The Enid Blyton Adventure Series (1996–…): Season 1, Episode 7 - Circus of Adventures - full transcript
The children are looking forward to going on holiday with Bill and Allie. School is over and the summer stretches ahead. Bill is summoned to his offer and instructed by Sir George to guard the future prince of Tauri-Hessia who has had a kidnap attempt made on him. The only clues, a few cigarette butts of Turkish origin. Reluctantly Bill agrees and takes the regal young Gus back to Craggy Tops to meet the family. The children are not impressed with his haughty ways and soon find out who he really is. Unknown to Bill his car has been fitted with a tracking device by Jones, a man who works for Madame Tatiosa, married to the Prime Minister of Tauri-Hessia and her ally, Count Paritolen. They plan to kidnap the present king and place the puppet prince Gus on the throne. Oblivious of their machinations, the kids prepare for their holiday in two days time. Jack and Philip decide to sneak out after dark and observe the night creatures, taking Kiki in case she disturbs the sleeping Gus. While they are gone, Jones, pretending to be injured, tricks Bill and Allie out of the house where they are overpowered leaving the way clear for the Madame and her cohorts to kidnap the prince. Philip, thinking he has heard a distant scream, returns to Craggy Tops. He disturbs the baddies and is captured himself. Jack returns in time to see what's happening and stows away in the boos of one of the cars with Kiki. He is taken to a little used airfield where is manages to stow away in the cargo area of the helicopter while the others are being bundled aboard. Meanwhile Bill and Allison escape from their bonds and Allison learns of the British Governments reluctance to intervene without diplomacy, much to her anger and concern. On arrival at Tauri-Hessia, Jack and Kiki do not slip away unnoticed and Jones pursues. Jack eventually succeeds in foiling him and hitches a ride on the back of a Circus wagon. The other kids are thrown in the dungeon of Borkin Castle. They try and cheer Gus up, believing help to be close behind. Jack makes his way to the Castle and climbs through a turret window. Avoiding the guards, he spies the Madame waiting impatiently in the main hall. He sees the fireplace swing open. A secret passage. When the coast is clear he finds his way in. He overhears a conversation between the conspirators, then makes his way to the dungeons. He finds his friends but cannot remove the heavy padlock. He promises to return with help. He finds his way out of the Castle under a statue in the garden. Later on, Jack comes upon the traveling Circus owned by Pedro and is given food and shelter. He meets the animals and Frank's lions. Back home, Allie pressures Bill to rescue the kids. He agrees and in a meeting with Sir George, meets Roland, a man who knows Tauri-Hesia well, who also smokes Turkish cigarettes. Jack is woken from his slumbers to the roar of lions. Frank is ill. Who will replace him? Jack has an idea. If Pedro helps him to free the kids, Philip - with his uncanny ability with animals, might be able to help him with the lions. They wait till dark before heading back to the Castle. The King is captured and taken to Borkin Castle, his car passing Jack and Pedro. They realize the need for haste. Entering by the statue, they go to the dungeon and free the kids. They escape back to the Circus. They disguise themselves as Circus people to avoid the search by the Castle guards. Then Bill and Roland turn up, and with Jack, go to rescue the King. Gussy is pensive. He has sees Roland before. He remembers and warns the others. This man is not a friend. They arrive just as the King is about to be shot. Bill disarms the Count and Roland is unmasked. The King in his gratitude, throws a banquet. They mystery guest appears. It's Allison. In their borrowed finery they all receive a garter sash, Kiki included.
(traffic)
(mysterious music)
(car engine revs)
(traffic)
(suspenseful music)
- Get in back.
- Get in the van old man.
- [Otto] Help!
- [Tel] Move, move
Back off, copper, back
off, I said back off.
(cop whispers in his walkie talkie)
- [Tel] Go, go, go!
