The lighthouse tree lantern from the original Swallows and Amazons film still exists, and has an unexpected connection to We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea, writes Sophie Neville… I received an interesting series of emails recently from a stonemason called Philip Chatfield: “Hi Sophie, I was watching Swallows and Amazons, the old classic, on […]
Sophie Neville takes a further look back at the making of the original Swallows and Amazons film… ‘Titty from Swallows and Amazons’ often gets typed into the Google search engine but when I attempt to use it as a ‘tag’ a message pops up saying: ‘Sorry, you are not allowed to assign the provided terms.’ […]
Sophie Neville continues her exploration of new memories to include in the next edition of The Secrets of Making Swallows and Amazons (1974)… The International Movie Database (IMDB) lists Billy Mayerl’s composition Marigold as being included in the original film of Swallows and Amazons. This intrigued me. I looked up the music as I couldn’t […]
Sophie Neville explores more stories to add to the next edition of The Making of Swallows and Amazons… When I was last in the Lake District, I grabbed the chance to climb to the top of Gummer’s Howe to look down on the ‘Great Lake in the North’. Arthur Ransome, who once lived at High […]
Sophie Neville, star of the original Swallows and Amazons film and author of The Making of Swallows and Amazons, reveals more memories and anecdotes that will appear in the 3rd edition of her e-book The Secrets of Filming Swallows and Amazons in time for the film’s 50th anniversary in 2024. Many people have fond memories of watching the original movie of Swallows […]
Sophie Neville takes a closer look at some of the Swallows and Amazons film props recently featured on Antiques Roadshow… Last month BBC Antiques Roadshow featured some of the flags from the original movie Swallows and Amazons (1974) in which I played Titty Walker. These film props had been sent to me by the producer […]
Sophie Neville appeared with some of her Swallows & Amazons movie memorabilia on Antiques Roadshow last Sunday (9th May), having previously written about her experience and been interviewed about it on BBC Radio Cumbria. Sophie’s memorabilia included a variety of props and photographs, and she received an unexpected expert valuation for them, which you can […]
Ahead of her appearance on Sunday’s BBC Antiques Roadshow, Sophie Neville was interviewed by Helen Millican about her collection of Swallows and Amazons movie memorabilia and her experiences of making the film. The 12-minute interview was broadcast on BBC Radio Cumbria on 8th May. You can download it here or listen to it below…
This coming Sunday 9th May, BBC Antiques Roadshow returns to Windermere Jetty in the Lake District at 7.00pm, with the episode featuring Swallows and Amazons movie memorabilia, writes Sophie Neville… Swallows and Amazons fans expressed great excitement when an episode was first broadcast from the museum on Sunday 21st February as they featured Swallow, the […]
Sophie Neville, star of the original Swallows and Amazons film and author of The Making of Swallows and Amazons, reveals more memories and anecdotes that will appear in the 3rd edition of her e-book The Secrets of Filming Swallows and Amazons in time for the film’s 50th anniversary in 2024. Since the experts on BBC Antiques Roadshow have been taking […]
Swallow, the dinghy from the 1974 Swallows and Amazons film, was part of the last Sunday’s episode of the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow. Sail Ransome’s Rob Boden received a valuation for her from paintings expert Rupert Maas, as shown in the clip below: Swallow was purchased in 2010 with assistance from the Nancy Blackett Trust, when […]
Sophie Neville, star of the original Swallows and Amazons film and author of The Making of Swallows and Amazons, writes about the letters that she has received about how the film has changed people’s lives, and how some of these will appear in the 3rd edition of her e-book The Secrets of Filming Swallows and […]
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