Andrew Scott's "excellent" near-perfect period drama is now streaming on the BBC
A period drama starring Andrew Scott has now landed on free-to-air television.
The actor starred in the adventure movie Swallows and Amazons, which hit cinemas in August 2016. A decade later, it aired on BBC Two and is now available to watch on iPlayer for the next month.
The film, set in the 1930s, focuses on a group of children on a holiday in the Lake District. They decide to camp on an island, but soon discover they are not alone and the battle for ownership of the island commences.
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Scott plays Lazlov, who goes looking for a man called Jim Turner, the uncle of the Blackett children played by Rafe Spall.
“It’s a very different kettle of fish altogether. He’s a very charismatic character, and there is humour and warmth in the character,” the actor told Variety in 2015.
Swallows and Amazons is based on the 1930 children's novel of the same name, written by Arthur Ransome.
The film has received an impressive 94% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 6.2/10 rating from reviews on IMDb, one of which labelled it as "excellent".
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Another IMDb review read: “Swallows and Amazons however is a treat to watch visually, being beautifully shot with even more splendid scenery.
“The music score soars thrillingly yet with gentle playfulness, the element feeling and sounding the most cinematic.”
Swallows and Amazons was directed by Philippa Lowthorpe and written by Andrea Gibb.
The 2016 Swallows and Amazons film is not the first adaptation of the novel. A six-part TV drama was first produced in 1963, before the first film was made 11 years later.
Swallows and Amazons is available to watch on BBC iPlayer now.
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