Internationally, the series is broadcast on CBC Gem in Canada, ABC Me in Australia, ZDF and KiKA in Germany, Rai Gulp in Italy, e-Junior in the United Arab Emirates, Yle TV2 in Finland, SVT Barn in Sweden, NRK Super in Norway, HBO Max in Scandinavia, Space Power TV and Spacetoon Go in Middle East and HOT in Israel.
[6] Set in 1940s post-World War II England - beginning in 1947[7] - the show follows the adventures of 12-year-old Darrell Rivers as she leaves home to attend an all-girls' boarding school and explores a nostalgic world of midnight feasts, lacrosse, pranks, a mystery ghost and lasting friendships.
The TV series updates Blyton's post-war period piece for a modern audience with a racially diverse and inclusive cast.
The Malory Towers girls are all excited and ready to travel home for Christmas, but not without a festive farewell where Ron brings his Great Granny Mary and his little brother Fred to meet everyone.
Darrell's family is unable to travel to pick her up due to an incoming storm, and Gwen has been told she'll be remaining at the school because her parents are undergoing a divorce.
Things quickly escalate when some of the other girls (Mary-Lou, Sally, and Ellen) get stuck after missing the train and when Darrell begins to hear a mysterious moaning and groaning from the walls.
[38] Principal photography began in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in summer 2019 and later moved to the two South West England ceremonial counties Cornwall (only in the town of Bodmin) and Devon (only at Hartland Abbey),[39] with the latter serving as the exterior location of the boarding school.
[41] The entire first series of episodes was available to view early on BBC iPlayer as of 23 March to viewers in the UK with a TV licence.