Battle of Arnhem audience, as did Richard Attenborough's adaptation of the book into the film of the same name in 1977. Frost, Urquhart and Arnhem veteran John Waddy were hired as military consultants. English author Richard Adams, himself an officer in the seatail of 250th (Airborne) Light Company, Royal Army Service Corps, based the struggle of the anthropomorphised rabbits in his award-winning 1972 novel "Watership Down" (adapted into an animated film in 1978) on the adventures of the officers of the 250 Company of the 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem. Battle of Arnhem The Battle of Arnhem was a major battle of the
Music Inspired by Watership Down Music Inspired by Watership Down Music Inspired by Watership Down is a progressive rock album by Swedish musician Bo Hansson. The album is Hansson's fourth solo album and is, as its name suggests, built around musical ideas inspired by Richard Adams' heroic fantasy novel "Watership Down". It was the second album of Hansson's to have been based on a novel; his first solo album, "Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings", had likewise been based on J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings". Hansson had already composed and released a musical suite inspired by "Watership Down" on his