Product: Swallows & Amazons: Coot Club [VHS]
Rating: 5.0
Beautiful BBC production that stays faithful to the book
Filmed by the BBC back in the 1980s, this is a beautifully done movie (originally produced as a six part TV series but you wouldnt know that from the DVD production) of Arthur Ransomes book of the same name. It stays faithful to the plot, the actors suit the parts perfectly, the period (1930s Norfolk Broads in England) is reproduced lovingly. Nothing in the movie for any parent to disapprove of. All in all its a great movie for kids and for adults who, like me, read and enjoy Arthur Ransomes Swallows and Amazons series.There were two of these series made, the other is The Big Six, the second (and last) of Arthur Ransomes books set in the Norfolk Broads.