Dahl, Roald
Last Edited: 14-May-2017 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.
Date
 Title
 Cast
 Parameters
Publ. 1944
BBC R4
22-Sep-1986
BBC R4X
22-09-2016
 Beware of the Dog
(from Over to You, Skin)
 read by James Aubrey 13:53, 13009, S
Publ. 1948
BBC R4

BBC R4X
02-May-2014
 Man From The South
(from Tales, Someone Like You,
Grammatizator)
 read by Terry Molloy
 14:20, 13445, S
Publ. 1953
BBC R4

BBC R4X
30-Apr-2016
 Lamb to the Slaughter
(Tales, Someone Like You,
Skin, Best)
 read by Jenny Lynch
 14:36, 13689, S
Publ. 1953
21-Dec-2009 to
25-Dec-2009		 Someone Like You
 (short story collection)
  1. Man from the South (1948)
  2. Skin (1952)
  3. Lamb to the Slaughter
    (1953)
  4. Dip in the Pool (1952)
  5. Nunc Dimittis (1953)
  1. Charles Dance, Andrew Sachs, Danny Mahoney,
    Donnla Hughes, Rachel Atkins
  2. Charles Dance, John Evitts, Tom Bevan, Rob
    Heaps, Donnla Hughes, David Collings, Ian Masters
  3. Charles Dance, Lorelei King, Kerry Shale,
    Tom Bevan
  4. Charles Dance, John Baddeley, Rachel Atkins,
    Nicholas Boulton, Chris Stanton, Jean Trend
  5. Charles Dance, Sarah Badel, Jonathan Keeble,
    Katie Scarfe 
Dramatisation by Stephen Sheridan
Directed by David Blount
 13:55, 13063, S
13:57, 13080, S
13:51, 12988, S
14:01, 13152, S
13:50, 12985, S
Publ. 1960
11-Apr-2011
to
15-Apr-2011		 Kiss, Kiss
(short story collection)
  1. William And Mary (?)
  2. Parson's Pleasure (1958)
  3. Royal Jelly (?)
  4. Mrs Bixby and The
    Colonel's Coat (1959)
  5. The Landlady (1959)
  1. Charles Dance, Celia Imrie, John Rowe,
    Nigel Anthony
  2. Charles Dance, Ronald Pickup, David Ryall, John
    Baddeley, Lucie Fitchett
  3. Charles Dance, Chris Emmett, Rachel Atkins
  4. Charles Dance, Lorelei King, Kerry Shale
  5. Charles Dance, Doreen Mantle, James Joyce,
    John Rowe
Dramatisation by Stephen Sheridan
Directed by David Blount
 13:55, 13058, S
14:02, 13163, S
13:54, 13046, S
13:56, 13078, S
13:57, 13093, S
Publ. ??
10-Jan-1988		 Fear On Four 1-2
William and Mary
(from Kiss Kiss, Tales, Skin) 		Joss Ackland, Elizabeth Morgan, Alan Dudley, John
Baddiley, Edward deSouza
dramised by Jill Brooke
directed by Jerry Jones		 28:38, 26852, S
Publ. 1961
Collins Theater		 James and the Giant Peach
47:37, 44647, S
Publ. 1961
unknown production
 James and the Giant Peach
36:44, 34437, s
36:50, 34531, s
Publ. 1964
Script 1976
Collins Theater
 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
56:30, 52848, S
Publ. 1970
Collins Theater		 Fantastic Mr Fox
43:23, 40576, S
Publ. 1970
unknown production
 Fantastic Mr Fox
34:20, 32187, s
28:08, 26369, s
Publ. 1972
21-Dec-1997
 Charlie and the Great Glass
Elevator
 Matthew Kelly, Chris Emmett, Josephine Tewson, James
Richard, Christopher Scott, Sunny Ormonde, Annie
Tobin, John Webb, Malcolm McKee, and Ian Brooker
Dramatised by Malcolm McKee
Directed by Sue Wilson
 58:03, 54426, S
Publ. 1972
Collins Theater
 Charlie and the Great Glass
Elevator
55:55, 52305, S
Publ. 1975
Collins Theater		 Danny, the Champion of the World
84:09, 78893, S
Publ. 1977
Penguin Books
 Revolting Rhymes
 read by Geoffrey Palmer, Pam Ferris 6 files
28:06, 25.7MB, S
Publ. 1977 The Wonderful Story of
Henry Sugar
 read by Martin Jarvis 28:16, 13249, M
27:06, 12705, s
39:27, 18497, s
42:41, 20013, s
ringing
Publ. 1980
Collins Theater		 The Twits
39:03, 36616, S
Publ. 1980
Penguin Books
 The Twits read by Simon Callow
 10 files
50:17, 46.0MB, S
Publ. 1981
Collins Theater		 George's Marvellous Medicine
61:36, 57613, S
Publ. 1981
Puffin Audiobooks
2005
 George's Marvellous Medicine Nigel Lambert, Steven Pacey, Maggie Ollerenshaw
 38:54, 39418, S
29:12, 29292, S
Publ. 1982
Collins Theater		 The BFG
