ParksGUEST
And so she dashed off and came back with an Enid Blyton book.
Adele ParksGUEST
And I think we all know, you know, Enid Blyton's signature is on the front of the book.
Adele ParksGUEST
And she said, you see, this lady sits at home and she thinks of these stories and she writes these stories and puts them in these books for you to read.
Adele ParksGUEST
And it was the first time I understood the concept that something from your head ended up as these products on the shelf.
LeeHOST
And I'm Grace's dad, Lee.
LeeHOST
Together we're taking you episode by episode through the TV programme based on Enid Blyton's classic books.
GraceHOST
Each week we'll look back at an episode of the show, sharing our thoughts, playing some fun quizzes and adding extra facts and insights related to each episode.
LeeHOST
So whether you are a longtime fan or new to the wonder of Mallory Towers, grab your lacrosse sticks and join us for a chat in the towers.
Vicki YadavHOST
Lacrosse.
Vicki YadavHOST
I'd only heard of lacrosse in Enid Blyton books.
Vicki YadavHOST
And suddenly I hear about our children going to lacrosse competitions and having lacrosse training.
Vicki YadavHOST
So how does that work? So that is,
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