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.
Sailboat owner Rob Boden is among the extras to make a fleeting appearance on screen in Swallows and Amazons.
Keswick rolled out the red carpet as the makers of Swallows and Amazons staged its world premiere in the Lake District, the movie’s ‘spiritual home’.
As president of The Arthur Ransome Society, I am keen to promote ‘Swallows and Amazons’, emphasizing the aspect that children today can enjoy the outdoor activities advocated by Arthur Ransome back in the 1930s.
To say that Swallows and Amazons has changed Sophie Neville’s life is something of an understatement. She was 12 when she was cast as Titty – yes Titty – in the 1974 film of the famous children’s book.
Keswick hosted the world premiere of the new film adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s classic Swallows and Amazons story about four children from the south coast who spend a summer holiday in the 1930s in the Lake District and have a set of adventures while camping in an island in the middle of a lake.