Old Skool Terrestrial Telly

[Hobbes]

Is Dick called Dick?

Yes! I liked that - and Aunt Fanny is called Aunt Fanny.

The child actors are really good, plus the reporter from Ted Lasso plays Uncle Quentin, and he’s perfect too.

[Pippedydeadeye]

You didn’t dream the Magic Faraway Tree; Nicola Coughlan is going to be in it.

[Disco]

I'm happy about Fanny too.

I am very excited about the magic faraway tree!

[Estrella]

S and I loved the Famous Five eps (we only found the first two). Very excited for The Magic Faraway Tree!

[Little My]

Oh my god! I absolutely loved reading The Magic Faraway Tree to my kids!!

[emma_p]

Silky and Moonface

[Disco]

I loved it so much. The lands at the top, the slide in the middle, toffee shocks.

[emma_p]

Pop cakes!

[Disco]

Is that what they were called? I thought toffee pops but the internet said shocks. I just recall really wanting them.

[Little My]

They had pop cakes and toffee shocks! Exploding toffees.

[Hobbes]

Oh I loved the Magic Faraway Tree, I can’t wait for that!

Dame Spanks a lot :lol:

[Chicky]

I love the Faraway Tree books I have them on audible read by Kate Winslet. I also liked the Famous Five adaptation, particularly that they kept George as a tomboy rather than anything else

[Little My]

Err, Dame Washalot.. was it changed?!

She used to tip her wash water down the tree on people.

[Disco]

There was a Dame Spank A Lot or Madam Spankalot who was a headmistress at the school they were trapped in at the land at the top of the tree.

Dame Washalot lived in the tree, didn't she? Throwing water down.

[emma_p]

I always wanted to go down the slippery-slip

[Disco]

I remember making a hand puppet out of felt at school with yellow wool for hair. I called her Silken because I didn't want everyone to say I was copying Silky.

It was so fun. Remember when there were bad goblins attacking the tree? I think that was in the second book maybe.

I also think it might just have been Dame Slap.

[Hobbes]

I think you are right Disco, I think it’s just Dame Slap, I think I’m misremembering it being Dame Spanks a lot!

[Lily]

End of Summer, a Sandinavian :vague: thriller on BBC 4, is absolutely brilliant. My jaw dropped during episode 5.

[Lola]

I’m enjoying Love & Death on ITV which is a true story about a woman who had an affair with her friends’s husband & then ended up killing the friend, although she was acquitted at the trial. It’s set in 1979 in Texas so I like the period drama aspect of it.

[Hazey_Jane]

Having enjoyed the non-sleb version, I’m watching Celebrity Around the World and introducing it to my father in law. 10 minutes in and Kola is already my favourite!