(tires screeching)
(bright music)
♪ Whatever the danger ♪
♪ You got to be strong ♪
♪ So trust in your heart ♪
♪ We can't go on ♪
♪ Be true ♪
♪ I always stand by you. ♪
- [Radio Announcer] Radio,
turn your radio dial,
Legacy Radio FM.
Here's a weather warning.
- Kiki, you'll deafen me.
(bird speaking)
- It's not morning, Kiki,
it's nearly nighttime.
- Are we still going to
fly tonight, Uncle Bill?
- If the weather holds till then.
- The forecast storms for later.
- Can your airplane fly
in a storm, Uncle Bill?
- It can Lucy, but it's not much fun.
- We'd better hurry up
with the packing then.
- Don't pack too much,
it's only a weekend.
- We're only going to survive
gear if we are going hiking.
- Oh, and don't forget the sleeping bags.
It's an overcoat colder in Scotland.
- Brr.
- Food, boots.
- I've got mine.
- Matches, torches.
- Got mine!
- That's pathetic.
- It's not.
- That's it! Oh, distress flares.
- Don't go mad, Di.
- You never can tell.
- Kiki, don't eat all the
food before we get there.
(bird speaking)
- Come on.
(soft music)
- We won't be able to use a ferry now.
They'll be watching for us.
- What we do?
- Help, help, help!
- Just keep driving.
- Help!
- And trust your Uncle Tel.
- Help!
- You're not my uncle.
- Well, you're going to trust me anyway,
I'm all you got, Boris, me old mate.
- It's Ivan, not Boris.
- Help! Help!
- Keep your beak shut.
- [Jack] I spy with my little eye,
something that beginning with H.
- [All] Helicopter!
- [Dinah] Easy Peasy
- Here we are troops.
- I'm go find my flight plan.
- We'll get the luggage onboard.
- Don't forgot the sleeping bags,
it will be cold up there tonight.
(loud thunder)
- Here ya
- Throwing mine out.
(laughter)
- Help!
- It's around here somewhere.
- Where we go?
- There.
(piano music)
- Airplane, I don't understand.
- Some call it stealing, Boris
me, we'll call it initiative.
- Can I sit in the co-pilot seat, mom?
- [Jack] Can I?
- No, I don't want the arguments.
- There is nothing to see
anyway, it is pitch black.
- How can I convince you to fly?
- With instruments?
- Yeah the trombone.
- Trumpet.
- [Philip] Saxophone.
- Bagpipes.
(laughter)
- I hope you aren't going to be like this
all the way to Scotland.
- It's getting windy,
what's keeping Uncle Bill.
- I don't know Lucy, I'll go and see.
Mind the door.
(wind blowing)
- Help! Help! Help!
(dramatic music)
- I'm sorry the weather
is closing in too fast.
- There's still a window of
clear weather before the storm.
- Is there a problem Bill?
(brakes)
- Who's this?
Uncle Bill didn't say there
was anyone else coming.
- He's got a gun.
- Get down, get down.
- Move it, Frits.
- I can't allow any aircraft
to take off tonight.
- I wouldn't fly if it wasn't safe.
I'm a very experienced pilot.
- I'm sorry, it's my
responsibility. It's too risky.
- In you get
now sit down and shut up.
- What we going to do?
- Keep quiet!
- Ooo, owww. These could be useful.
- You fly?
- Hang about.
- You know how?
- Course, I can fly, just never
able to get me my license.
- He's going to take off.
(engine starting)
- Well, ladies and gentlemen,
hang on to your hats.
(propellers moving)
- Bill, the plane's started up.
- What?
(upbeat music)
(foot steps)
(door shut)
- Bill!
- Look!
(car engine)
- Aye, aye, Here we go (mumbles)
(dramatic music)
(tires screeching)
- Wooo!
Yeah! (laughter)
(thunder)
(laughter)
- Fasten your seatbelts,
Tel Small's Airways
is about to whisk you away
to exotic places. You enjoy your Boris,
you wanna pay your bag mate. Hahaha!
(rain and thunder)
(shouting and laughing)
- We must be able to do something,
can't we follow them in another plane.
