pt ations ▁ ▁Nov els ▁The ▁novel ▁was ▁ret old ▁by ▁author ▁F . J . ▁Campbell ▁in ▁The ▁Island ers , ▁set ▁in ▁a ▁ 1 9 8 0 s / 9 0 s ▁board ing ▁school ▁in ▁the ▁UK ▁coun tr ys ide ▁( pub lished ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 9 ). ▁ ▁Radio ▁The ▁novel ▁was ▁adapted ▁by ▁Graham ▁White ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁into ▁a ▁three - part ▁series ▁on ▁BBC ▁Radio ▁ 4 ' s ▁Classic ▁Serial . ▁The ▁production ▁was ▁directed ▁by ▁Jess ica ▁D rom go ole ▁and ▁featured ▁Alex ▁Tre ge ar ▁as ▁Bath she ba , ▁Sh a un ▁Do ole y ▁as ▁Gabriel , ▁T oby ▁Jones ▁as ▁B old wood ▁and ▁Patrick ▁Kennedy ▁as ▁T roy . ▁ ▁Comics ▁The ▁novel ▁was ▁adapted ▁by ▁Pos y ▁Sim mond s ▁into ▁Tam ara ▁Dre we , ▁week ly ▁com ic ▁strip ▁that ▁ran ▁from ▁September ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁to ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁in ▁The ▁Guard ians ▁Review ▁section . ▁The ▁strip , ▁a ▁modern ▁re working ▁of ▁the ▁novel , ▁was ▁itself ▁adapted ▁into ▁a ▁film , ▁Tam ara ▁Dre we ▁( 2 0 1 0 ), ▁directed ▁by ▁Stephen ▁Fre ars . ▁ ▁Film ▁Far ▁from ▁the ▁M adding ▁Crow d ▁( 1 9 1 5 ) ▁directed ▁by ▁Laur ence ▁Tr im ble , ▁st arring ▁Florence ▁Turner ▁and ▁Henry ▁Edwards . ▁Far ▁from ▁the ▁M adding ▁Crow d ▁( 1 9 6