Nicola Coughlan is Silky the Fairy

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https://instagram.com/p/DCF3FbXsBks

- Apparently there is an adaption of Enid Blyton's The Magic Faraway Tree in the works.

- Nicola Coughlan is starring as Silky the Fairy alongside Jessica Gunning as Dame Wash-a-lot, Nonso Anozie as Moonface, and Rebecca Ferguson as Dame Snap (or Dame Slap if you remember the pre edited version) with Claire

Comments

[quirkyblah38]

i checked the wiki and i'm glad they didn't forget saucepan man and whatzisname, i remember laughing so much when the saucepan man threw blackberries into whatzisname's mouth while he was snoring with his mouth wide open and whatzisname was so mad he chased saucepan man up into some horrid land (i can't remember the name but it took ages to get saucepan man back). i hope they show topsy turvy land. that's pretty much all i remember, these and the wishing chair were literally my childhood daydream home away from home. enid blyton wrote some questionable things but i loved these books. i'm enjoying the diverse casting though enid blyton would probably be rolling in her grave

[angriest_girl]

When this comes out IMDB is going to be packed with one star reviews by angry racist Brits complaining about “forced diversity” and “wokeness”.

Dickheads.

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lbr they'll have a sook that they're using the edited versions of the names. Dame Snap, Franny and whatever they called Dick now.

[angriest_girl]

Didn’t they change all the kids’ names to modernise them anyway - not just Dick and Fanny (hee hee).

They better have the Angry Pixie still though, or I will riot.

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I think Joe and Beth are still... Joe and Beth. But they're pretty classic names.

[angriest_girl]

Oh, Beth was Bessie in my day and they’ve changed the spelling from Jo to Joe. I remember that always confused me because in my head it was a girl’s name (I assume they changed that one to avoid that inevitable drama). I wonder why they changed Bessie - that seems pretty innocuous.

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you're right! I had forgotten it was Bessie. I guess I considered Beth an old fashioned enough name that I completely forgot. Oop.

[angriest_girl]

Justice for Bessie!