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The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl

Aug 4, 2016

0h 59m

★ 8.0

Overview

Fighter pilot, inventor, spy - the life of Roald Dahl is often stranger than fiction. Through a vast collection of his letters, writings and archive, the story is told largely in his own words with contributions from his last wife Liccy, daughter Lucy and biographer Donald Sturrock.

Genres

Animation

Documentary

TV Movie

Production Companies

BBC

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Cast

Self

Robert Lindsay

Self

Quentin Blake

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill

Self

Liccy Dahl

Self

Lucy Dahl

Self (archive footage)

Roald Dahl

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