Famous Five get together again

TIPPLING ginger beer, trips to Kirrin Island and combating smuggling rings were all in a summer’s work for the Famous Five and they’re set for a return to our TV screens.

Most Irish people who grew up in the late 1970s and early 1980s have Julian, Dick, Ann, George and Timmy the dog as an enduring memory of their childhood but the gang are set for a return as adults themselves in a new series.

The adaptation of Enid Blyton’s series of books, written between 1942 and 1963, brought the idea of adventure to life for a generation of youngsters who are now parents themselves.