On Saturday 21st March at 9.00am, the new CBBC TV show “Cinemaniacs” will include guest appearances from Sophie Neville and David Wood, who wrote the screenplay for “Swallows & Amazons” back in 1973. “Cinemaniacs” is a series where presenter Oli White asks a number of people involved in movies about making their first film. Other […]
We now have a gallery of screencaps from Nancy Blackett’s appearance on “Britain and the Sea” last Sunday. View our photo album on Flickr.
As the countdown continues to Nancy Blackett's next TV appearance, former Nancy Blackett Trust Chairman Peter Willis met David Dimbleby at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich last week. Mr Dimbleby gave a talk about his new BBC TV series "Britain and the Sea", in which Nancy Blackett appears as part of the final episode next […]
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.
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.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
The Westmorland Gazette reports that the filming of the anticipated new version of "Swallows and Amazons" has been delayed until next year. Starring "Downton Abbey's" Dan Stevens as James "Captain Flint" Turner, shooting was originally scheduled for this summer. Producer Nick Barton of Harbour Pictures was quoted as stating that: "We are still working on […]
The Summer edition of the Beaulieu River Newsletter mentions Nancy Blackett's visit there earlier this year. Nancy was berthed at Bucklers Hard at the end of May to support the Arthur Ransome Society's IAGM at nearby Brockenhurst. "The Beaulieu River has seen a number of notable boats and rallies over the past few weeks including […]
Nancy Blackett is on the front cover of this month's "Cruising," the magazine of the Cruising Association. The photograph was taken by Gill Moon on a recent trip down the River Orwell, with Skipper Bryan Bonser is waving from the cockpit, and John Benford on the foredeck. The issue contains a feature on Arthur Ransome and […]
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 […]
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