King Bert is co-producing with WildBrain to make Malory Towers – an adaptation of the classic book series written by Enid Blyton.
Malory Towers Series 1
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.
Malory Towers Series 1 is available on BBC iPlayer.
A co-production with WildBrain
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 2
Darrell and the gang return to Malory Towers for their second form. Adventure, fun and boarding school antics are back in full swing, with midnight feasts, classroom tricks and lasting friendship.
Darrell finds herself caught between fun-loving Alicia and the more cautious Sally, while Gwen discovers new ways to manipulate the girls in the dorm! Ellen Wilson joins Malory Towers on a scholarship, but it takes time for her to warm to the school and her new classmates. Mr. Parker also arrives as the new second form teacher, with Matron and Mam’zelle Rougier returning to keep the girls in order.
However, among the excitement, fun and capers – the girls are brought together by news that shocks them all…
A co-production with WildBrain and BYUtv
Head Writers: Rachel Flowerday, Sasha Hails
Writers: Matt Evans, Julie Dixon, Wally Jiagoo, Shazia Rashid, Rob Kinsman
Directors: Bruce McDonald, Gary Williams
Producers: David Collier, Angela Boudreault
Executive Producers: Jo Sargent, Yvonne Sellins
Broadcasters: CBBC & The Family Channel
Duration: 13 x 30’
Malory Towers Series 3
Darrell and friends are back to school for third form – welcoming new girl, Bill. However, their freedom, fun and feasts are under threat when a new teacher joins the school!
A co-production with Wildbrain and BYUtv
Head Writers: Rachel Flowerday, Sasha Hails
Writers: Julie Dixon, Shazia Rashid, Rob Kinsman, Ella Greenhill
Directors: Bruce McDonald, Tracey Rooney
Producers: David Collier, Angela Boudreault
Executive Producers: Jo Sargent, Yvonne Sellins
Broadcasters: CBBC & The Family Channel
Duration: 13 x 25’
Malory Towers Christmas Special
A two-part Christmas special. When Darrell finds herself stranded at an empty Malory Towers for Christmas, she has to hold her nerve when strange things start happening throughout the school!
A co-production with WildBrain
Head Writers: Rachel Flowerday & Sasha Hails
Director: Bruce McDonald
Producers: David Collier, Daniel Bourré
Executive Producers: Jo Sargent, Yvonne Sellins
Broadcasters: CBBC & BYUtv
Duration: 2 x 25′
Awards: Nomination for the Rose D’Or Children and Youth Award (2023), and Ella Bright nominated in Young Performer category for BAFTA Children & Young People Awards (2022)
Malory Towers Series 4
Newly-appointed Head of Lower School Darrell Rivers welcomes her younger sister Felicity and her mischievous First Form pals to the North Tower. Darrell’s leadership skills are put to the test when she has to balance the responsibilities of life in the Fourth with friendship and fun.
Determined to follow in the older girls’ footsteps, the First Formers embark on their own adventures as they explore life at the school. When they learn of legendary pirate battles in Malory Bay, the young girls go on a journey that leads them to uncover one of the biggest secrets Malory Towers has to offer!
A co-production with WildBrain and BYUtv
Head Writers: Rachel Flowerday & Sasha Hails
Writers: Julie Dixon, Emma Pritchard, Shazia Rashid, Rob Kinsman, Radhika Sanghani, Michelle Bonnard
Directors: Bruce McDonald, Tracey Rooney
Producers: David Collier, Daniel Bourré
Executive Producers: Jo Sargent, Yvonne Sellins, Angela Boudreault
Broadcasters: CBBC & BYUtv
Duration: 13 x 25′
Tales from Malory Towers podcast
Jump into the world of Malory Towers through the diaries of the North Tower gang.
Packed full of mysteries and adventures – from secret coded messages washed up on the beach and a feathery patient in the San to fortune telling in the dorm and midnight discoveries in the attic! Every day is extraordinary at Malory Towers!
Tales from Malory Towers is a ten-part podcast series for BBC Sounds.
Writers: Ayad Andrews, Radhika Sanghani, Angela Clarke, John Hunter, Javid Rezai, Omar Khan, Billie Collins, Vanessa Schofield, Sarah Cassidy, Niki Rooney
Director: Tracey Rooney & Gary Williams
Producer: Matt Winlow
Executive Producer: David Collier
Starring: Ella Bright, Danya Griver, Sienna Arif-Knights, Natasha Raphael, Imogen Lamb, Beth Bradfield, Jude Harper-Wrobel, Ashley McGuire, Rosalie Craig, Clive Mantle.
Available on: BBC Sounds
Duration: 10 x 10′