It was ten years after we had made the movie ‘Swallow & Amazons’ but the atmosphere and the camaraderie felt similar. You can see from our faces how everyone made the whole experience enjoyable. The eight-part drama serial was filmed over three months during long hot summer of 1983. It is almost thirty years since we made the BBC adaptation of Arthur Ransome’s books Coot Club and The Big Six on the Norfolk Broads. Caroline Downer, Rosemary Leach and Henry Dimbelby If you are interested in the BBC serial of ‘Coot Club’ and ‘The Big Six’, originally titled ‘Swallows and Amazons Forever’ please read on. Sophie Neville in ‘Swallows and Amazons’ (1974) by the film poster artist Arnaldo Putzu

If you want to see what Sophie Neville, who played Titty Walker has been doing, please click here. You can read the first three chapters for free here Different editions of ‘The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974) by Sophie Neville’ 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.If you are interested in the cast of the 1974 movie ‘Swallows & Amazons’, you can find out more in the paperback or kindle edition of ‘The Making of SWALLOWS and AMAZONS’ or the £2.99 ebook ‘The Secrets of filming SWALLOWS & AMAZONS’ both by Sophie Neville who played Titty Walker. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine Let's hope that BBC Audiobooks plans to produce the entire series. Listening, we lose ourselves in the golden days. Jennings's pace quickens when the sailboat battles occur and relaxes when the children collapse around the fire. The many characters are distinct individuals-from the Australian mom to a neighboring farm wife to serious older siblings and the head-over-heels enthusiastic younger kids.

It is a literate book full of magic for children and adults, which Jennings's reading amplifies. Published in 1930, Swallows and Amazons is about six children who sail, camp, and find timeless adventure during a holiday in England's Lake District. His shaded character portrayals and enthusiastic narration make it clear that he loves the book. Alex Jennings performs this beloved classic of English children's literature in splendid fashion.

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