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Children's Classics: Swallows and Amazons

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on BBC Two England

Concludes a season of screen adaptations of children's stories. Today starring Virginia McKenna, Ronald Fraser
For the Walker children, a holiday in the Lake District becomes the adventure of a lifetime when they set sail to camp on an island in the middle of the lake. As their intrepid escapade begins, the children enter the imaginative and colourful world of pirates and Captain Flint's treasure.
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Contributors

Written By:
David Wood
Book By:
Arthur Ransome
Produced By:
Richard Pilbrow
Directed By:
Claude Whatham
Mrs Walker:
Virginia McKenna
Uncle Jim:
Ronald Fraser
Mrs Dixon:
Brenda Bruce
Old Billy:
Jack Woolgar
Young Billy:
John Franklyn-Robbins
John:
Simon West
Susan:
Zanna Hamilton
Titty:
Sophie Neville
Roger:
Stephen Grendon
Nancy:
Kit Seymour
Peggy:
Lesley Bennett
Source: Radio Times

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