Watch a behind-the-scenes video below, shot in 1973 during the filming of “Swallows and Amazons (1974)”. Whilst the sun shone on Derwent Water the cast and crew of “Swallows and Amazons” set up to film Captain Flint, played by Ronald Fraser, being captured on his houseboat and made to walk the plank. The man featured […]
Nancy Blackett’s proposed relaunch on 2nd June has been postponed, following a test dip in the launch cradle on the previous day. This revealed two small leaks, the result of her planks drying out during her prolonged period out of the water, exacerbated by the recent hot weather. The new plan is for her to […]
Watch a behind-the-scenes video below, shot in 1973 during the filming of “Swallows and Amazons (1974)”. The actors and crew relax after lunch on the shore of Derwent Water in the Lake District. Suzanna Hamilton, Kit Seymour, Simon West and Sophie Neville wait for Ronald Fraser, playing Captain Flint, who walks down the jetty and […]
Following the recent relaxation of the Government’s Coronavirus ‘Lockdown’ Rules, and the resumption of work in Robertson’s Boatyard, Nancy Blackett is now scheduled to be relaunched on 2nd June. Her fitting-out will then be completed and she will be delivered to her summer berth at Woolverstone Marina. However under present circumstances, there is still no […]
Watch a behind-the-scenes video below, shot in 1973 during the filming of “Swallows and Amazons (1974)”, which is currently on the BBC until 16th May 2020. A montage of behind the scenes footage of the actors and crew preparing to shoot a swimming scene at Peel Island on Coniston Water for the feature film, “Swallows and Amazons”, […]
Watch a behind-the-scenes video below, shot in 1973 during the filming of “Swallows and Amazons (1974)”, which is currently on the BBC until 16th May 2020. Sophie Neville, aged 12, rowing a skiff at home in Gloucestershire in April 1973 when she was preparing to appear as Titty in the EMI-Theatre Projects feature film of “Swallows and […]
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 […]
Sophie Neville, who played Titty Walker in the original Swallows and Amazons film (currently on the BBC), looks at the variety of Swallows and Amazon themed cakes that people have been making… We have been busy baking literary cakes… While in quarantine, we made a Swallows and Amazons seed cake with caraway seeds and almonds, which reminded […]
Watch a behind-the-scenes video below, shot in 1973 during the filming of “Swallows and Amazons (1974)”, which is currently on the BBC until 16th May 2020. Wardrobe Master Terry Smith walks to a waiting boat wearing Ronnie Fraser’s pith helmet. We approach the Houseboat moored on Derwent Water and find the crew setting up for […]
Sophie Neville, who played Titty Walker in the original Swallows and Amazons film (currently on the BBC), has gathered a selection of public comments received during the TV broadcast this April, together with some more newly released behind-the-scenes photos of the film… ‘Hurrah!’ – an anonymous BBC presenter cried. The definitive adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s […]
Here are 7 Swallows and Amazons home-schooling ideas from Sophie Neville (who played Titty Walker in the 1974 film) for children aged 8-15 educating at home… 1. Find a copy of the Blu-ray of Swallows and Amazons in French – Hirondelle et Amazones – and see if it helps you pick up the language. You could […]
The Swallows and Amazons episode of the series The Secret Life of Books returns to the BBC tomorrow, with an early morning broadcast on BBC4, followed by a month’s availability on BBC iPlayer. The episode features scenes with author Christina Hardyment and Geraint Lewis of the Arthur Ransome Trust, including some filmed on Coniston Water. […]
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