Genre Children's Country of origin United Kingdom No. of seasons 1 Final episode date 1984 Number of seasons 1 Number of episodes 8 | Directed by Andrew Morgan Original language(s) English First episode date 1984 Location The Broads | |
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Similar The Adventures of Don Q, Knights of God, For Maddie with Love, PROBE, Harry's Mad | ||
Swallows and amazons forever before and after
Swallows and Amazons Forever! is a 1984 BBC children's television series based on two children's novels by Arthur Ransome, Coot Club (four episodes) and The Big Six (four episodes).
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The setting is the Norfolk Broads in the 1930s, partly near the village of Horning, with the children sailing and bird-watching, plus some detective work in The Big Six. The main characters are visitors Dick and Dorothea (Dot) Callum and locals Tom Dudgeon, the twins Nell and Bess, three boatbuilders’ sons Joe, Bill and Pete, and adults Mrs Barrable, Dr Dudgeon (father of Tom) and Frank Farland (father of the twins) plus in Coot Club five obnoxious adults in a motor cruiser, the Margoletta who are called the Hullabaloos by the children. Despite the title, Ramsome's other groups of children the Swallows and the Amazons do not appear.
A Puffin paperback with the same title was published in 1983; it is a condensation of Coot Club (omitting the postscript) and The Big Six.(omittiing 7 chapters). It was reissued as a Red Fox paperback in 1993 with the title Swallows and Amazons for Ever!