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Eric Pringle - The Voyage of the Swallow

How "the man who hated children" Arthur Ransome wrote his classic 'Swallows and Amazons'. With Richard Briers and Susannah York.

Published in 1930, the classic adventure novel Swallows and Amazons was written by "the man who hated children", journalist Arthur Ransome.

Eric Pringle 's drama tells the story of the events leading up to publication of the book.

Starring Richard Briers as Arthur Ransome and Susannah York star as his second wife, Evgenia Ransome.

Arthur Ransome ...... Richard Briers
Evgenia ...... ...... Susannah York
CP ScottMichael Kilgarriff
Dora Altounyan ...... Theresa Streatfield
Molly ...... Adjoa Andoh
Tabitha ...... Siriol Jenkins
Ted Scott ...... Vincent Brimble
Ernest Altounyan ...... Philip Sully
Ivy ...... Ann Davies
Trotsky ...... Philip Beckwith
Cyril Ransome ...... Max Harvey
Young Arthur ...... Nicholas Shelton
Young Billy ...... Neil Roberts
Roger ...... Simon Radford
Nancy ...... Kate Ryan
Susan ...... Daisy Heath
Titty ...... Annie Roddam

Music by Steafan Hannigan and Simon Care

Director: Adrian Bean

First broadcast on 成人快手 Radio 4 in December 1991

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 3 May 2020 04:00

Broadcasts

  • Sun 16 Aug 2015 16:00
  • Mon 17 Aug 2015 04:00
  • Sat 2 May 2020 06:00
  • Sat 2 May 2020 16:00
  • Sun 3 May 2020 04:00