88:53, 83144, S
Publ. 1982
unknown productions
 The BFG
18 files
96:36, 88.4MB, S
Publ. 1983
23-Dec-2007
30-Dec-2007
 The Witches
 Narrated by Toby Jones
Ryan Watson, Margaret Tyzack, Jordan Clarke,
Amanda Lawrence, Ben Onwukwe, Peter Marinker,
Rachel Atkins, Leanne Rowe
dramatised by Lucy Catherine
Director Claire Grove
 57:08, 53570, S
56:43, 53186, S
Publ. 1983
Collins Theater		 The Witches
82:06, 76800, S
Publ. 1984
02-Jul-2016
 Boy
 Patrick Malahide, Tarkan Uzun, Isaac Rouse, Joanna
Van Kampen, Daniel Noel, Devon Ruckley, Adie Allen,
Richard Nichols, Elizabeth Bennett, Jason Barnett,
Tom Forrister, Sam Rix, Kirsty Oswald, Nick
Underwood, James Lailey, Sean Baker
Dramatised by Lucy Catherine
Directed by Helen Perry
 56:32, 52884, S
Publ. 1986
03-Jul-2016
10-Jul-2016
 Going Solo
 Patrick Malahide, John Heffernan, Joanna Van
Kampen, Eric Abrefa, Brian Protheroe, Clare Perkins,
Elizabeth Bennett, Nick Underwood, James Lailey,
Tom Forrister, Sam Rix, Sean Baker, Jason Barnett,
Stuart McLoughlin, Kirsty Oswald
Dramatised by Lucy Catherine
Directed by Helen Perry		 56:35, 52934, S
56:48, 53140, S
Publ. 1988
20-Dec-2009
27-Dec-2009		 Matilda
Lenny Henry, Lauren Mote, Nichola McAuliffe, Claire
Rushbrook, John Biggins, Emerald O'Hanrahan, Kate
Layden, Ryan Watson, Joshua Swinney, Rhys
Jennings, Sinead Michael, Lizzy Watts, Bertie Gilbert
Dramatisation by Charlotte Jones
Directed by Claire Grove
 56:51, 53283, S
56:57, 53403, S
Publ. 1988
Collins Theater		 Matilda
78:49, 73901, S
Publ. 1988
unknown productions
 Matilda
14 files
75:12, 68.8MB, S
Publ. 1988
Recorded Books
1994
 Matilda read by Ron Keith
 5 files
5:09:29, 53.1MB, S
Publ. 1990
Collins Theater		 Esio Trot
38:40, 36162, S
Publ. 2016
30-May-2016
to
03-Jun-2016
 Love from Boy -
Roald Dahl's Letters to
His Mother
 Readers Rory Kinnear and Donald Sturrock
Abridger Katrin Williams
Producer Duncan Minshull
 12:47, 11956, S
13:08, 12304, S
13:38, 12760, S
13:11, 12349, S
13:48, 12924, S
Miscellaneous Short Stories from Multiple Story Collections
24-Dec-2012 to
28-Dec-2012		 A Little Twist of Dahl
(from multiple story collections)
  1. Taste (1945)
  2. The Way up to Heaven (1954)
  3. The Hitchhiker
  4. Edward the Conqueror
  5. Neck
  1. Charles Dance, Jonathan Hyde. Mark Heap, Rachel
    Atkins, Charlie Russell, Jean Trend
  2. Charles Dance, Kerry Shale, Lorelei King,
    Richard Attlee
  3. Charles Dance, Jonathan Keeble, Ken Cranham,
    Ben Crowe
  4. Charles Dance, Celia Imrie, Geoffrey Whitehead,
    Charles Ross
  5. Charles Dance, Jamie Glover, Chris Emmett,
    Katie Scarfe, David Ryall, Mark Heap
Dramatisation by Stephen Sheridan
Directed by David Blount
 13:51, 12968, S
13:26, 12581, S
13:45, 12881, S
13:56, 13041, S
13:44, 12868, S
04-Jul-2016
to
08-Jul-2016
 Served with a Twist
(from multiple story collections)
  1. The Bookseller (1986)
  2. Poison (1950)
  3. My Lady Love, My Dove
    (1952)
  4. The Surgeon (1988)
  5. The Butler (1974)
  1. Charles Dance, Toby Jones, Celia Imrie, Jean
    Trend, Richard Attlee
  2. Charles Dance, Jonathan Keeble, Ben Crowe,
    Madhav Sharma
  3. Charles Dance, Penelope Keith, Richard
    O'Callaghan, Nicholas Boulton, Jaimi Barbakoff
  4. Charles Dance, Simon Williams, Emma Fielding,
    Sope Dirisu, Chris Stanton
  5. Charles Dance, Geoffrey Whitehead, Sarah
    Badel, Nickolas Grace, Nicholas Boulton
Dramatised by Stephen Sheridan
Director: David Blount
 13:23, 12529, S
13:33, 12693, S
13:06, 12257, S
13:06, 12262, S
13:30, 12644, S




Documentaries and Collateral Material
Date
 Title
 Cast
 Parameters
07-Jul-2016
Roald Dahl: A Gremlin in the Works
Gerald Scarfe
produced by Kenny Redmond
 27:36, 25828, S
see also for a biography