Titty's family 'furious' over name change for Swallows and Amazons film

Able seaman Titty Walker to be renamed ‘Tatty’ for BBC Films adaptation of the classic Arthur Ransome children’s novel

The family of the woman who inspired Titty in Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons have hit out at plans to switch the dinghy-loving character’s name to “Tatty” in a new film adaptation.

BBC Films announced in 2011 that it was planning a new take on the classic Lake District-set children’s story, with the aim of capturing the imagination of the Harry Potter generation. The first movie in a planned series – Ransome wrote 12 books – will be in cinemas later this year.

Related: Swallows and Amazons: the new Harry Potter?

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