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In news I didn't expect to see - Nicholas Winding Refn Behind ‘The Famous Five’ Adaptation For BBC, ZDF -- (link)

Posted by LMS (aka RufusS) Jun 26 '23, 02:36

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https://deadline.com/2023/06/nicholas-winding-refn-behind-famous-five-adaptation-bbc-zdf-1235424494/ (deadline.com)

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"The 21 books are some of the bestselling children’s novels of all time..." I've never heard of the books. Are they new, so popular with younger -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 26, 05:35 6
- There were a lot of American children's adventure series - Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, etc - that would have crowded them out -- nm - Roger More Jun 26, 06:34 1
  - Makes sense. I read both of those and others but would have likely welcomed another. Oh well, I'm not reading them now. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 26, 06:35
- Not all that new, since the series ended 60 years ago. - Marlowe Jun 26, 05:46 2
  - She also wrote the Noddy books, and is a touchstone in Eglish culture - which means she gets in the news when there are new editions of the books that - Roger More Jun 26, 06:36
  - Must be that it didn't make it across the ocean. A lot of children's books seem to be popular in many countries outside of their origin so -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 26, 06:07
- same -- nm - Beaker 🍺 Jun 26, 05:42
"A lot more pools of blood than I was expecting" -- The Guardian -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 03:17 1
- [snork] -- nm - mud Jun 26, 06:15

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