Sophie Neville asks readers to write in with any points that they may notice that she can add to a third edition of her e-book The Secrets of Filming Swallows and Amazons (1974)… Viewers of the original Swallows and Amazons film have written to point out that when the Amazons sailed up to Captain Flint’s […]
Swallows & Amazons (1974) starring Virginia McKenna is to be broadcast on BBC 2 at 12.20 on Sunday 30th August 2020, recalling the adventures of the Walker and Blackett families on a “Lake in the North” in August 1929 before the school term began, writes Sophie Neville. Hailed as “the feel-good film of Lockdown”, it […]
The original film adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s “Swallows and Amazons” returns to the BBC this Sunday 30th August . The 1974 film will be available to watch here on iPlayer for 30 days, following a repeat broadcast on BBC2 at 12:20pm. The behind-the-scenes story of the film is told in the book “The Making of […]
Sophie Neville, who played Titty Walker in the original Swallows and Amazons film (currently on the BBC), presents a selection of viewer letters and quotations received following the TV broadcast this April, together with some more behind-the-scenes photos of the film… I have just been watching on BBC catch-up, the famous and wonderfully entertaining film ‘Swallows and […]
The 1974 adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s iconic book Swallows and Amazons starring Virginia McKenna will be screened on BBC Two on Friday 17th April at 3.00pm and then be available on BBC iPlayer for 30 days here, writes Sophie Neville, who played Titty Walker in the film. Please add any questions about how the movie was made to […]
The original film adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s “Swallows and Amazons” returns to the BBC next Friday 17th April. The 1974 film will be available to watch here on iPlayer for 30 days, following a repeat broadcast on BBC2 at 3pm. The behind-the-scenes story of the film is told in the book “The Making of Swallows […]
Classic films Riddle of the Sands (1979) and Swallows and Amazons (1974) are both showing at this weekend’s Maritime Film Festival in Woodbridge, with introductory talks by the former’s producer Drummond Challis and the Nancy Blackett Blackett Trust’s President Peter Willis. Nine unmissable boat-related films are being shown over the Festival’s three days, which is […]
Sophie Neville explores the connections between three different Puffin paperback editions of Swallows and Amazons and the original film… The school term is over, Swallows and Amazons is on BBC iPlayer and Christmas missives are arriving in the post. I have just been sent this homemade card from someone who came to the premier of the […]
The 1974 movie Swallows and Amazons is to be screened on BBC TV for the third time this year, writes Sophie Neville. It will be available online on the BBC iPlayer for until 27th January 2020, having been broadcast on BBC2 on 18th December. At least one film fan is holding a TV party to […]
With Arthur Ransome’s ‘Swallows & Amazons’ about to take to the stage at York’s Theatre Royal, Steve Pratt looks back at the lasting legacy of the 1974 film with actress and writer Sophie Neville. Arthur Ransome’s ‘Swallows & Amazons’ has been part of Sophie Neville’s life for fifty years. Filming on location in the Lake District in […]
The original film adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s “Swallows and Amazons” has returned to BBC iPlayer. The 1974 film is available to watch here until Saturday 22nd June. The behind-the-scenes story of the film is told in the book “The Making of Swallows and Amazons” by Sophie Neville, who starred as Titty Walker in the film […]
The 45th Anniversary of the release of the original “Swallows and Amazons” film was last Thursday (4th April). Sophie Neville, who played Titty Walker in the film, recalls the adventure of attending the premiere in London… The Premiere of Richard Pilbrow’s movie “Swallows and Amazons” was held at the ABC Shaftesbury Avenue on 4th April […]
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