The Famous Five (1978–1979): Season 1, Episode 3 - Five Go Adventuring Again - full transcript
Hello Aunt Fanny!
Hello darling. How are you?
Glad to be back at Kirrin.
Good, good. Hello Julian, Dick.
Hello Aunt Fanny.
I was beginning to wonder
what had happened to you all.
Sorry, but we missed the train.
The cattle-truck broke down again.
The what?
The school bus, that
takes us to the station.
Oh, I see.
Wheres George?
Well, shes round the back somewhere.
Can we go and find her?
- Yes, of course.
Well, Mr. Rogers, holidays have begun.
Oh yes.
Well, still it won't be as bad as usual,
that tutor fellow will
keep them out of mischief.
But I thought he was only for me and
Dick, because of the Scholarship exams.
He was, but then Dad got my school
report and what with that and being ill,
he thought it would be a good
idea if we all had lessons.
Your spots have all gone.
I know, I was officially demeasled
this morning. Who won the tennis cup?
Alison.
What, Alison Drake? Lucky for her
I was ill. Id have slaughtered her.
You didn't last year.
That was a fluke. Come on, let's
go and tell Dad you're here.
They're here Dad!
Hello Uncle Quentin!
Hello there. Good to see you all.
George, Im trying to work in here.
Sorry, I just thought
Its alright. In future this
studys out of bounds, okay?
Okay. Well remember, won't we?
Of course, yes.
Now, would you all please move
out of here? See you at lunch.
That looks interesting.
What's he working on?
Oh, some new thing for the Government.
Top Secret?
- Shouldnt think so.
Morning.
Hello, Mr. Roland, these are my
cousins. They've just arrived.
Ah, its Julian?
Pleased to meet you, Sir.
Ah, chk'?
And Anne, isnt it?
- Hello.
Well, there'll be no work today.
Great!
Well, you need time to settle in. But
well start first thing tomorrow morning
and after breakfast.
Be quiet, Timmy!
Nice to meet you.
Bye.
He's really frightened of Timmy!
He seems alright.
Well, he said we could have
lessons outside if it was fine.
So he cant be all that bad. Quick, its
nearly time for lunch, go and change,
then straight after lunch we
can go over to Kirrin Farm.
What for?
Wait and see! lve gota
really top secret to show you.
Are you ready?
- Yeah!
Wow!
That's terrific!
Does it go anywhere?
No, it ends on a blank wall.
Some kind of hidden cupboard.
Here, you can have a good
look at it if you want to!
Thanks.
Oh, this house is full of funny
little things like that. Here!
That's neat!
Oh, they were clever you know.
I suppose in the olden days
people needed a good hidden place
for their money and things.
Before there were banks.
- That's right!
Could have been used by smugglers!
Ha, ha, very likely! And according
to all accounts there was enough
of that around here too.
Now what would you like?
I know, some strawberries
fresh from the garden.
I picked them just before you arrived.
Dick?
Yeah?
- What are you doing?
Nothing much.
Well, hurry up. Were going
to have some strawberries.
Okay.
Here you are, my dears, help
yourselves, you'll need a bit of sugar.
Gosh. Thank you. Aren't they
lovely. Aren't they juicy!
Mr. Sanders?
- Yes, dear?
Can I go upstairs and
show them the cupboard?
Its got a false back to it.
No, my dear, Im afraid you cant.
Ive got two gentlemen staying here,
and one of thems in that
room. They're photographers.
They must be the two I saw
yesterday, down by Kirrin bridge.
Very likely, they do calendars and things,
I think; one of thems quite well-known.
Hey! Look at these!
They were hidden behind a loose stone
in the wall, theres a sort of hole.
Well, I never. And Ive
lived here all my life.
What's it about? I
haven't got my glasses.
Oh, its all
hand-written-recipes I think.
I don't know what to make of this.
It looks like a part of some
old game or other, maybe.
Via Occulta. That's Latin, I think.
I gave up Latin.
So did we, worse luck.
I know someone who will
be able to read it though.
Via Occulta. Oh well,
that means a secret way.
Secret Way!
Solum lapidum, paries
ligneous. Mmm, cellula, mmmm.
Well?
Well, something to do with a room facing
east, wooden panel an a stone floor.
Oh, and a cupboard.
I bet those square
represent the wooden panels.
And the one with a cross is the one
you press to find the secret way!
Can we go back to the
farm this afternoon?
No, you've got maths this afternoon.
And you've got an English
composition to write after that.
What about tomorrow then?
You could come too, Mr. Roland.
It depends on how hard you work today.
