Boy & Going Solo - Roald Dahl

Category: Autobiography & Biographies, Full Cast, Radio Productions
Language: EnglishKeywords: BBC Boy Going Solo Radio 4 Roald Dahl
Written by Roald Dahl
Read by Full Cast
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Dramatization
Boy & Going Solo
BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramas
By: Roald Dahl
Narrated by: Patrick Malahide, full cast
Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
Radio/TV Program
Release date: 03-11-2016
Language: English
Publisher: BBC Digital Audio
Two new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of Roald Dahl’s gripping autobiographical stories.
These two compelling adaptations, based on Roald Dahl’s real-life tales of his of his boyhood and youthful overseas adventures, celebrate his remarkable life and commemorate his genius.
Boy: Dahl’s childhood was one of excitement, wonder, terror and sadness. From his fascination with the local sweetshop to the Great Mouse Plot, the horrors of boarding school, the obnoxious Boazers and his time as a chocolate taster for Cadbury’s, we hear of the extraordinary events that shaped him and inspired his best-selling books.
Going Solo: setting sail for Africa on the SS Montola, aged 22, Dahl is plunged into an unfamiliar world of eccentric colonial characters. In Tanzania he enjoys life on the savannah, encountering lions and deadly mambas - but when World War II breaks out and he must round up the Germans in Dar es Salaam, he experiences the brutality of war. As he leaves the bush behind and takes to the skies as an RAF pilot, many thrilling adventures and dangerous missions will ensue before he finally makes his way back home.
Starring Patrick Malahide as the voice of Dahl, these colourful dramatisations will carry you away into worlds every bit as amazing, strange and memorable as the ones in his acclaimed fiction. Duration: three hours approx.
©2016 Roald Dahl (P)2016 BBC Digital Audio
Boy & Going Solo
BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramas
By: Roald Dahl
Narrated by: Patrick Malahide, full cast
Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
Radio/TV Program
Release date: 03-11-2016
Language: English
Publisher: BBC Digital Audio
Two new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of Roald Dahl’s gripping autobiographical stories.

These two compelling adaptations, based on Roald Dahl’s real-life tales of his of his boyhood and youthful overseas adventures, celebrate his remarkable life and commemorate his genius.

Boy: Dahl’s childhood was one of excitement, wonder, terror and sadness. From his fascination with the local sweetshop to the Great Mouse Plot, the horrors of boarding school, the obnoxious Boazers and his time as a chocolate taster for Cadbury’s, we hear of the extraordinary events that shaped him and inspired his best-selling books.

Going Solo: setting sail for Africa on the SS Montola, aged 22, Dahl is plunged into an unfamiliar world of eccentric colonial characters. In Tanzania he enjoys life on the savannah, encountering lions and deadly mambas - but when World War II breaks out and he must round up the Germans in Dar es Salaam, he experiences the brutality of war. As he leaves the bush behind and takes to the skies as an RAF pilot, many thrilling adventures and dangerous missions will ensue before he finally makes his way back home.

Starring Patrick Malahide as the voice of Dahl, these colourful dramatisations will carry you away into worlds every bit as amazing, strange and memorable as the ones in his acclaimed fiction. Duration: three hours approx.

©2016 Roald Dahl (P)2016 BBC Digital Audio