The Comic Strip Presents: Five Go Mad in Dorset

In the 1950s four children, Anne, described as a 'proper little housewife',the rather butch George who has an unhealthy relationship with her dog Timmy and their brothers Dick and Julian,whose relationship seems to be more than fraternal,go on a cycling holiday in Dorset where their flair for detection - plus their snobbery and xenophobia - gets a whole string of suspicious characters arrested. Their aunt Fanny tells them that her husband Uncle Quentin,a famous scientist,has been kidnapped - again - because of his top secret work. However the Famous Five ultimately discover that this is but a ruse and a smokescreen to mask the fact that Uncle Quentin is a 'screaming homosexual' about to leave the country with his young boyfriend rich kid Toby Thurlow. The Five do their bit and have the pair arrested before celebrating with 'lashings of ginger pop.' Written by don @ minifie-1