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Swallows and Amazons

John Sergeant learns how Arthur Ransome came to perfect a new, more authentic kind of children's literature that featured real children doing real things in real places.

Former journalist and keen amateur sailor John Sergeant takes to the water in the wake of the plucky young heroes of Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons, and learns how a globe-trotting foreign correspondent and acquintance of Lenin and Trotsky came to perfect a new, more authentic kind of children's literature that featured real children doing real things in real places.

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Tue 21 Apr 2020 00:50

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  • People Under the Stairs

    Same Beat (The Wesley Rap)

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Role Contributor
Presenter John Sergeant
Series Producer Bill MacLeod
Executive Producer Richard Bright
Producer Jenny MacLeod
Director Jenny MacLeod

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