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Business Upturn
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Upturn
Is ‘Malory Towers' returning for season 6? Everything we know so far
By Aman Shukla Published on May 20, 2025, 17:03 IST Fans of the beloved British-Canadian series Malory Towers are eagerly awaiting news about the future of this charming adaptation of Enid Blyton's classic boarding school novels. With its nostalgic storytelling, relatable characters, and heartfelt themes, the show has captured the hearts of audiences worldwide. But is Malory Towers Season 6 happening? Here's everything we know so far about the show's next chapter. Is Malory Towers Season 6 Confirmed? Yes, Malory Towers Season 6 has been officially confirmed! The Family Channel and CBBC have renewed the series for a sixth season, delighting fans who have followed the adventures of Darrell Rivers and her friends at the iconic boarding school. Additionally, there's exciting news that Season 7 is also in the works, indicating strong confidence in the show's continued success. Filming for both Seasons 6 and 7 began in June 2024 at The Bottle Yard Studios and on location in Devon and Cornwall, suggesting that production is well underway. This dual-season filming approach hints at a robust pipeline of new episodes to keep the story alive. When Will Malory Towers Season 6 Premiere? While an exact premiere date for Season 6 has not been announced, sources indicate it is slated for release in 2025. Given that Season 5 premiered on June 10, 2024, it's reasonable to expect Season 6 to follow a similar timeline, potentially arriving in mid-2025. Fans can likely catch the new season on platforms like BBC iPlayer, BYU TV, and the Family Channel, where previous seasons are available. Aman Shukla is a post-graduate in mass communication . A media enthusiast who has a strong hold on communication ,content writing and copy writing. Aman is currently working as journalist at
Bloomberg
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Bloomberg
Allegra Stratton: Britain Gets Shaken and Stirred
I recently visited the English country house set of my seven-year-old daughter's favorite TV show – the glorious Hartland Abbey in Devon where they film Malory Towers. After she'd gone from room to room gasping as various critical scenes came back to her, all she wanted to know was: where were the dormitories? 'Canada' replied Lady Angela Stucley, the abbey's owner. The crew worked all summer in heavenly Devon, then decamped across the Atlantic to film the night-time shenanigans in fake movie-set dorms with ersatz English dappled light pouring through unreal windows. We chose to ignore this.
Yahoo
29-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
When single sex schools die, we will all be poorer
I didn't go to boarding school, but some small part of me feels as if I did because my inner life was vividly informed by books that supplied the requisite details: tuck boxes, luggage labels, dormitories, matrons, sanitoriums and exeats. Our family bookshelves heaved with Enid Blyton's Malory Towers, Anthony Buckeridge's Jennings series and, most blissful of all, Geoffrey Willans' Molesworth escapades and Ronald Searle's St Trinian's volumes. Even when my reading wasn't directly concerned with the single-sex boarding experience, girls and boys in children's literature were inevitably travelling home, or to stay with a guardian (the staple rule in children's books dictating that parents must be removed to make adventure possible), with initialled metal trunks, ready to let off steam. So seductive were these books that, aged 10, I idly daydreamed about being banished to a remote, cliff-top ladies' college. Or, better still, toiling as the school's maid after my father died, having lost his fortune investing in a friend's diamond mine, like Sara in Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess. But I can't help wondering how the shelves of children will look in 20 years after all the upheavals in the private education sector. Surely the subject of single-sex boarding schools will be firmly relegated to the realms of fantasy, if it informs literature at all. This week The Telegraph revealed that Labour's imposition of VAT on school fees has had a particularly brutal effect on single-sex independent schools, which are closing or going co-ed at a rate of knots. Once boys public schools littered the land, including many ropey ones (think of Evelyn Waugh's Pennyfeather in Decline and Fall, teaching at Llanabba Castle School). Now there are only four all-boys boarding schools left in the UK: Eton, Harrow, Radley and Tonbridge. Meanwhile, all girls establishments are racing to take boys, despite studies showing girls do best when educated separately. Not only will children's shelves be changed by the upheaval, adult literature will be transformed too. So many books I've loved unlock British history and our national temperament – in particular our stiff upper-lip and fortitude – by taking an unsentimental look at boarding school life. Jane Eyre wouldn't linger long in the imagination had she not triumphed over the hideous deprivations she endured at Lowood School. Logan Mountstuart in William Boyd's Any Human Heart has a life underpinned by the