Tarka the Otter (film)
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Tarka the Otter is a 1979 British adventure film directed by David Cobham. It is based on the 1927 novel of the same name by Henry Williamson. Tarka the Otter was voted 98th in Channel 4’s poll of the
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Henry Williamson
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Henry William Williamson was an English writer who wrote novels concerned with wildlife, English social history, ruralism and the First World War. He was awarded the Hawthornden Prize for literature i
Tarka the Otter (film)
…Tarka the Otter is a 1979 British adventure film directed by David Cobham. It is based on the 1927 novel of the same name by Henry Williamson. Tarka the Otter was voted 98th in Channel 4’s poll of the 100 Greatest Family Films. The film tells the life of an English otter in the 1920s when…
Portrait by Charles Tunnicliffe, c. 1935
Skirr Cottage in Georgeham in Devon where Williamson lived (1921–1925). He is buried in the churchyard beyond.
Crowberry Cottage, Georgeham, with a blue plaque commemorating Williamson living there, 1925–1929
A statue of Williamson's character, Tarka, in Bideford