Right lets go back to French
irregular verbs, shall we?
Timmy, Timmy, what is it?
Timmy, what is it?
What's wrong?
Come here, silly boy. What's wrong?
Timmy, come here!
Get back!
Timmy, stop it! Stop it! You bad boy,
get back there and behave yourself.
Down, boy!
Im sorry, Mr. Roland. I really am.
So I should think, he's mad,
dangerous. He should be locked up.
What the devils going on!
Well, he attacked me!
That dog attacked me!
Are you alright?
Well, I think so.
Well?
Im sorry, Mr. Roland, I really am.
He's not usually fierce like that.
I just came down to get a book.
I didn't want to put the light on.
I didn't want to disturb you.
He must have thought you were a burglar.
Well, no bones broken. Best forget it.
Im afraid we cant do that.
What are you going to do with him?
Lock him in the shed, outside. And
from now on, that's where he's sleeping.
We've been looking for you everywhere.
Dont you want to come with us?
Where?
To the farm, to find the secret way.
Is he going?
- Who?
Who do you think?
Mr. Roland? Yes, he said
hed meet us over there.
Ah, well, Im taking Timmy
for a walk this afternoon.
Have a nice time with
your precious Mr. Roland.
Where on earth do you think Roland is?
Oh, I don't know.
Do you think anythings happened to him?
Dont ask me. Hed better
get his skates on, I tell you!
Keeping us waiting like this.
Here he comes.
Come on, Timmy!
There was nothing I could do.
The apparatus fell off the table,
there was a great deal of
noise, I went downstairs,
and this dog came out and leapt
at me. There was really nothing.
Please, I promise you. Look, Ill be
able to get all the photographs tomorrow.
1 will.
Its no good. This room faces due south.
Well, its the only one in the house
with wooden panelling, a cupboard
and a stone floor.
Come in, Mr. Wilton, Mr. Thomas,
meet some of my young friends.
They're here on a treasure hunt.
- Sounds exciting.
Well, not exactly a treasure hunt.
Were looking for something
called the Secret Way.
Via Occulta, well, well.
Ill go and put the kettle on.
Thank you, Mrs. Sanders.
Look at this Henry.
This rooms out cos it faces south.
And according to the
code it has to face east.
Do you think its just a hoax?
Could be I suppose still in Latin.
Are you a Latin scholar?
- No, he's not!
Who translated it for you then?
- 1 did.
Hello Mr. Roland, meet
Mr. Wilton and Mr. Thomas.
How do you do?
- Hello.
Nice to meet you.
- How do you do?
But he knows them! I
saw him talking to them.
He didn't seem to know them.
Are you sure you're
not making a mistake?
Quite sure. It was him alright.
George?
Yeah?
What are you doing?
Im going down to get Timmy.
That shed leaks like anything
and the hates thunderstorms
when Im not with him.
But Uncle Quentin will be furious
if he finds out, anyway you cant,
he locks the shed every night.
Yes, then he leaves the key in the study
and unless you tell him he won't find out,
because by tomorrow morning,
Timmy will be back in the shed,
and the key will be back on the study.
Course I won't tell.
Theres a good boy only for a minute.
Okay Timmy? Then I can let you out again.
Good boy, good boy.
Good morning George. May I ask you
what exactly you are doing in my study?
Are you, or are you not
responsible for this?
No, I didn't do it.
Very well then, go.
These test tubes contained
the results of two month work.
Did she say anything?
I tried to talk to her, but she just
rushed past me straight up to her room.
I think shes very upset.
Shes not the only one.
Quentin
you are sure? Its not possible
that someone else might have.
Someon else? Who? You? Roland?
No, Im afraid it was George.
Id forgive her if
she would only own up.
Well, if it wasn't
George and it wasn't us,
then who was it?
- Mr. Roland.
It must have been.
- Why?
There isn't anyone else.
That night, you know,
when Timmy bit him,
maybe he was up to something else.
He said he went downstairs for a book.
At half past two in the morning?
Just imagine: He's down in the
study, up to where he's up to,
and he hears George coming downstairs.
He startled and knocked
down the experiments.
Not bad. But it's only a theory.
We want to prove George
is innocent. Don't we?
Of course!
- Then is only one way to do it.
From now on all of us
watch Roland like hawks.
Oh, its no good. This
is a waste of time.
Well give it another half hour or so.
That's the signal! He's on the move.
Im in the clear. He
thinks his daughter did it!
Good, where is it?
Is this everything?
I think so, well, Im not sure.
Be sure, Roland. Photograph
it all, as soon as possible.
