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Now’s the ideal time for you to rediscover the world of “Swallows and Amazons” with our special offer of any 3 stories for £20! Why not fill those missing gaps in your book…
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Video: Watch the Country Tracks 2003 TV feature about Swallows and Amazons
Watch a clip from “Country Tracks” profiling ‘Swallows and Amazons’ – featuring Claude Watham, Lucy Batty, Suzanna Hamilton and Sophie Neville, with Sophie’s father’s original behind-the-scenes footage from 1973.
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Books that would make a great present for friends and family at Christmas
Back in 1973 a film crew and actors descended on the Lake District to make a full-length feature film of author Arthur Ransome’s classic children’s story Swallows and Amazons . The group included 12-year-old Sophie Neville, who had been cast as …
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Fan Mail for “The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974)”
Sophie Neville has received many letters from fans since the publication of her memoir “The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974)”. Publishers the Lutterworth Press have shared this one…
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Video: Behind The Scenes of Swallows and Amazons (1974) – The Peak of Darien at… Runnymede
Watch a behind-the-scenes video below, shot in 1973 during the filming of “Swallows and Amazons (1974)”. The scene when John, Susan, Titty and Roger ran up to the Peak of Darien was eventually shot on location at Runneymead near Epsom…
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The Nancy Blackett Book Month continues – and takes to the water
The first-ever Nancy Blackett Book Month has been such a success that it’s now extended to the end of the year, with all the existing special offers continuing, and some new ones being added –…
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Video: Behind The Scenes of Swallows and Amazons (1974) – Ambleside Well-Dressing
Watch a behind-the-scenes video below, shot in 1973 during the filming of “Swallows and Amazons (1974)”. Sophie Neville, on a day off from filming “Swallows and Amazons”, watches the…
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Video: Behind The Scenes of Swallows and Amazons (1974) – Walking the Plank
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…
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Video: Behind The Scenes of Swallows and Amazons (1974) – After Lunch on Derwent Water
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…