Enid Blyton considered too "small beer" for BBC

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Enid Blyton's work contained too many pixies, BBC memos revealed 'Small beer' Blyton banned by BBC Children's author Enid Blyton was banned from the BBC for nearly 30 years... More »
BBC - Nov. 15, 2009
BBC letters and internal memos reveal ban on Enid Blyton
She could escort millions of children up a tree to The Land of Dame Slap and make a hero of a boy called Fatty, but for nearly 30 years there was one place that Enid Blyton... More »
Times Online - Nov. 15, 2009
Why the BBC banned Enid Blyton
She could escort millions of children up a tree to The Land of Dame Slap and make a hero of a boy called Fatty, but for nearly 30 years there was one place that Enid Blyton... More »
Times Online - Nov. 15, 2009
'Small beer' Blyton banned by BBC
Enid Blyton's work contained too many pixies, BBC memos revealed Children's author Enid Blyton was banned from the BBC for nearly 30 years because her work was considered... More »
BBC - Nov. 15, 2009
BBC barred Enid Blyton as ‘second rate’
Enid Blyton, the childrens author, was banned from the BBC for nearly 30 years because the corporation considered her a second-rater whose work lacked literary value. Newly... More »
Times Online - Nov. 14, 2009
BBC barred Enid Blyton as second rate
Enid Blyton, the childrens author, was banned from the BBC for nearly 30 years because the corporation considered her a second-rater whose work lacked literary value. Newly... More »
Times Online - Nov. 14, 2009
BBC banned Enid Blyton for 30 years
Enid Blyton, the best-selling children's author, was banned from the BBC for nearly 30 years because executives thought her a "second-rater". Blyton, the creator of... More »
Telegraph - Nov. 15, 2009
Why Enid Blyton's greatest creation was herself
A new drama reveals how Enid Blyton, author of The Famous Five and Noddy books, was a ruthless self-promoter, exploiting her own children to further her career. A... More »
Telegraph - Nov. 14, 2009
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