Despite being set in the late 1940s, the series has been given a contemporary twist and will tell the story of universal experiences such as shifting cliques, FOMO, bullying, crushes, peer pressure, and self-doubt. Ava Azizi as Susan Heather (Season 4), a member of Felicity's form that is a bit mischievous but also respects and honors the rules. And when June tries to play a prank on Mam'Zelle, it may cause Irene to realize whom her father's new girlfriend is. And even if she can get the treats can they keep them hidden when teachers are prowling the grounds at night? Violet Forsyth appears in Secrets at Malory Towers as a spoiled snob, frequently boasting about her family's wealth.

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The similarities include Darrell's temper, interests in an acting career, and obsessions with horses. It would be preposterous, however, to suggest that such feminism caters for an audience beyond posh white girls. Explaining how they decided where to film Malory Towers, The Guardian reported producer Grainne McNamara saying: “It looks like the Railway Children; we’ve consciously made it like that [so] you’d want to go there. In the upper school she becomes Head of the Fourth Form, games captain in the Fifth and finally, in the Sixth Form, Head Girl of the school.Miss Johnson has confiscated the peaches Alicia sent to Darrell, so Darrell and Sally come up with a plan to get them back while the other third form girls are at the circus. After a series of adventures in the dark, involving a secret passage and a family drama, the mystery is finally solved. A quiz competition is held between the girls or Malory Towers and the local boys school, Thackerton College. Mary-Lou begins suffering from severe acne and her period, but she tries to hide it by wearing a scarf and claiming she's cold. The Malory Towers books – for anyone whose childhood was cruelly deprived of them – are Enid Blyton’s series of raucous stories set in a girls’ boarding school in postwar Britain.

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The girls begin by first setting up a classic prank on the new first Form, which includes Darrell's sister Felicity and Alicia's cousin June. They are joined by newcomers Ellen Wilson, a scholarship girl, and Mr Parker, the new master of the second form. Sasha Hails and Rachel Flowerday would adapt the series for television with Rebecca Rycroft and Bruce McDonald directing. We follow the girls through six years at the school, sharing in their challenges, disappointments and achievements as they work hard and play hard. She is excused from punishment by Miss Grayling, who recognises that Jo Jones influenced the younger girl.Darrell's schoolfellows include sharp-tongued Alicia and her friend Betty, who liven many a dull lesson with a trick or a joke, dependable Sally, timid Mary-Lou and spoilt, spiteful Gwendoline Mary Lacey. Meanwhile the new strict rules could cost Mavis and Irene the chance to audition, and it could cause Mavis to develop an illness. Carys John as Ellen Wilson (Season 2–3), a clever Scholarship student who is initially the reluctant best friend of Gwendoline, but eventually leaves her for the other girls. It is half term and Malory Towers welcomes the girls' parents to an open day of picnics and sporting events.