I think the person hired to create the opening titles must have done a runner as the titles we were presented with should win a prize for the worst titles of all time! We were then presented with a long and boring opening scene - George sailing to Kirrin Island where she found a dog on a boat. Timmy in this version. Eventually we were introduced to the other characters. What a dilapidated cottage George and her parents lived in. And why did George have a London accent? And why did George's father look as if he'd just come out of a make up studio? Anne was too old and Dick too young and nerdy. It may have been "inspired by" but it wasn't based on the original Famous Five. And simply not a cake in sight! That was enough for me. I'll go back to the enjoyable earlier TV series that did stay true to the books.
Review of The Curse of Kirrin Island
