The Famous Five review – this Enid Blyton adaptation feels oddly like the Da Vinci Code

‘Surprisingly topical’ … (L-R) Anne (Flora Jacoby Richardson), Julian (Elliott Rose), George (Diaana Babnicova) and Dick (Kit Rakusen) with Timmy the dog (Kip) in The Famous Five. Photograph: James Pardon/BBC

Adults are so stupid. They just don’t listen when their kids tell them about stranger danger. “Mum and Dad,” wails George two-thirds of the way through this feature-length adaptation of Enid Blyton’s first Famous Five novel, “that guy’s an insane maniac who locked us in a crypt!”

“I’m not interested in what you’ve got to say,” says George’s mum. “You’ve got to grow up and that’s an end to it.”