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![]() The characters, from top left: Jyothi, Max, Allie, Dylan, and Timmy the dog | |
Based on | The Famous Five by Enid Blyton |
Written by | Tim Maile Douglas Tuber [1] |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom France |
Original language | French |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
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Producers | David Michel Laura Clunie [2] |
Running time | approx. 22 minutes (per episode) |
Production companies | Marathon Media Group Chorion |
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Network | Disney Channel (UK) France 3 (France) Super RTL (Germany) |
Release | 5 April – 27 September 2008 |
Famous 5: On The Case is an animated television series loosely based on the Famous Five series of novels by Enid Blyton. The series is a British-French co-production between Chorion Rights Limited, Marathon Media and France 3, in association with Disney Channel and Super RTL. [3] The series was developed for television by Douglas Tuber and Tim Maile, the writers of the former Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire . [1]
The central characters, children of the original Famous Five, embark on a new series of adventures. During these adventures the new Famous Five are able to make use of newer technology such as laptop computers and mobile phones which had never been invented in their parents' day. [4]
There are 26 episodes and each episode is 22 minutes long.
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
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1 | "The Case of the Fudgie Fry Pirates" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Douglas Tuber and Tim Maile | 5 April 2008 | TBA |
2 | "The Case of the Plant That Could Eat Your House" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Douglas Tuber and Tim Maile | 12 April 2008 | TBA |
3 | "The Case of the Impolite Snarly Thing" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Douglas Tuber and Tim Maile | 19 April 2008 | TBA |
4 | "The Case of the Sticks and Their Tricks" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Rachelle Romberg | 26 April 2008 | TBA |
5 | "The Case of the Plot to Pull the Plug" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Douglas Tuber and Tim Maile | 3 May 2008 | TBA |
6 | "The Case of the Thief Who Drinks From the Toilet" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Dave Polsky | 10 May 2008 | TBA |
7 | "The Case of the Hot Air BA-BOOM!" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Douglas Tuber and Tim Maile | 17 May 2008 | TBA |
8 | "The Case of the Stinky Smell" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Amy Wolfram | 24 May 2008 | TBA |
9 | "The Case of the Defective Detective" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Simon Jowett | 31 May 2008 | TBA |
10 | "The Case of Allie's Really Very Bad Singing" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Catherine Lieuwen | 7 June 2008 | TBA |
11 | "The Case of the Medieval Meathead" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Ben Townsend | 14 June 2008 | TBA |
12 | "The Case of the Messy Mucked up Masterpiece" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Brian Swenlin | 21 June 2008 | TBA |
13 | "The Case of the Guy Who Makes You Act Like A Chicken" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Sharon Schartz Rosenthal | 28 June 2008 | TBA |
14 | "The Case of the Felon with Frosty Fingers" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Charleen Easton | 5 July 2008 | TBA |
15 | "The Case of the Bogus Banknotes" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Simon Jowett | 12 July 2008 | TBA |
16 | "The Case of 8 Arms and No Fingerprints" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Dave Polsky | 19 July 2008 | TBA |
17 | "The Case of the Flowers That Make Your Body Go All Wobbly" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Rich Rinaldi and Dan Fybel | 26 July 2008 | TBA |
18 | "The Case of the Guy Who Looks Very Good for a 2000 Year Old" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Douglas Tuber and Tim Maile | 2 August 2008 | TBA |
19 | "The Case of the Gobbling Goop" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Richard P. Halke and Steve Luchsinger | 9 August 2008 | TBA |
20 | "The Case of the Surfer Dude Who is Truly Rude" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Douglas Tuber and Tim Maile | August 16, 2008 | TBA |
21 | "The Case of the Cactus, The Coot and The Cowboy Boot" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Douglas Tuber and Tim Maile | 23 August 2008 | TBA |
22 | "The Case of the Seal Who Gets All Up in Your Face" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Douglas Tuber and Tim Maile | 30 August 2008 | TBA |
23 | "The Case of the Snow, The Glow and The OH-NO!" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Douglas Tuber and Tim Maile | 6 September 2008 | TBA |
24 | "The Case of the Fish That Flew The Coop" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Douglas Tuber and Tim Maile | 13 September 2008 | TBA |
25 | "The Case of the Smashed and Tangled Museum" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Douglas Tuber and Tim Maile | 20 September 2008 | TBA |
26 | "The Case of the Golden Medal and the Horse of Steel" | Thierry Sapyn and Pascal Pinon | Douglas Tuber and Tim Maile | 27 September 2008 | TBA |
Along with the series, Hodder Books has produced a "flipper" novel of some of the 26 episodes. Each book contains two of the stories and are available in UK bookstores. No other merchandise was ever released. The books are:
Disney Channel networks across the world (including the UK, France, Africa, Middle-East, Asian, and Australian networks) acquired pay-TV rights to the series. Super RTL (Germany), RTBF (Belgium), the Dutch version of Jetix, and LNK (Lithuania) acquired free-TV rights. [3]
The series aired in the United States on Qubo.
The series was released in France on DVD by Buena Vista Home Entertainment in August 2010 in two two-disc volumes that make up the whole series. [5] [6]