British author Richard Adams, who penned the tear-jerking classic novel Watership Down about a community of rabbits, has died at the age of 96, a statement on the book’s website said on Dec 27 ...

I was 8 years old when I first picked up Richard Adams’s “Watership Down” from my mother’s nightstand. It was my gateway to storytelling as a magical escape and journey through fantastical ...

Residents have lost their fight to stop hundreds of homes being built on farmland which inspired the hit Hollywood film Watership Down. Richard Adams' 1972 novel told the story of a young rabbit ...

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Campaigners opposed to a large solar farm near the site that inspired Watership Down have dressed ... was said to have inspired Richard Adams when he wrote the 1972 novel, which follows a group ...

Classic fantasy adventure with Richard Adams' hugely successful tale of a band of rabbits on a dangerous quest to establish a safe new home. Fresh dramatisation by Brian Sibley.