Swallows and Amazons , originally published in 1930, tells the story of the Walker children, whose summer holiday in the Lake District sees them sailing their boat ‘Swallow’ to a local island, only to find themselves up against a couple of girls who …
In the set of Swallows and Amazons there is, appropriately enough, water, water everywhere – only not in the right places.
Along with the Famous Five, who spent every one of their school holidays uncovering some sort of crime, I most longed to live alongside the Swallows and Amazons , sailing across the Lakes.
Swallows and Amazons will be directed by Call the Midwife’s Philippa Lowthorpe. The cast also includes Rafe Spall (Black Mirror), Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones), Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire) and Jessica Hynes (W1A).
She recently got involved in the local filming of the new big screen adaptation of children’s classic Swallows and Amazons , part of the shoot being held at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.
Playing the part of feisty Peggy Blackett is a dream come true for 13-year-old Burneside schoolgirl Hannah Jayne Thorp. She spent an idyllic summer filming adventures with
The adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s book Swallows and Amazons will be released across the country on August 19. Railway scenes for the film were shot on the K&WVR in July last year, but the identity of the feature film was then a closely-guarded secret…
In 1974, I was one of six children to appear in Claude Whatham’s film version of Swallows and Amazons, based on the novel by Arthur Ransome.
The big screen adaptation of Swallows and Amazons will be released on August 19th.