Famous 5: On The Case is an animated television series loosely based on the Famous Five series of novels by Enid Blyton. The series is a British-French co-production between Chorion Rights Limited, Marathon Media and France 3, in association with Disney Channel and Super RTL. The series was developed for television by Douglas Tuber and Tim Maile, the writers of the former Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire.

Plot

The central characters, children of the original Famous Five, embark on a new series of adventures. During these adventures the new Famous Five are able to make use of newer technology such as laptop computers and mobile phones which had never been invented in their parents' day.

Characters

Episodes

There are 26 episodes and each episode is 22 minutes long. Six years later, it finally premiered in the U.S.

Merchandise

Along with the series, Hodder Books has produced a "flipper" novel of some of the 26 episodes. Each book contains two of the stories and are available in UK bookstores. No other merchandise was ever released. The books are:

Broadcast

Disney Channel networks across the world (including the UK, France, Africa, Middle-East, Asian, and Australian networks) acquired pay-TV rights to the series. Super RTL (Germany), RTBF (Belgium), the Dutch version of Jetix, and LNK (Lithuania) acquired free-TV rights. The series aired in the United States on Qubo.

Home Media

The series was released in France on DVD by Buena Vista Home Entertainment in August 2010 in two two-disc volumes that make up the whole series.