Peter Willis, President of the Nancy Blackett Trust, was interviewed by BBC Radio Berkshire’s Matt Allwright yesterday morning live from the Beale Park Boat and Outdoor Show. Among the topics discussed were Swallow’s rediscovery and rescue by auction and the relevance of the story of “Swallows and Amazons” to today’s society. You can listen to the […]
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 […]
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 adventures of the Swallows and the Amazons, but feels that the magic element of imagination seems to be missing from […]
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 an hour long. Part one is available until 5:02AM on Wednesday 17th August, while part two us available until 5:02AM […]
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, including the Nancy Blackett, Coch-y-Bonddhu, Ragged Robin and Peter Duck. Click to listen (duration: 30 minutes)
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 stream once it is available later in the day. However, we do not know if it will be accessable if […]
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 owned, including Nancy Blackett and Peter Duck. Peter Willis, Chairman of the Nancy Blackett Trust, recorded a segment with John […]
The Nancy Blackett will star in a new BBC radio documentary to be broadcast in August, "Paddling with Peter Duck". Presented by John McCarthy, the programme will also feature some of Arthur Ransome's other former dinghies and yachts, including Coch-y-bonddhu ("Scarab"), Lottie Blossom, Mavis ("Amazon") and of course Peter Duck itself. Last week, Peter Willis, […]
“Amazonia”, the BBC radio drama about Arthur Ransome’s early life in Russia, is now available on BBC iPlayer until 9:32PM on Sunday 14th February.
A new radio play, "Amazonia", dramatising the life of Arthur Ransome during his time in Russia, is due to premiere on BBC Radio 3 on February 7th at 8PM. Written by Garry Lyons and produced by Crosslab Productions, the play follows Ransome's dual roles of front-line correspondent and double-agent in Russia during the First […]
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