Swallows and Amazons: Behind the scenes of the remake of Arthur Ransome’s classic children’s tale – Telegraph.co.uk
In the set of Swallows and Amazons there is, appropriately enough, water, water everywhere – only not in the right places.
Cast and Crew
-
-
WATCH: Andrew Scott Gives Foreboding Warning in ‘Swallows and Amazons’ Clip – Anglophenia
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).
-
Ilkley councillor enjoying new TV and film role in Swallows and Amazons – Ilkley Gazette
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.
-
Role in new Swallows and Amazons film is ‘dream come true’ for Burneside girl – The Westmorland Gazette
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
-
Whatever happened to the original cast of Swallows and Amazons?
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.
-
Lakeland District in frame as Swallows and Amazons hits the screen
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’.
-
‘Swallows and Amazons’ profiled on ITV News at Ten
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.
-
Original Swallows and Amazons actress advises film remake
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.
-
Review, Picture Special And Video: Swallows and Amazons film has its world premiere at Keswick’s Theatre by the Lake
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.