{"id":18985,"date":"2023-07-26T09:17:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T13:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-unveils-famous-five-adaptation-details\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T10:58:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T14:58:35","slug":"bbc-unveils-the-famous-five-adaptation-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-unveils-the-famous-five-adaptation-details\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Unveils The Famous Five Adaptation Details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC has revealed the cast of <em>The Famous Five<\/em>, an adaptation of Enid Blyton\u2019s book series of the same name co-produced with ZDF.<\/p>\n<p>Diaana Babnicova, Elliott Rose, Kit Rakusen, Flora Jacoby Richardson and Kip, a Bearded Collie mix, play the five daring explorers who encounter action-packed adventures filled with mysteries, danger and secrets. The cast also includes Jack Gleeson (<em>Game of Thrones<\/em>) and James Lance (<em>Ted Lasso<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Ann Akinjirin (<em>Moon Knight<\/em>, <em>I May Destroy You<\/em>) and Diana Quick (<em>Father Brown<\/em>, <em>Forever Young<\/em>, <em>Houdini and Doyle<\/em>) also star.<\/p>\n<p>The first episode of <em>The Famous Five<\/em> is directed by Tim Kirkby (<em>Fleabag<\/em>, <em>The Pentaverate<\/em>) and produced by Moonage Pictures and byNWR Originals. Asim Abbasi (<em>Churails<\/em>, <em>Cake<\/em>, <em>Count Abdulla<\/em>) is director of the second episode, and Bill Eagles (<em>Beautiful Creatures<\/em>, <em>Gotham<\/em>, <em>Pennyworth<\/em>) is director of the third.<\/p>\n<p>Nicolas Winding Refn, Matthew Read, Will Gould, Frith Tiplady, Kirkby, Christina Bostofte Erritz\u00f8e, Kimberly Willming and Matthew Bouch.<\/p>\n<p>BBC Studios, which has a minority stake in Moonage, is overseeing international distribution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur brilliant young cast are mind-blowingly talented and, along with Kip (playing Timmy), they are already bringing these gorgeous characters to life in a fresh and modern way,\u201d Kirkby said. \u201cTogether with the brilliant Jack, Ann, James and Diana we can\u2019t wait to bring these glorious, action-filled, epic, family adventures to the screen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC has revealed the cast of The Famous Five, an adaptation of Enid Blyton\u2019s book series of the same name co-produced with ZDF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":18986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[237,1138,7184,7185,7186,6972,7187,7188,7189,7190,2486,6978,7191,1047],"class_list":["post-18985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-studios","tag-bynwr-originals","tag-diaana-babnicova","tag-elliott-rose","tag-enid-blyton","tag-flora-jacoby-richardson","tag-jack-gleeson","tag-james-lance","tag-kit-rakusen","tag-moonage-pictures","tag-the-famous-five","tag-tim-kirkby","tag-zdf","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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