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Last broadcast on Tue, 7 Sep 2010, 00:30 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
"Roald Dahl thought biographies were boring. He told me so while munching on a lobster claw."
The new biographer of Dahl is Donald Sturrock, who once made a film about the writer, so knew the man and his family very well. His book charts Dahl's rich and varied life as fighter pilot, intelligence operative, and the adult writer who then wrote for children in such an impactful way that he remains hugely popular with today's young readers. He was truly on their wavelength. He spoke to them through books such as Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, The BFG and Danny, Champion of The World.
Sturrock investigates Dahl's eternal popularity as a writer. And of course the man behind the books...
1.In the first of five episodes, abridged by Alison Joseph,
the biographer sits at the Dahl dinner table and recounts a
memorable visit to the writer's hut, where certain treasures
are unearthed.
The reader is Julian Rhind-Tutt and the voice of Dahl is Ian
McDiarmid
Producer Duncan Minshull.
Broadcasts
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Mon 6 Sep 201009:45
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Tue 7 Sep 201000:30
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