63: Watership Down (1978) Section 5: The Departure Scripted by Newell Fisher, with script assistance by John Ruths I have come across a review of a 2002 BBC Radio 4 radio play of WD from the long defunct site bitsnbobstones.watershipdown.org: http://bitsnbobstones.watershipdown.org/reviews/radio4.html Section 5: The Departure This section covers from 11  minutes 50 to 14 minutes 10  and the equivalent Chapters from the book are Chapters 3 and 4: Hazel’s Decision and The Departure. In the film the entire process of Hazel deciding to leave Sandleford happens off camera. In fact the only substantial survival from Chapter 3 is Bigwig’s announcement that he has resigned from the Owsla. It is night-time and we see silhouettes emerge from a grass bank. We begin with what is clearly Hazel and Fiver. Next is Blackberry, who is mistaken for Dandelion by Ha ...