Swallows and Amazons Forever! Swallows and Amazons Forever! Swallows and Amazons Forever! is a 1984 BBC children's television series based on two children's novels from the "Swallows and Amazons series" by Arthur Ransome, "Coot Club" (four episodes) and "The Big Six" (four episodes). The setting is the Norfolk Broads in the 1930s, partly near the village of Horning, with the children sailing and bird-watching, plus some detective work in "The Big Six". The main characters are visitors Dick and Dorothea (Dot) Callum and locals Tom Dudgeon, the twins Nell and Bess, three boatbuilders’ sons Joe, Bill and Pete, and adults Mrs Barrable, Dr Dudgeon
S. I. Martin S. I. Martin S. I. Martin (born 24 April 1961) is a British author, historian, journalist and teacher, specialising in Black British history and literature. He wrote "Britain's Slave Trade" for Channel 4 Books to accompany the channel's television documentary "Windrush", a novel, "Incomparable World", charting the progress of three black exiles living in 18th-century London, and has written works of fiction for children to widen the consciousness and knowledge of the slave trade. Aside from authorship, Martin actively promotes the knowledge of Black British history through his work with London schools, borough councils, English Heritage, the National Maritime Museum,