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The Secret Life of Arthur Ransome

Directed by Andrew Thompson
2005    59m
8.5
To generations Arthur Ransome's books, including Swallows and Amazons, were an integral part of growing up. But was there a darker side to the author?

The enthusiastic Griff Rhys Jones follows a trail that begins in Russia, reveals close links with many leading Bolsheviks, an affair with Trotsky's secretary and previously unreleased KGB documents about Ransome. But was Ransome actually spying for the British secret service all along?
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Cast of The Secret Life of Arthur Ransome
  • Griff Rhys JonesSelf - Presenter
  • Sergei PodbolotovSelf
  • Hugh BroganSelf
  • Roland ChambersSelf
  • Iain AgnewSir Basil Thomson
  • Lesley BennettPeggy
  • Jo FreerIvy Ransome
  • Stephen GrendonRoger
  • Suzanna HamiltonSusan
  • Alina KarmazinaEvgenia Ransome
  • Paul MorrowForeign Office clerk
  • Sophie NevilleTitty
  • Kalev OnnapnuRed Army officer
  • Ain SavinukWhite Army officer
  • Kit SeymourNancy
  • Simon TcherniakArthur Ransome
  • Ana ThompsonTabitha Ransome
  • Simon WestJohn

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