The EssayRoald Dahl at 100Episodes Episode guide

Back up to: The Essay

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

   5/5Dahl's biographer Donald Sturrock recalls meeting the storyteller in his writing hut.
2. Michael Rosen on the exuberance of Dahl's poetry

   4/5Michael Rosen celebrates the dazzling language and clever observation of Dahl's poetry.
3. Laura Dockrill on Dahl's heroine Matilda

   3/5Performance poet Laura Dockrill remembers growing up with Dahl's heroine Matilda.
4. Jeremy Dyson on the delicious lure of Dahl's adult fiction

   2/5Jeremy 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

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