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Behind the Scenes on Countryfile with Nancy Blackett

2nd May 20219th April 2013

While we are waiting to 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 photos showing what was going on behind the …

Mike Illingworth of Robertsons, standing, and presenter Matt Baker sitting on cabin roof aboard Nancy as she waits for the tide to come up and launch her. Photo: B. Bonser

Nancy Blackett on BBC’s Countryfile on Sunday 14th April

6th April 20135th April 2013

The start of Nancy Blackett's new season will be featured on the BBC's Countryfile programme on Sunday 14th April (7pm, BBC1). Nancy Blackett's relaunch for the start of the 2013 season was filmed on a …

Swallows and Amazons on Mastermind

7th March 201923rd January 2013

Last Friday “Swallows and Amazons” was featured as the specialist subject of one contestant on the veteran BBC’s “Mastermind” quiz series. Sixteen questions were asked, drawing from topics across Arthur Ransome’s series of children’s novels, …

Swallows and Amazons Today: Listen to Open Country’s “Lakeland Adventures”

1st June 20219th November 2012

You can now listen to yesterday's edition of BBC Radio 4's Open Country, featuring an interview with Arthur Ransome's cousin Richard Ransome, who describes how his own Lakeland childhood was not that different from the …

Nancy Blackett on the Big Screen: Ginger and Rosa

21st December 202515th August 2012

A cinema release date has been announced for the film for which Nancy Blackett did some scenes earlier this year. The date (possibly still provisional at this stage) is Friday 19th October. No actual venues …

Nancy Blackett’s Brief Encounter

10th May 2012

Nancy Blackett's brief appearance in a film is in the can. Two days of filming (mostly interiors) were completed at Woolverstone in February. These were followed by a trip down to the Medway for sailing …

Video: Oliver Rofix interview

6th November 2011

An recent interview with Oliver Rofix by students of the Centre for Journalism at the University of Kent at Medway. Jolly Olly, Oliver Rofix from Laura Garcia on Vimeo.

Swallows and Amazons on iPlayer

13th August 2011

The 1999 BBC radio adaption of "Swallows and Amazons" is available on the BBC's iPlayer for the next days. Broadcast earlier this week on BBC Radio 4 Extra, the play is in two halves, each …

Listen to Paddling with Peter Duck

21st December 20254th August 2011

The BBC Radio 4 programme, “Paddling with Peter Duck” is now available to stream via the BBC’s Radio Player indefinitely. In the programme, John McCarthy discovers some of the boats once owned by Arthur Ransome, …

Paddling with Peter Duck is tomorrow

3rd August 2011

Just a final reminder that "Paddling with Peter Duck", the BBC Radio 4 documentary featuring the Nancy Blackett, will be broadcast tomorrow at 11:30am. If you miss the programme, we will have the BBC iPlayer …

Paddling with Peter Duck: Coming Thursday Week

28th July 201127th July 2011

Just a quick reminder that the BBC radio documentary "Paddling with Peter Duck" will be broadcast next week. The half-hour programme features John McCarthy exploring the life of Arthur Ransome through the boats he has …

Swallow and Amazons Sets Sail for the West End

21st December 202525th July 2011

“Swallows and Amazons” the musical will be appearing at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, over the Christmas period. Announced today in the Stage and the theatre press, tickets went on sale for the reprise of the …