- No, not in this storm,
we would never find them.
Don't worry when the radar picks
them up, we can track them.
- But what about this
storm, will they be safe?
- I'm not going to lie
to you Allie, I just hope
that pilot is as good as he is crazy.
(cheering)
- WooHoo. Ride on cowboy (laughing)
Whoa.
- You fly too low.
- Underneath the radar, Boris.
- Trust your Uncle Tel, woohoo.
Yeah (laughter)
Yeah, eh haw.
Yeah (laughter)
(rain dropping)
- Okay, Yeah, thanks.
- What is it? Have they found the plane?
- No, they have traced the van.
- And?
- Same one used to kidnap Otto Shear
in London this afternoon.
- Well, whose Otto Shear?
- He was a gangster
specialized in looting church
treasures from Eastern
Europe during the last war.
Thanks.
- Why was he kidnapped, is he rich?
- Proves the church wise, apparently.
He was the only survivor of a plane crash
at the end of the war.
He lost his memory and a lot
of good loot was never recovered.
- It doesn't make sense,
why kidnap a poor old man?
- I don't know Allie, all we know is that
they are armed and very dangerous.
- Oh, Bill.
- Ahhhh (complaining) I've got a cramp.
- Well keep it to yourself, you get more
than cramp if they hear you.
- Swap places.
- Over calling London still.
- Well, we ain't going back from now,
they can come and meet us,
back home eh Frits?
- My name is Otto.
- We are taking you home.
Here take over
- I no fly.
- It's easy, you just grab
this, you hold her steady, here
- Why?
- Whoa,
I said steady, Boris.
- I'm sorry about this business, Frits.
- My name is Otto, you cockney clown.
- Ooo, you have got
the unpaid here, Frits.
I just thought that you and
I could have a little chat
about that treasure you got stashed away.
You pretend you can't remember about.
- I cannot remember, my mind is blank.
- Oh, that right, yeah.
My old dad's got a bad
memory, shocking it is,
but he reckons a nice bit of
fresh air works every time.
Have a bit of fresh air
Frits to refresh your memory.
Ay, don't do that Boris,
ole Frits nearly left us.
There that's better, isn't it Frits?
We don't want you to fall out, do we?
That could be a nasty that one,
now how is your memory doing?
- I remember nothing.
- I'll tell you what, you will
remember nothing if I let go,
my arms are getting very tired.
- Help him.
- [Tel] I can hold for
another five seconds.
- Don't be mad, he will throw us all out.
- One
- I can not remember.
- Yeah, I can be cockney clear. Two.
- I can not remember.
- Three.
- Four.
- Oh no, please don't
- Five.
(intense music)
- A Valley
a valley
- Where?
- The mountains, the black mountains,
there was no road we have to fly.
- Well, it's lucky we got
a plane, then isn't it.
- There've been no rare sightings at all.
- What does that mean?
- They must be flying
low to avoid detection.
- Or?
- They may have landed somewhere.
- Or crashed.
- Hey, there have been no reports
of any crashes or any wreckage.
- Well, now what?
- If they're still in the air,
we may get a visual contact,
but there is heavy cloud
cover almost everywhere.
- So we can do nothing. The
children are flying somewhere
with a madman and we can do nothing.
What about your precious department?
- We are going through
all the intelligence files
on anyone who may be involved.
We will find out who it is.
- But not where they are going.
(airplane engine)
- Well, Frits, there's
the black mountains,
where is your little valley?
- I have tried to remember.
We flew in many times.
- A lot of treasure then, eh?
- You said valley, no road.
- That was fifty years
ago. Might be a ski resort
on top of this treasure trove by now.
- There?
- No, there were many trees.
(soft keyboard music)
- What?
- Nothing.
- You saw it, didn't you, you scheming?
That's it, isn't it, down there.
- Come back.
Shhhhh!
- We've landed.
(airplane engines)
- Keep down, keep quiet.
(airplane engine slowing down)
(door opens)
- Looks deserted.
- We killed them all, so
that no one could tell
and we dynamite the only
path to stop intruders.
- Man after me own heart.
That will do for advice.
Come on, move it Frits, thank
you ladies and gentlemen
for flying Tel Small Villians,
I hope to see you again.
Move it.
(suspenseful music)
- All clear.
- I never want to play hide and seek again
as long as I live.
- [Bird] Clever, Clever, play again
- You were clever keeping quiet like that
- Thank goodness it was night
she thought it was bedtime.
- Where are they?
- In that cottage.
- What do we do now?
- Get out of here as fast as we can.
- They said there are no roads or people.
- We can't stay here waiting
for that maniac to find us.
(creepy music)
- Excuse
- Let's hope we don't
have to stay here long
it's not exactly the Ritz.
- What is Ritz?
- Forget it Boris.
- It is not Boris, I am called Ivan.
- Suit yourself Boris,
Ooo, I need a kip.
Go get them sleeping bags from the plane.
While I have a chat with ole Fritsy boy.
(dramatic music)
- It's gone.
(birds chirping)
- Philip, where are you going?
- As far away from
those thugs as possible?
- While can we stop and make a plan?
- Okay, Einstein, what's the plan?
- Gone, how could they have gone?
I thought you said there
was no one left here.
- That is right.
- I know why in the valley.
- We choose it well.
- Or either we have ghosts or company?
- They all died.
- Yeah, well whoever took those bags
are going to die as well.
We don't want no sightseers.
Come on Boris, let's get them.
- We are all tired and hungry
so before we do anything else,
we ought to find a safe place
to eat and get some sleep.
- Jack's right, there's no hurry,
those men don't know we are here.
(mysterious music)
- There is an old barn over here.
- Alright, but we've to
take turns to keep watch.
- Yeah,
sounds like our man.
Well, find him.
- What is it?
- An old Russian priest came
to England a few days ago,
his was one of those
churches ransacked by Shear.
And the Russian embassy has just told us
that this priest has made his
life work to track Otto down.
- So if we can find the priest
- He may lead us to Otto
- And the children.
- Come on Kiki, good girl.
Ah, good girl.
(bird responding)
- What an amazing place!
- I'll keep first watch.
(piano music)
- Ew ah
- Wee!
(scary music)
- Come on Boris.
(running footsteps)
(uptempo music)
- They're coming.
- They're coming.
- Quick, out the back door.
- Which way?
- This way.
- Back,
back.
- Jack, your backpack.
- Leave it, leave it!
- If they find it, they'll
know someone's been here.
(dramatic music)
- Get away, Kiki, get away.
(cymbal)
(foot steps)
(door creek)
(wood clanking)
(bird wings flapping)
- Kiki
- Someone is playing tricks, Boris.
(bird speaking)
(gun fire)
(bird squelling)
- [Bird] Stop that noise, be quiet
(roof tile sliding loudly)
- What's that?
- There's no one here,
they've gone. Let's go.
- He's up on roof.
He's up there.
- Shhhh.
(playful music)
- Hello
(scary music)
(bird noises)
- Kiki?
Kiki?
(dramatic music)
Whose a pretty boy then?
♪ Wherever we go ♪
♪ Only the brave will follow ♪
♪ Together we'll stand ♪
♪ That is what's friends are for ♪
♪ Forever we try ♪
♪ We know that fire is that way ♪
♪ That's whatever the price ♪
♪ And when the night falls ♪
♪ Don't be afraid ♪
♪ Ooooo yeah ♪
♪ Whisper forever you stay ♪
♪ Whatever the danger ♪
♪ You got to be strong ♪
♪ So trust in your heart ♪
♪ You can't go on ♪
♪ Be true ♪
♪ I'll always stand by you ♪
♪ I'll always stand by you ♪
♪ I'll always be true ♪
♪ I'll always stand by you ♪
- [Bird] See you next week