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The Essay Roald Dahl at 100 Episodes

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  1. Donald Sturrock on the events that made the man and writer

    5/5 Dahl's biographer Donald Sturrock recalls meeting the storyteller in his writing hut.

  2. Michael Rosen on the exuberance of Dahl's poetry

    4/5 Michael Rosen celebrates the dazzling language and clever observation of Dahl's poetry.

  3. Laura Dockrill on Dahl's heroine Matilda

    3/5 Performance poet Laura Dockrill remembers growing up with Dahl's heroine Matilda.

  4. Jeremy Dyson on the delicious lure of Dahl's adult fiction

    2/5 Jeremy Dyson remembers his 10-year-old self's discovery of Dahl's short stories for adults

  5. Frank Cottrell Boyce on flying and myth-making

    1/5 Frank Cottrell Boyce on the myth Dahl built around his plane crash during World War II.