is the titular main villainess from "The Landlady", episode 1.05 of Tales of The Unexpected (airdate April 21, 1979), based on the Roald Dahl short story of the same name. The episode begins with ...

The theme is – you guessed it – the books of Roald Dahl. This is a story that many students probably read once as part of their English curriculum. The premise is simple: a young businessman ...

Ages 12-up. (Jan.) Roald Dahl, Author, read by Jeremy Irons. HarperChildren's Audio $18 (, unabridged, two cassettes, 2.5 hrs., $18 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-06-053619-0 Irons joins the parade of British ...

Roald Dahl's career as a children's author is well known, and his phizz-whizzing heroes and demonic villains continue to delight and enchant new generations of readers. But Dahl also had a lesser ...

The best-known Roald Dahl adaptations are whimsical ... Yet those are as light as The BFG or Matilda when compared to “The Landlady” — Dahl’s 1959 short story in which a 17-year-old ...

My favourite Roald Dahl character is Charlie Bucket from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I mean, who wouldn’t want to experience the wonderful world of Willy Wonka, let alone owning his facto ...

An iconic Roald Dahl character takes centre stage in the first supermarket Christmas advert of the year, released by Sainsbury’s. The BFG, the 24-foot-tall friendly giant known for being part of ...

Dahl’s ability to blend fantasy with deep life lessons showed me that you can create powerful narratives that entertain and ...

Famous writer, actor, comedian and explorer, Sir Michael Palin reads an extract from Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'. This clip can be used to demonstrate how we are able to use ...

Roald Dahl has taken London by storm. At the same time that a musical based on his children’s book Matilda runs at the Cambridge Theatre in Covent Garden, Mark Rosenblatt’s Giant, a semi ...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has criticised changes to Roald Dahl books, after the removal of some references to things like characters' appearance and weight sparked a fierce debate. Dahl's estate ...