The Essay Roald Dahl at 100 Episodes Available now
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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.
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Michael Rosen on the exuberance of Dahl's poetry
4/5 Michael Rosen celebrates the dazzling language and clever observation of Dahl's poetry.
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Laura Dockrill on Dahl's heroine Matilda
3/5 Performance poet Laura Dockrill remembers growing up with Dahl's heroine Matilda.
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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
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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.