You can now read our review and watch Nancy Blackett‘s brief appearance in episode 4 of “Britain and the Sea” below.

First broadcast on BBC 1 on 8th December 2013, David Dimbleby introduced Pin Mill as the village that “captivated” Arthur Ransome, and the setting for “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”, which he described as a “frightening” but “entrancing” story.

Peter Willis, Chairman of the Nancy Blackett Trust at the time of filming, also showed David Dimbleby around Nancy Blackett while she was moored off the Hard, and discussed the attraction of the world that Arthur Ransome created in his stories: