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Video: BBC Interview with Dick and Desmond Kelsall

19th August 2016

With today’s release of the new Swallows and Amazons, the BBC Archive has posted the following video on Arthur Ransome from 1984, which features Dick and Desmond Kelsall: With the Swallows and Amazons movie released today, …

Video Interview: Sophie Neville and David Wood on Making the Original Swallows and Amazons

22nd February 202618th August 2016

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 …

Swallows and Amazons 40th Anniversary: New DVD, Prizes, Screenings and More…

22nd February 20266th August 2014

To celebrate the fortieth anniversary and release of the restored 1974 “Swallows and Amazons” film, the Nancy Blackett Trust has teamed up with Vintage Books and Studiocanal to offer you the chance to win a …

Video: Nancy Blackett in “Britain and the Sea”

5th September 201615th December 2013

You can now read our review and watch Nancy Blackett‘s brief appearance in episode 4 of “Britain and the Sea” below. First broadcast on BBC 1 on 8th December 2013, David Dimbleby introduced Pin Mill …

Video: Behind the Scenes with the BBC and David Dimbleby

7th March 201912th September 2013

A short behind-the-scenes video of David Dimbleby being filmed rowing out to Nancy Blackett at Pin Mill last Saturday. Nancy Blackett will be featured in his upcoming new BBC series which is due to be …

Swallows and Amazons Boathouse for Sale

21st December 202515th August 2013

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 …

Nancy Blackett in Ginger and Rosa (Video)

7th March 201913th July 2013

Last year Nancy Blackett appeared in the latest Sally Potter film “Ginger and Rosa”. Nancy’s scenes were filmed early in the year, and the film had a limited release in late summer. The video below is …

Sailing Nancy Blackett at Woolverstone (Video)

7th March 201910th July 2013

A short video of Nancy Blackett on the River Orwell at Woolverstone after our AGM and Summer Social on 6th July 2013, on a warm and breezy afternoon.

Nancy Blackett’s Countryfile: Our Review and Compilation

2nd May 202117th April 2013

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 …

Swallows and Amazons on Mastermind

7th March 201923rd January 2013

Last Friday “Swallows and Amazons” was featured as the specialist subject of one contestant on the veteran BBC’s “Mastermind” quiz series. Sixteen questions were asked, drawing from topics across Arthur Ransome’s series of children’s novels, …

Video: Nancy Blackett Under Sail

7th March 201922nd June 2012

A new video of Nancy Blackett’s early evening trip on the Orwell before the Summer Social dinner of 16th June 2012. Music provided by MusicRevolution

Oliver Rofix Speaks About His Round Britain Challenge

7th March 201910th March 2012

Leukaemia survivor Oliver Rofix gave his first talk about his Round Britain Challenge at the RYA Dinghy Show last weekend. The Nancy Blackett Trust partly sponsored him a year ago for his sailing challenge to recruit new donors for the Anthony Nolan …