Britain's Lost Waterlands: Escape to Swallows and Amazons Country
Britain's Lost Waterlands: Escape to Swallows and Amazons Country
Presenters Dick Strawbridge and Professor Alice Roberts explore the British landscapes that inspired children's author Arthur Ransome to write his famous series Swallows and Amazons. Strawbridge uses vintage boats to investigate three iconic waterlands - the Lake District, the Norfolk broads, and the Suffolk coastline - while Roberts takes a look at the shore lines
Britain's Lost Waterlands: Escape to Swallows and Amazons Country airs on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD at 1:35 PM, Saturday 9 November. (Subtitles, repeat, audio description.)
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Dick Strawbridge
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Alice Roberts
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Andrea Cornes
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