King Bert is coproducing with WildBrain to make Malory Towers – an adaptation of the classic book series written by Enid Blyton. The 13×30′ series is for CBBC/The Family Channel.
Follow the adventures of 12-year-old Darrell Rivers as she leaves home for the first time to attend an all girls’ boarding school set in the 1940s on the sun-drenched cliffs of the Cornish coast and explores this nostalgic world of midnight feasts, lacrosse, pranks and lasting friendships.
HEAD WRITERS: Rachel Flowerday, Sasha Hails
WRITERS: Kate Hewlett, Richie Conroy, Mark Hodkinson, Julie Dixon, Julia Kent
DIRECTORS: Rebecca Rycroft, Bruce McDonald
PRODUCERS: Grainne McNamara, Jim Corston, Angela Boudreault
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Jo Sargent, Michael Goldsmith
BROADCASTERS: CBBC & The Family Channel
DURATION: 13 x 30’
AWARDS: Nomination for the Rose D’Or Children and Youth Award (2020)
Malory Towers Series 1 also airs on Christmas Day 2021 and over the festive period on BBC2!