Amazonia [Drama On 3]

by Garry Lyons.

Years before he found fame with Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome was swept up in the dramatic events of the Russian Revolution, living a dangerous double life as a journalist and agent for both the Bolsheviks and the Foreign Office. War, revolution, espionage and romance feature in this biographical portrait of one of our best-loved children's authors.

Arthur Ransome - Rory Kinnear

Evgenia Shelepina - Michelle Dockery

Ivy - Katie Collier

Foreign Office Minister, Lenin - Gordon Mounsey

Lockhart, Trotsky - Mark Chatterton

Russian Officer, Soldier - Joe Hughes

Tabitha - Emily Herbert

Young Arthur - George Herbert

Soldier - Christopher Anderton

Soldier - Christopher Arley

Directed and produced by Melanie Harris.

A portrait of Arthur Ransome before he found fame, when he lived a dangerous double life.