Today, 4th April 2019, is the 45th Anniversary of the release of the original “Swallows and Amazons” film in cinemas. To mark the occasion, Sophie Neville (who played Titty Walker in the film and is President of the Arthur Ransome Society) has posted an original cinema poster advertising the World Gala Charity Matinee of “Swallows […]
The 1974 “Swallows and Amazons” film music was composed by Wilfred Josephs, best known for producing the theme music for “I,Claudius”, “Enemy at the Door”, “The Prisoner” and “Pollyanna”. You can listen to his introduction & end title music for “Swallows and Amazons” below, while the film itself is available on BBC iPlayer for UK viewers until 31st […]
Both film adaptations of Arthur Ransome’s “Swallows and Amazons” are currently available to watch on BBC iPlayer. The 1974 film is available to watch here until Thursday 31st January, while the 2016 film is available to watch here until Monday 14th January. The behind-the-scenes story of the 1974 film is available in the book “The Making […]
Sophie Neville explores the stories of some of the boats that appeared in the original “Swallows and Amazons” film… I went on BBC Radio Cumbria recently, to ask if I could meet anyone involved in filming the original film of ‘Swallows and Amazons’ in the summer of 1973, since it was made on location in […]
Here’s a roundup of last Saturday’s (28th July) special screening of the 1974 “Swallows and Amazons” film in Keswick, with special guest Sophie Neville . Sophie played ‘Titty Walker’ in the film and held a Q&A session at the screening. The Swallow dinghy from the film was also on display on the foreshore of nearby […]
Sophie Neville spoke yesterday (24th July) on BBC Radio Cumbria to Adam Powell about the special screening of the 1974 “Swallows and Amazons” film that will be shown in Keswick this Saturday (28th July). Sophie, who played Titty Walker in the film, will introduce it and host a Q&A session afterwards, while the dinghy Swallow that appeared in the […]
Open-air theatre performances of “Swallows and Amazons” headline this summer’s lineup of events, supported by public access to historic boats and film screenings, along with adventure days and cruises. Open-air theatre No less than three open-air theatre productions of “Swallows and Amazons” are on for the next month, with the Neil Hannon musical version being […]
This July marks the forty-fifth anniversary of filming the original film “Swallows and Amazons” on Derwentwater when Ronald Fraser was obliged to walk the plank in a sola topi in July 1973. To celebrate the event, Sophie Neville, who played Titty, will be introducing a screening of the 1974 film at the Alhambra Cinema in […]
When the 1974 film of “Swallows and Amazons” first came out in cinemas it stirred up quite a bit of interest in the media, as Sophie Neville reveals… This script for a programme made for BBC Radio Bristol has recently been discovered in a box in my mother’s attic. Typical of the early ‘seventies, it is […]
The 2016 “Swallows and Amazons” film is officially available from tomorrow (July 13th) in the USA. There is a limited release in selected cinemas (a slightly revised list of venues from those previously obtained elsewhere) but that is a common practice for independent films released in the USA. There is a wider release on Cable […]
Sophie Neville and Seren Hawkes feature in this short TV profile of both the 1974 and 2016 “Swallows and Amazons” films, which was broadcast on BBC South Today on Friday (19th August) to coincide with the general release of the new “Swallows and Amazons” film at cinemas across the UK and Ireland. For a behind-the-scenes […]
On the eve of the release of the new Swallows and Amazons film, watch this revealing interview by Cinemaniacs. David Wood wrote the screenplay for the original 1974 Swallows and Amazons film, while it was Sophie Neville’s first ever film. Sophie will also be appearing on BBC Radio Leeds tomorrow morning at 10.10am and on BBC […]
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