About the Writer: Sophie Neville

~Sophie Neville~

Once a BBC television director, later a horseback safari guide and wildlife artist based in Southern Africa, Sophie Neville is now back in the UK working on true life stories and fundraising for charity.

Member of the Biographer's Club

Member of Association of Christian Writers
President of The Arthur Ransome Society 2014-2019

Writing for Television:~

'Inset' x 3 episodes ~ Writer-Producer ~ BBC TV
'The Way People Talk' ~ Writer-Producer ~ BBC TV
'Boys about Girls: Girls about Boys' ~ Writer- Producer ~ BBC TV
'Crazes' ~ Writer-Producer ~ BBC TV
'Just Mum, my Sister and Me' ~ Writer-Producer ~ BBC TV
'Out of Europe into Africa' ~ Director ~ Channel 4

Books for BBC Books:~

'Dawn to Dusk' ~ Series Originator
'Through the Dragon's Eye' ~ Book & audio book producer
'Bluebell' ~ Research

Books for Ashton House Publications:~
Ride the Wings of Morning
Funnily Enough
Funnily Enough ~ a Get Well Soon Book 

The Secrets of Filming Swallows & Amazons (1974)

Books for Classic TV  Press: ~
The Making of Swallows & Amazons

For Lutterworth Press:~
The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974) ~ second edition
Forward to 'Swallows, Amazons and Coots' by Julian Lovelock 

For Albatros Media: ~
Forward to Swallowdale by Arthur Ransome

For Hayloft Publishing:~
Forward to 'An A-Z of Cumbria & the Lake District on Film' by David Banning

Revelation Films:~
'Coot Club' & 'The Big Six' DVD Extras 

Other Television credits:~

'Thinkabout Science' x 5 episodes ~ Director ~ BBC TV
'Through the Dragon's Eye' x 10 episodes ~ Director of FX and animation ~ BBC TV
'Dawn to Dusk on Safari' x 3 episodes ~ Originator/Researcher ~ BBC TV NHU
'Global Sunrise' - Live Watch ~ Researcher ~ BBC TV-NHU
'Blue Peter in South Africa' ~ Researcher ~ BBC TV
'Russell Harty Christmas Party' ~ Researcher ~ BBC
'Russell Harty' x 9 episodes ~ Researcher ~ BBC TV
'The Book Show' ~ Researcher ~ BBC TV
'Swallows and Amazons Forever!Coot Club' x 4 episodes ~ Researcher ~ BBC TV
'Swallows and Amazons Forever! The Big Six' x 4 episodes ~ Researcher ~ BBC TV
'My Family and Other Animals' x 8 episodes ~ AFM ~ BBC TV
'Bluebell' x 8 episodes ~ Researcher/AFM ~ BBC TV
'Rockliffe's Babies' x 4 episodes ~ AFM ~ BBC TV
'Doctor Who?''Vengenace on Varos' 2 episodes ~ AFM ~ BBC TV
'Rockliffe's Babies' x 4 episodes ~ Location Manager ~ BBC TV
'Charters and Caldicott' x 6 episodes ~ AFM ~ BBC TV
'Titus Andronicus' ~ AFM ~ BBC TV
'One by One' x 8 episodes ~ AFM ~ BBC TV
'Eastenders' x 12 episodes ~ AFM ~ BBC TV
'The Diary of Anne Frank' ~ AFM ~ BBC TV
'Cold Warrior' ~ AFM ~ BBC TV
'Out There' ~ Cameraman ~ SABC

Television Appearances: ~ 
News at Ten ~ Herself ~ ITV
News in New Zealand ~ Herself ~ NZ3
ITV Anglia News ~ Herself
BBC South Today ~ Herself ~ BBC TV
'Cinemaniacs' ~ Herself ~ CBBC TV
'The Wright Stuff' ~ Herself ~ Channel 5
'Compulsive Obsessive' ~ Herself ~ Channel 4 
'Big Screen Britain' ~ Herself ~ BBC TV
'Countryfile' ~ Herself ~ BBC TV
'Country Tracks' ~ Herself ~ BBC TV
'The Big Read' ~
'The Village Show' ~ Herself ~ BBC TV
'Trisha' ~ Herself ~ Anglia TV
'SC4 Ident' ~ Herself ~ SC4
'Who's Sorry Now?' ~ Herself ~ Intermedia
'Songs of Praise' ~ Herself ~ BBC TV
'BBC Northwest Tonight' 
'BBC Breakfast'
'Animal Magic' ~ Herself ~ BBC TV

'Screen Test' ~ BBCTV
'Points West' ~ Herself ~ BBC TV
'Sunday Night Thriller: Dark Secret' ~ Actor ~ LWT
'The Two Ronnies' ~ Actress ~ BBC TV
'Crossroads' ~ Actor ~ ATV
'Cider with Rosie' ~ Actor ~ BBC TV
'Film Night' ~ Archive clips ~ BBC TV
'The Secret Life of Arthur Ransome' ~ BBCTV
'An Awfully Big Adventure' ~ BBCTV
and quoted on 'Have I Got a Little Bit More News For You'


DVDs

'Encountering the Ransomes' ~ Presenter

'Walton's Secret Water' ~ interview

'The Discovery of Sodium Cromoflycate'

Film credits:~

'Swallows & Amazons' 1974 ~ playing Titty ~ EMI
DVD Extras package for 'Swallows and Amazons' ~ Studio Canal 2014
'The 'Copter Kids' 1976 ~ playing Liz Peters ~ CFTF

(DVDs available on Amazon):