GB
1981
1hr 25mins
Dir: Anthony Squire
Starring: Norman Bowler and Eleanor Summerfield
Four British teens on holiday by the sea visit an island and discover that a terrorist group is using it as their hideout
This family adventure is based on Enid Blyton’s book of the same name, the first in the Adventure series of eight novels, written by the author from 1944 onwards. Filmed entirely on location in Cornwall, it has several exterior and interior shots of HSTs on the Cornish Main Line at the beginning and end of the film. Philip and his new friends Jake and Lucy-Ann travel down to stay with his aunt and uncle – their train is first seen crossing the Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash into Cornwall, and then seen pulling into platform one at Penzance. At the end of the film, there is another establishing shot of a train on the Royal Albert Bridge, then a scene filmed in First Class. This is followed by a shot of the train travelling through the site of Marazion station where at least five of the six Pullman coaches used at the time as camping coaches are visible. Again, the train arrives into Penzance platform one where the family are reunited.
