Antiques Roadshow leaves Swallows and Amazons actress STUNNED with HUGE valuation for movie’s memorabilia 50-years after she appeared in the iconic family film

Antiques Roadshow welcomed Swallows and Amazons actress Sophie Neville to the show which was filmed from the Lake District on Sunday, 50-years after she appeared in the iconic family film. 

The former child star, 64, who played Titty Walker and is now an author, brought along memorabilia from the 1974 set including pirate flags and a bow and arrow. 

The film, based on the 1930 novel by Arthur Ransome, followed the Walker children and their adventures in the Lake District while setting sail in their dinghy named Swallow.

Expert Mark Allum was blown away by the collection, as Sophie said: ‘[Starring in the movie] was an amazing opportunity and we came up her and filmed it on location’ as they looked out over lake Windermere.

Seeing the Swallows’ original flag from their boat the antiques empresario gushed: ‘I just have to touch it in reverence’. 

The former child star, who played Titty Walker (pictured second right in the movie) brought along memorabilia from the set including pirate flags and a bow and arrow 

Sophie was delighted with the valuation (R, pictured in the movie)

Sophie then quipped: ‘My character Titty made that flag, in reality the prop men made it, and I was 12 played a nine-year-old and I thought that those stitches were pretty shoddy and big and I could had made a much neater one’.

Moving onto valuation Mark mused: ‘In monetary terms, worth about £4,000 to £6,000 at auction’.

Shocked the actress asked: ‘Really?! These little things?’.

Smiling he assured her: ‘Those die hard fans out there would kill for a bit of movie memorabilia like this’. 

Swallows and Amazons was remade in 2016 with Harry Enfield and Andrew Scott, despite being a huge success with critics it failed and the box office and rumoured sequels were cancelled. 

Last week The BBC was praised after dedicating a special episode of Antiques Roadshow to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. 

An estimated 12,000 Allied troops lost their lives during Operation Overlord, a planned landing operation on the beaches of Nazi occupied Normandy at the height of World War II. 

The invasion on June 6, 1944 is recognised as one of the war’s most defining – and harrowing – conflicts, and veteran survivors paids testimony to its casualties during Sunday evening’s show. 

Expert Mark Allum was blown away by the collection, as Sophie said: ‘[Starring in the movie] was an amazing opportunity and we came up her and filmed it on location’ as they looked out over lake Windermere

Seeing the Swallows’ original flag from their boat the antiques empresario gushed: ‘I just have to touch it in reverence’

Moving onto valuation Mark mused: ‘In monetary terms, worth about £4,000 to £6,000 at auction’ leaving the actress stunned

The film, based on the 1930 novel by Arthur Ransome, followed the Walker children and their adventures in the Lake District while setting sail in their dinghy named Swallow

Swallows and Amazons was remade in 2016 (pictured) with Harry Enfield and Andrew Scott , despite being a huge success with critics it failed and the box office and rumoured sequels were cancelled.

Host Fiona Bruce and her team of experts travelled between Portsmouth, where the Grade II listed Southwick House was used as a command post during the battle, and Normandy for an instalment that left many viewers in tears. 

In what appeared to be a recurring theme across social media, fans praised the BBC for paying homage to the forthcoming anniversary, while admitting the episode was marred by a series of geographical errors.

Taking to X, they wrote: ‘In awe listening to the stories behind D-Day on the Antiques Roadshow special. What a debt of gratitude we owe those who gave so much;

‘A fitting vehicle for Dday80 – excellent programme;

‘Extraordinary Antiques Roadshow tonight; what would’ve happened if Hitler had won?; 

‘I’m watching this compelling, deeply moving episode of Antiques Roadshow, honouring the bravery of those who landed on the Normandy beaches, and planning and support for DDay;

‘Astonishingly touching and beautifully produced;

‘Well done BBC for the extremely moving tales from D-Day on The Antiques Roadshow;  

‘Christ that D-Day Antiques Roadshow episode was outstanding. You’d have a heart of stone not to shed a tear. Braver than brave!;

‘Tonight’s Antiques Roadshow on BBC One was stunning. A DDay80 special, that was an enlightening lesson about all that was given by those troops, for our todays. We will remember them. Always.’