friendships and rivalries he establishes at public school. More chilling, is Sebastian Faulks' fine novel Engleby, where the working-class anti-hero is at an 'ancient university', after winning a scholarship to Chatfield, a public school for the sons of naval officers. During his schooldays he was hideously bullied and called 'Toilet Engleby' for the heinous crime of not saying 'lavatory', like his posher classmates. If you think that sounds off-putting, then I can only say that literary memoirs like Charles Spencer's A Very Private Education and Antonia White's Frost in May are darker still. But they're also beautifully-written, salutary reminders that a late 20th-century revolution in the field of child psychology served to revolutionise private education, introducing the previously alien concept of wellbeing. Not all boarding-school lit is grim. Look at James Hilton's Goodbye Mr Chips, a tear-jerking love letter to the finest teachers, while many women would kill to take refuge from modern life at Angela Brazil's St Chad's. The sad fact is these time-honoured avenues of escapism will slowly disappear, along with the schools themselves. Future generations, schooled by AI, will never know the worlds of nuance summoned by the phrase 'chizz chizz'. It will all be another country. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Telegraph
29-03-2025
- General
- Telegraph
When single sex schools die, we will all be poorer
I didn't go to boarding school, but some small part of me feels as if I did because my inner life was vividly informed by books that supplied the requisite details: tuck boxes, luggage labels, dormitories, matrons, sanitoriums and exeats. Our family bookshelves heaved with Enid Blyton's Malory Towers, Anthony Buckeridge's Jennings series and, most blissful of all, Geoffrey Willans' Molesworth escapades and Ronald Searle's St Trinian's volumes. Even when my reading wasn't directly concerned with the single-sex boarding experience, girls and boys in children's literature were inevitably travelling home, or to stay with a guardian (the staple rule in children's books dictating that parents must be removed to make adventure possible), with initialled metal trunks, ready to let off steam. So seductive were these books that, aged 10, I idly daydreamed about being banished to a remote, cliff-top ladies' college. Or, better still, toiling as the school's maid after my father died, having lost his fortune investing in a friend's diamond mine, like Sara in Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess. But I can't help wondering how the shelves of children will look in 20 years after all the upheavals in the private education sector. Surely the subject of single-sex boarding schools will be firmly relegated to the realms of fantasy, if it informs literature at all. This week The Telegraph revealed that Labour's imposition of VAT on school fees has had a particularly brutal effect on single-sex independent schools, which are closing or going co-ed at a rate of knots. Once boys public schools littered the land, including many ropey ones (think of Evelyn Waugh's Pennyfeather in Decline and Fall, teaching at Llanabba Castle School). Now there are only four all-boys boarding schools left in the UK: Eton, Harrow, Radley and Tonbridge. Meanwhile, all girls establishments are racing to take boys, despite studies showing girls do best when educated separately. Not only will children's shelves be changed by the upheaval, adult literature will be transformed too. So many books I've loved unlock British history and our national temperament – in particular our stiff upper-lip and fortitude – by taking an unsentimental look at boarding school life. Jane Eyre wouldn't linger long in the imagination had she not triumphed over the hideous deprivations she endured at Lowood School. Logan Mountstuart in William Boyd's Any Human Heart has a life underpinned by the friendships and rivalries he establishes at public school. More chilling, is Sebastian Faulks' fine novel Engleby, where the working-class anti-hero is at an 'ancient university', after winning a scholarship to Chatfield, a public school for the sons of naval officers. During his schooldays he was hideously bullied and called 'Toilet Engleby' for the heinous crime of not saying 'lavatory', like his posher classmates. If you think that sounds off-putting, then I can only say that literary memoirs like Charles Spencer's A Very Private Education and Antonia White's Frost in May are darker still. But they're also beautifully-written, salutary reminders that a late 20th-century revolution in the field of child psychology served to revolutionise private education, introducing the previously alien concept of wellbeing. Not all boarding-school lit is grim. Look at James Hilton's Goodbye Mr Chips, a tear-jerking love letter to the finest teachers, while many women would kill to take refuge from modern life at Angela Brazil's St Chad's. The sad fact is these time-honoured avenues of escapism will slowly disappear, along with the schools themselves. Future generations, schooled by AI, will never know the worlds of nuance summoned by the phrase 'chizz chizz'. It will all be another country.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Ariana Grande's deluxe ‘Eternal Sunshine,' Children's and Family Emmys host and presenters, and more of today's top stories
