Photos: Around Pin Mill
Our photos of Pin Mill last Saturday, during and after the BBC’s filming of Nancy Blackett for David Dimbleby’s new TV series due in November 2013. View our Flickr photoset here.
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Photos: Behind the scenes with Nancy Blackett at Pin Mill
Our behind-the-scenes photos of Nancy Blackett sailing at Pin Mill (and berthed back at Woolverstone) for the BBC’s filming of David Dimbleby’s new TV series due in November 2013. View our Flickr photoset here.
Photos: Behind the scenes with David Dimbleby and the BBC
Our behind-the-scenes photos of the BBC filming David Dimbleby visiting Nancy Blackett at Pin Mill for his new TV series due in November 2013. View our Flickr photoset here.
Video: Behind the Scenes with the BBC and David Dimbleby
A short behind-the-scenes video of David Dimbleby being filmed rowing out to Nancy Blackett at Pin Mill last Saturday. Nancy Blackett will be featured in his upcoming new BBC series which is due to be broadcast in November.
David Dimbleby boards Nancy Blackett for new BBC series
Last Saturday, patrons of Pin Mill's Butt & Oyster were intrigued to see a BBC crew filming David Dimbleby sitting at one of the outside tables, with the Hard stretched out behind him and a copy of "We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea" in his hand… It was all in aid of a new […]
Arthur Ransome Recordings – BBC Interview
Rare recordings of Arthur Ransome reading extracts from his books have recently been restored and featured on BBC local radio. An interview broadcast across BBC local radio last week included extracts from the recordings and told the story of how they were rediscovered by Stephen Sykes, a retired financial advisor, novelist and astrophysicist who now […]
Swallows and Amazons Boathouse for Sale
One of the Lanehead boathouses, from which Arthur Ransome learnt to sail, is for sale. Lanehead was once the home of W.G. Collingwood, with whom he was close friends. The Collingwoods owned a variety of boats, including a former fishing boat named Swallow, which Ransome later described as "the first of a long dynasty of […]
Nancy Blackett’s Countryfile: Our Review and Compilation
Skip to video compilation Well, I think Countryfile did us proud, writes NBT chairman Peter Willis. Ten minutes’ airtime is good going, even if it did take most of the day to capture it. It all began with a phonecall about a fortnight before the shooting. “We’d like to film Nancy Blackett being launched,” said […]
Screencaps from Nancy Blackett’s Countryfile
We now have a gallery of screencaps from Nancy Blackett’s appearance on the BBC’s Countryfile last Sunday. See the photoset on Flickr.
Matt badge mania as Countryfile airs
Nancy Blackett’s appearance on the BBC’s Countryfile programme yesterday sparked an immediate avalanche of hits on our website, even before the programme had ended. This included a huge upsurge in demand for enamel badges of the type which Nancy Blackett Trust chairman Peter Willis was shown handing to presenter Matt Baker – and which are available in the […]
Matt and Nancy: Countdown to Countryfile
There is now less than a day to go before you can see Nancy Blackett featured on the BBC’s Countryfile programme. Presenter Matt Baker will be tracing the story Arthur Ransome and “We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea”, the seventh book in his “Swallows and Amazons” series, and in which Nancy appeared as Goblin, and joining Nancy’s […]
More Behind the Scenes on Countryfile with Nancy Blackett
Before we see the start of Nancy Blackett's new season featured on the BBC's Countryfile programme on Sunday 14th April at 7pm on BBC1, here are some more photos showing what was going on behind the scenes in Woodbridge on a chilly and snowy Good Friday. Nancy Blackett in the snow (Photo: Bryan Bonser) Capturing the camera […]
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