Right!
Just going to get Timmy, in case!
Okay.
What if he doesn't come?
Then well just have to wait
here every night until he does.
Now lets see where we can hide.
George, George, wake up.
Its four oclock. He won't come now.
Il wake the others.
Right!
Hello Timmy, suppose Id better
take you back to the shed.
A stone floor.
And eight panels.
Ive got it. I think Ive found it!
Found what?
The Secret Way.
Have you got your compass?
And this room does face east!
Its no good.
Hey look!
Twist it.
Yes, come on.
- Come on, a bit more.
Harder.
- That's it!
Oh, its very rusty.
Pull harder.
Dick, watch out. The floors gone!
The Secret Way!
But where to?
We found the code at Kirrin
Farm, didn't we? That's where to!
The bedroom cupboard with
the false back! Come on.
Can we get through?
I don't know.
What's he doing?
Can you see anything?
He's just looking. Wait a minute.
Is it blocked further ahead?
Dont think so.
Does it look very clear?
No, it looks as though it could
have been an old rock fall.
Okay. Its clear ahead!
We must be almost there by now.
We've come a heck of a way!
I think we are. Theres some stairs.
Timmy!
You two stay here with Timmy.
- But... - No.
George, you first.
Whys it so hot? Feel the wall!
It must be a chimney stack! Come on!
I bet we are at the farmhouse and I
bet the cupboards behind this door!
See! That's the back of the cupboard.
Dads formulas.
Whos that?
Run for it!
Wilton, Wilton!
Run for it!
Oh those kids from Kirrin.
They've found the secret way!
Get after them!
Quickly get down! They're after
us, they've got a gun, quickly!
Hurry up!
They're coming!
You got first!
No, you!
- But
Timmyll stop them! Go on!
Go one, Timmy, get them!
Timmy! Come on, good boy, come on!
No, stop, stop pushing. Im stuck!
We found the secret way!
We found more than that!
What do you mean?
Get him, Timmy!
Get him off me! Get
him off me! Ill talk.
Il tell you everything.
- Call the police.
Tell them to send a police
car to Kirrin Farm too.
Those photographers are part of it.
Get off!
He won't hurt you if
you keep very still.
Get off!
I am very sorry, George,
that I didn't believe you.
And I don't know how to thank you
all. But I can promise you one thing.
There'll be no more
lessons these holidays!
Hello darling. How are you?
Glad to be back at Kirrin.
Good, good. Hello Julian, Dick.
Hello Aunt Fanny.
I was beginning to wonder
what had happened to you all.
Sorry, but we missed the train.
The cattle-truck broke down again.
The what?
The school bus, that
takes us to the station.
Oh, I see.
Wheres George?
Well, shes round the back somewhere.
Can we go and find her?
- Yes, of course.
Well, Mr. Rogers, holidays have begun.
Oh yes.
Well, still it won't be as bad as usual,
that tutor fellow will
keep them out of mischief.
But I thought he was only for me and
Dick, because of the Scholarship exams.
He was, but then Dad got my school
report and what with that and being ill,
he thought it would be a good
idea if we all had lessons.
Your spots have all gone.
I know, I was officially demeasled
this morning. Who won the tennis cup?
Alison.
What, Alison Drake? Lucky for her
I was ill. Id have slaughtered her.
You didn't last year.
That was a fluke. Come on, let's
go and tell Dad you're here.
They're here Dad!
Hello Uncle Quentin!
Hello there. Good to see you all.
George, Im trying to work in here.
Sorry, I just thought
Its alright. In future this
studys out of bounds, okay?
Okay. Well remember, won't we?
Of course, yes.
Now, would you all please move
out of here? See you at lunch.
That looks interesting.
What's he working on?
Oh, some new thing for the Government.
Top Secret?
- Shouldnt think so.
Morning.
Hello, Mr. Roland, these are my
cousins. They've just arrived.
Ah, its Julian?
Pleased to meet you, Sir.
Ah, chk'?
And Anne, isnt it?
- Hello.
Well, there'll be no work today.
Great!
Well, you need time to settle in. But
well start first thing tomorrow morning
and after breakfast.
Be quiet, Timmy!
Nice to meet you.
Bye.
He's really frightened of Timmy!
He seems alright.
Well, he said we could have
lessons outside if it was fine.
So he cant be all that bad. Quick, its
nearly time for lunch, go and change,
then straight after lunch we
can go over to Kirrin Farm.
What for?
Wait and see! lve gota
really top secret to show you.
Are you ready?
- Yeah!
Wow!
That's terrific!
Does it go anywhere?
No, it ends on a blank wall.
Some kind of hidden cupboard.
Here, you can have a good
look at it if you want to!
Thanks.
Oh, this house is full of funny
little things like that. Here!
That's neat!
Oh, they were clever you know.
I suppose in the olden days
people needed a good hidden place
for their money and things.
Before there were banks.
- That's right!
Could have been used by smugglers!
Ha, ha, very likely! And according
to all accounts there was enough
of that around here too.
Now what would you like?
I know, some strawberries
fresh from the garden.
I picked them just before you arrived.
Dick?
Yeah?
- What are you doing?
Nothing much.
Well, hurry up. Were going
to have some strawberries.
Okay.
Here you are, my dears, help
yourselves, you'll need a bit of sugar.
Gosh. Thank you. Aren't they
lovely. Aren't they juicy!
Mr. Sanders?
- Yes, dear?
Can I go upstairs and
show them the cupboard?
Its got a false back to it.
No, my dear, Im afraid you cant.
Ive got two gentlemen staying here,
and one of thems in that
room. They're photographers.
They must be the two I saw
yesterday, down by Kirrin bridge.
Very likely, they do calendars and things,
I think; one of thems quite well-known.
Hey! Look at these!
They were hidden behind a loose stone
in the wall, theres a sort of hole.
Well, I never. And Ive
lived here all my life.
What's it about? I
haven't got my glasses.
Oh, its all
hand-written-recipes I think.
I don't know what to make of this.
It looks like a part of some
old game or other, maybe.
Via Occulta. That's Latin, I think.
I gave up Latin.
So did we, worse luck.
I know someone who will
be able to read it though.
Via Occulta. Oh well,
that means a secret way.
Secret Way!
Solum lapidum, paries
ligneous. Mmm, cellula, mmmm.
Well?
Well, something to do with a room facing
east, wooden panel an a stone floor.
Oh, and a cupboard.
I bet those square
represent the wooden panels.
And the one with a cross is the one
you press to find the secret way!
Can we go back to the
farm this afternoon?
No, you've got maths this afternoon.
And you've got an English
composition to write after that.
What about tomorrow then?
You could come too, Mr. Roland.
It depends on how hard you work today.
Right lets go back to French
irregular verbs, shall we?
Timmy, Timmy, what is it?
Timmy, what is it?
What's wrong?
Come here, silly boy. What's wrong?
Timmy, come here!
Get back!
Timmy, stop it! Stop it! You bad boy,
get back there and behave yourself.
Down, boy!
Im sorry, Mr. Roland. I really am.
So I should think, he's mad,
dangerous. He should be locked up.
What the devils going on!
Well, he attacked me!
That dog attacked me!
Are you alright?
Well, I think so.
Well?
Im sorry, Mr. Roland, I really am.
He's not usually fierce like that.
I just came down to get a book.
I didn't want to put the light on.
I didn't want to disturb you.
He must have thought you were a burglar.
Well, no bones broken. Best forget it.
Im afraid we cant do that.
What are you going to do with him?
Lock him in the shed, outside. And
from now on, that's where he's sleeping.
We've been looking for you everywhere.
Dont you want to come with us?
Where?
To the farm, to find the secret way.
Is he going?
- Who?
Who do you think?
Mr. Roland? Yes, he said
hed meet us over there.
Ah, well, Im taking Timmy
for a walk this afternoon.
Have a nice time with
your precious Mr. Roland.
Where on earth do you think Roland is?
Oh, I don't know.
Do you think anythings happened to him?
Dont ask me. Hed better
get his skates on, I tell you!
Keeping us waiting like this.
Here he comes.
Come on, Timmy!
There was nothing I could do.
The apparatus fell off the table,
there was a great deal of
noise, I went downstairs,
and this dog came out and leapt
at me. There was really nothing.
Please, I promise you. Look, Ill be
able to get all the photographs tomorrow.
1 will.
Its no good. This room faces due south.
Well, its the only one in the house
with wooden panelling, a cupboard
and a stone floor.
Come in, Mr. Wilton, Mr. Thomas,
meet some of my young friends.
They're here on a treasure hunt.
- Sounds exciting.
Well, not exactly a treasure hunt.
Were looking for something
called the Secret Way.
Via Occulta, well, well.
Ill go and put the kettle on.
Thank you, Mrs. Sanders.
Look at this Henry.
This rooms out cos it faces south.
And according to the
code it has to face east.
Do you think its just a hoax?
Could be I suppose still in Latin.
Are you a Latin scholar?
- No, he's not!