Gold Derby's top news stories for March 10, 2025 The reissued album with new tracks arrives on March 28. She told Variety about the expanded project, "The album is so concise, and I didn't want to add songs just for the sake of it. The new tracks are short, but they really count." The original version of Eternal Sunshine was released a year ago, topped the Billboard 200, sent two singles to the top of the Hot 100, and earned three Grammy nominations. She was up for Best Dance Pop Recording ("Yes, And?"), Best Pop Duo/Group Performance ("The Boy is Mine" remix featuring Brandy and Monica), and Best Pop Vocal Album. More from GoldDerby The 2025 Emmys need a host! And we've got some ideas. How 'The Righteous Gemstones' landed Bradley Cooper as a surprise guest star to kick off the final season: 'That was a big swing' Ben Stiller talks 'Severance' fan theories, the goat room, and where the show is going: 'I'd be lying if I said we had it all figured out' Looney Toons voice actor Eric Bauza will host these kudos at 2 p.m. PT on March 15. The Creative Arts Awards will follow at 8 p.m. PT, but won't have a host. Puppeteer and actor Dave Goetz will present the Lifetime Achievement Award to performer Fran Brill (Sesame Street). Additional presenters include Ella Bright (Malory Towers), Noah Cottrell (The Spiderwick Chronicles), Lucia Cunningham (Jessica's Big Little World), Terrence Little Gardenhigh (Fright Krewe), Duff Goldman (host, Kids Baking Championship), Jack Griffo (The Thundermans Return), Mykal-Michelle Harris (Raven's Home), Paul Walter Hauser (Orion and the Dark), Leah Sava Jeffries (Percy Jackson and the Olympians), Kiersten Kelly (Jurassic World: Chaos Theory), Donna Kimball (Emmy nominee from Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock), Kira Kosarin (The Thundermans Return), Amanda Lawrence (Malory Towers), Amanda Martinez (Rosie Rules), Arianna McDonald (Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie), Bobby Moynihan (Saturday Night Live, Pupstruction), Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson and the Olympians), Aryan Simhadri (Percy Jackson and the Olympians), Cree Summer (Spirit Rangers), John Tartaglia (Emmy nominee for Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock), Jacob Tremblay (Orion and the Dark) and Izaac Wang (Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai). Also in attendance will be Bob Bergen (Looney Tunes), Leslie Carrara-Rudolph (Sesame Street), Adam Copeland (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, WWE), Ben Feldman (Monsters at Work), Eric Jacobson (Sesame Street), Elizabeth Mitchell (The Santa Clauses), Maximilian Lee Piazza (One Piece), Sarah Rafferty (Suits, My Life With the Walter Boys), David Rudman (Sesame Street), Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family, The Santa Clauses), and Kari Wahlgren (Superkitties). The Emmy-winning comedian hosts a sit-down talk show that will stream live every Wednesday night at 10 p.m. ET starting on March 12, and his first guests have just been announced: Oscar nominee Michael Keaton, legendary folk singer Joan Baez (who was just played by Oscar nominee Monica Barbaro in A Complete Unknown), Saturday Night Live alum Fred Armisen, personal finance columnist Jessica Roy, and musical guest Cypress Hill. Dark Winds executive producers Redford and Martin showed up in the Season 3 premiere episode of the AMC drama playing a pair of chess rivals whom Zahn McClarnon's Lt. Joe Leaphorn comes across in a police holding cell. Watch the brief scene above. Based on books by Tony Hillerman, The series centers three members of the Navajo Tribal Police. Season 3 follows Leaphorn (McClarnon) and Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon) as they investigate the disappearance of two boys, with only an abandoned bicycle and blood-stained patch of ground to go on. Redford previously produced earlier adaptation of Hillerman's works, including The Dark Wind (1991) and Skinwalkers (2002). McClarnon's performance earned a Gotham Award nomination in 2022. The series has already been renewed for a fourth season. The Disney+ Star Wars series returns for its second and final season on April 22, but in advance of those new episodes, you'll be able to stream Season 1 in its entirety on Hulu and the first three episodes of Season 1 on Disney+'s YouTube channel as of today. You can also watch the 14-minute recap video above to refresh your memory. Andor was a hit for Disney+ when it debuted in 2022. It earned eight Emmy nominations including Best Drama Series, Best Drama Writing (for the episode "One Way Out") and Best Drama Directing (for "Rix Road"). Set before the events of the Star Wars spinoff film Rogue One, which itself was a prequel to Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, the series follows the title character (Diego Luna) as he becomes a freedom fighter against the Galactic Empire. Best of GoldDerby Is 'SNL' new tonight? Host, musical guest details The 25 best 'SNL' host-musical guest double-duty performers of the past 25 years 2025 Emmy Awards calendar: Key dates for voting periods, nominations, ceremonies, and more Click here to read the full article.
