Just a day after the singer's blunder at the launch of her own children's book, 'The English Roses', the terrestrial channel has struck a deal with entertainment group Chorion, which owns the rights to Enid Blyton's literary estate.
However, Five has not yet decided which of Blyton's stories will be produced.
"Under the terms of the deal, Five will have first rights to participate in the production of any new programme emerging from the Blyton catalogue over the next three years," Chorion revealed in a statement.
Five could be on to another Blyton winner having struck gold last year when it bought a new 100-part computer-animated series 'Make Way for Noddy', also from Chorion. The show proved to be more popular than well-established pre-school children's shows 'Bob the Builder' and 'Teletubbies', not to mention Channel 4's ailing breakfast show 'RI:SE'.
Chorion chief executive Nicholas James said: "The success of 'Make Way for Noddy' illustrates the enduring nature of Enid Blyton's fiction and demonstrates our belief that audiences are eager to welcome the author's other magical characters into their homes."
Despite being criticised by some critics as dated, sexist and even racist, Blyton is among the most successful children's authors to date. Since the publication in 1949 of her first book 'Noddy Goes to Toyland', more than 200m copies of her books have been sold and they have been translated into 40 languages.
Chorion also owns the intellectual property rights to the crime authors Agatha Christie and Georges Simenon.
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