Swallows and Amazons is a 1974 British film adaption of the 1930 novel of the same name by Arthur Ransome. The film, which was directed by Claude Whatham...
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Swallows and Amazons is a children's adventure novel by English author Arthur Ransome first published on 21 July 1930 by Jonathan Cape. Set in the summer...
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Swallows and Amazons is a 2016 British family adventure film directed by Philippa Lowthorpe and written by Andrea Gibb, based on Arthur Ransome's 1930...
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The Swallows and Amazons series is a series of twelve children's adventure novels by English author Arthur Ransome. Set in the interwar period, the novels...
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with Swallows and Amazons Adaptations of the original novel: Swallows and Amazons (TV series), a 1963 BBC TV version Swallows and Amazons (1974 film) Swallows...
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characters from the Swallows and Amazons series of books by Arthur Ransome. John Walker — eldest of the Walker children and Captain of the Swallow Susan Walker...
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Nancy Blackett (category Swallows and Amazons series)
adaptation of Swallows and Amazons as well as in the 1974 and 2016 film adaptations of the book. At the opening of the series in Swallows and Amazons, Nancy...
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Suzanna Hamilton (category English film actresses)
London in the early 1970s. In 1974, she appeared in her first feature film, the Whatham-directed Swallows and Amazons. Billed as Zanna Hamilton, she...
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Stewart Wright (category 1974 births)
Vic (2003) and Angus in Birmingham Repertory Theatre’s Neville’s Island (2005). In 2010 he was in Tom Morris' production of Swallows & Amazons, playing...
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(1973), and Swallows and Amazons (1974). He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966, appearing on stage throughout the rest of the 1960s and the early...
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Susan George (actress) (category English film actresses)
Television Playhouse, Swallows and Amazons and Weavers Green. George had small roles in films such as The Sorcerers (1967) and Up the Junction (1968)...
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John Franklyn-Robbins (category English male film actors)
(segment: "The Weird Tailor") Take Me High (1973) - Alderman Swallows and Amazons (1974) - Young Billy Overlord (1975) - Dad The Brute (1977) - Solicitor...
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Simon Holland (category British film biography stubs)
November 2010) was a British production designer. Bartleby (1970) Swallows and Amazons (1974) Rosebud (1975) Equus (1977) The Shout (1978) Agatha (1979) Reds...
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Death Line (1972) - Platform Inspector Gawain and the Green Knight (1973) - Porter Swallows and Amazons (1974) - Old Billy "Mr Jack Woolgar". The Times....
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Coniston Water (section Geography and administration)
secret harbour is based on Peel Island. The Amazon River is based on the River Crake. The Swallows and Amazons series involve school holiday adventures in...
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Peter Whitbread (category English male film actors)
near Melton Constable, Norfolk. Troilus & Cressida (1981) - Calchas Swallows and Amazons Forever!: Coot Club (1984) - Rodley The Burston Rebellion (1985)...
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Claude Whatham (category English film directors)
(1973) Swallows and Amazons (1974) All Creatures Great and Small (1975 TV film) The Inventing of America (1975 TV documentary) Betzi (1978 TV film) Facing...
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Ronald Fraser (actor) (category English male film actors)
Campbell Peek Rentadick (1972) – Major Upton Swallows and Amazons (1974) – Uncle Jim Percy's Progress (1974) – Bleeker Paper Tiger (1975) – Sergeant Forster...
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Midland Railway 3835 Class (category Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway locomotives)
2018). "PRESERVATION HISTORY: ALEXANDER MACDONALD – FROM SCRAP TO SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS: THE 43924 STORY". No. 236. Heritage Magazine. Heritage Magazine...
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Logie Awards of 2024 (category Pages using infobox film awards with the gold award parameter)
Week Logie Awards ceremony was held on 18 August 2024 at The Star, Sydney, and broadcast on the Seven Network. The ceremony was hosted by Sam Pang. Nominees...
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used in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons books, where it was said at least once in almost every book, most commonly by "Amazon Pirate" Nancy Blackett...
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Glynn Edwards (category English male film actors)
Dorset. In his childhood he read Arthur Ransome's adventure novel Swallows and Amazons, which gave him a life-long passion for river-boating, which began...
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Virginia McKenna (category English film actresses)
occasionally acted in films, notably Waterloo (1970), Swallows and Amazons (1974), The Gathering Storm (1974), and Beauty and the Beast (1976). Onstage...
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Ruth Kettlewell (category English film actresses)
- Dowager Funny Bones (1995) - Camilla Powell Swallows and Amazons (1963) as Mrs. Jackson All Gas and Gaiters (1966-1969) - Grace Pugh-Critchley / Mrs...
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David Wood (actor) (category English male film actors)
Lloyd Webber and Alan Ayckbourn musical Jeeves in 1975. He wrote the screenplay for the 1974 adaptation of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons, released...
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A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1974 (see 1974 in film): The Sting The Exorcist Enter the Dragon The Three Musketeers Papillon Herbie...
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Lakeside railway station (England) (category Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway)
of the lake, on a different line. 1973 film of Swallows and Amazons. Although released in 1974, this was filmed in 1973, the preservation society's first...
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Wildcat (disambiguation) (redirect from The Wildcat (film))
Cat (boat), a small fictional schooner in two of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books Wildcats, a fictional basketball team...
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Michael Ripper (category English male film actors)
Judy Man (1963) – Waiter What a Crazy World (1963) – The Common Man Swallows and Amazons (1963) – Old Billie The Scarlet Blade (1963) – Pablo The Human Jungle...
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Wilfred Josephs (category English film score composers)
(1973), Callan (1974), Swallows and Amazons (1974), All Creatures Great and Small (1975), The Uncanny (1977), Martin's Day (1985) and Mata Hari (1985)...
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