Five Go Mad in Dorset (1982)

Directed by

Bob Spiers

Genre

comedy

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

30 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A parody of the Famous Five adventure stories. A group of children and their dog go on a holiday in the English countryside. They encounter silly mysteries and exaggerated characters.

satiricaltongue-in-cheekabsurdirreverentplayfulnostalgiccampylighthearted

What happens

Five Go Mad in Dorset was the first of three Five Go Mad specials from the long-running series of The Comic Strip Presents... television comedy films. It first aired on the launch night of Channel 4 (2 November 1982), and was written by Peter Richardson and Pete Richens, and directed by Bob Spiers. It was entirely filmed in Devon rather than Dorset. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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