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BBC to bring the famous five to TV

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Dinopawus · 26/06/2023 07:52

Just seen this in the Times.

For the love of Timmy, can the BBC please leave George as the Tom-boy she is?

Im not confident.

Famous Five go on a progressive adventure for new generation in TV adaptation

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/25335ec2-1388-11ee-b768-bb6d328f2d92?shareToken=8042c7bc7e8225df45e0537407fb335a

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MossCow · 26/06/2023 08:13

Mallory Towers did OK with its diversity although I could have done without the stable boy to be honest. There was no need to cram a boy in - it's a girls school.

Both my dc absolutely loved Enid Blyton books but sometimes when I was reading them as a bedtime story I'd change the description of some characters so that at least there was the opportunity for them to imagine up someone in the story that looked like them. Just by saying 'her black hair' or 'flashing brown eyes' instead of what was written.

Toseland · 26/06/2023 08:07

George is a tom-boy, one of my first heroes. I'm really looking forward to seeing the role played by a strong woman.

PriOn1 · 26/06/2023 08:02

”a diverse range of children will star in the four main roles”

The children were quite obviously written as white, middle class and were all related, three of them siblings. Why not create a different story if you want to jam in diversity?

Then again, perhaps Timmy will be a trans dog and will go to school, but only whine and bark occasionally, when asked questions in class.

Froodwithatowel · 26/06/2023 08:02

But she wasn't trans. She just wanted a version of girlhood that was not stuck in poor Anne's 'I embrace my servitude and am everybody's little mummy' groove. Julian was no less stuck in another stereotypical groove.

Nellodee · 26/06/2023 07:59

Makes, not makes.

Nellodee · 26/06/2023 07:58

I think George being trans males a lot more sense than Joan of Arc, to be fair.

determinedtomakethiswork · 26/06/2023 07:58

That was my first thought, too!

crumpet · 26/06/2023 07:54

Don’t hold out much hope.