Who translated it for you then?
- 1 did.
Hello Mr. Roland, meet
Mr. Wilton and Mr. Thomas.
How do you do?
- Hello.
Nice to meet you.
- How do you do?
But he knows them! I
saw him talking to them.
He didn't seem to know them.
Are you sure you're
not making a mistake?
Quite sure. It was him alright.
George?
Yeah?
What are you doing?
Im going down to get Timmy.
That shed leaks like anything
and the hates thunderstorms
when Im not with him.
But Uncle Quentin will be furious
if he finds out, anyway you cant,
he locks the shed every night.
Yes, then he leaves the key in the study
and unless you tell him he won't find out,
because by tomorrow morning,
Timmy will be back in the shed,
and the key will be back on the study.
Course I won't tell.
Theres a good boy only for a minute.
Okay Timmy? Then I can let you out again.
Good boy, good boy.
Good morning George. May I ask you
what exactly you are doing in my study?
Are you, or are you not
responsible for this?
No, I didn't do it.
Very well then, go.
These test tubes contained
the results of two month work.
Did she say anything?
I tried to talk to her, but she just
rushed past me straight up to her room.
I think shes very upset.
Shes not the only one.
Quentin
you are sure? Its not possible
that someone else might have.
Someon else? Who? You? Roland?
No, Im afraid it was George.
Id forgive her if
she would only own up.
Well, if it wasn't
George and it wasn't us,
then who was it?
- Mr. Roland.
It must have been.
- Why?
There isn't anyone else.
That night, you know,
when Timmy bit him,
maybe he was up to something else.
He said he went downstairs for a book.
At half past two in the morning?
Just imagine: He's down in the
study, up to where he's up to,
and he hears George coming downstairs.
He startled and knocked
down the experiments.
Not bad. But it's only a theory.
We want to prove George
is innocent. Don't we?
Of course!
- Then is only one way to do it.
From now on all of us
watch Roland like hawks.
Oh, its no good. This
is a waste of time.
Well give it another half hour or so.
That's the signal! He's on the move.
Im in the clear. He
thinks his daughter did it!
Good, where is it?
Is this everything?
I think so, well, Im not sure.
Be sure, Roland. Photograph
it all, as soon as possible.
Right!
Just going to get Timmy, in case!
Okay.
What if he doesn't come?
Then well just have to wait
here every night until he does.
Now lets see where we can hide.
George, George, wake up.
Its four oclock. He won't come now.
Il wake the others.
Right!
Hello Timmy, suppose Id better
take you back to the shed.
A stone floor.
And eight panels.
Ive got it. I think Ive found it!
Found what?
The Secret Way.
Have you got your compass?
And this room does face east!
Its no good.
Hey look!
Twist it.
Yes, come on.
- Come on, a bit more.
Harder.
- That's it!
Oh, its very rusty.
Pull harder.
Dick, watch out. The floors gone!
The Secret Way!
But where to?
We found the code at Kirrin
Farm, didn't we? That's where to!
The bedroom cupboard with
the false back! Come on.
Can we get through?
I don't know.
What's he doing?
Can you see anything?
He's just looking. Wait a minute.
Is it blocked further ahead?
Dont think so.
Does it look very clear?
No, it looks as though it could
have been an old rock fall.
Okay. Its clear ahead!
We must be almost there by now.
We've come a heck of a way!
I think we are. Theres some stairs.
Timmy!
You two stay here with Timmy.
- But... - No.
George, you first.
Whys it so hot? Feel the wall!
It must be a chimney stack! Come on!
I bet we are at the farmhouse and I
bet the cupboards behind this door!
See! That's the back of the cupboard.
Dads formulas.
Whos that?
Run for it!
Wilton, Wilton!
Run for it!
Oh those kids from Kirrin.
They've found the secret way!
Get after them!
Quickly get down! They're after
us, they've got a gun, quickly!
Hurry up!
They're coming!
You got first!
No, you!
- But
Timmyll stop them! Go on!
Go one, Timmy, get them!
Timmy! Come on, good boy, come on!
No, stop, stop pushing. Im stuck!
We found the secret way!
We found more than that!
What do you mean?
Get him, Timmy!
Get him off me! Get
him off me! Ill talk.
Il tell you everything.
- Call the police.
Tell them to send a police
car to Kirrin Farm too.
Those photographers are part of it.
Get off!
He won't hurt you if
you keep very still.
Get off!
I am very sorry, George,
that I didn't believe you.
And I don't know how to thank you
all. But I can promise you one thing.
There'll be no more
lessons these holidays!