Roald Dahl's Esio Trot Roald Dahl's Esio Trot Roald Dahl's Esio Trot is a British comedy television film that was first broadcast as part of BBC One's 2015 Christmas programming. It is an adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's novel "Esio Trot" in which a retired bachelor falls in love with his neighbour, a widow, who keeps a tortoise as a companion after the death of her husband. It was broadcast on 1 January 2015. It was seen by 7.86 million viewers, making it the ninth-most watched programme on BBC1 and across all UK TV channels for the week ending 4 January 2015. It was
Roald Dahl 2003 four books by Dahl, led by "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" at number 35, ranked among the Top 100 in "The Big Read", a survey of the British public by the BBC to determine the "nation's best-loved novel" of all time. In surveys of UK teachers, parents and students, Dahl is frequently ranked the best children's writer. In a 2006 list for the Royal Society of Literature, Harry Potter creator J. K. Rowling named "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" one of her top ten books every child should read. In 2012, "Matilda" was ranked number 30 among all-time best