Judi Dench novel "Esio Trot" (1990), in which a retired bachelor falls in love with his widowed neighbour, played by Dench, who keeps a tortoise as a companion after the death of her husband, First broadcast on BBC One on New Year's Day 2015, it became one of the most-watched programmes of the week, and earned Dench her first Best Actress nomination at the 2016 International Emmy Awards. On her performance, "Telegraph"s Michael Hogan commented: "We've grown accustomed to seeing Dench in forbidding roles, but here, she recalled her footloose, flirtatious side, displayed in sitcoms as "A Fine Romance" and "As Time
Roald Dahl bibliography Awards' Children's Author of the Year in 1990. In 2008 "The Times" placed Dahl 16th on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". He has been referred to by an anonymous writer for "The Independent" as "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century" On Dahl's death in 1990, Howard considered him "one of the most widely read and influential writers of our generation". Many of Dahl's works were used as the basis for films or television programmes. The following are where he is credited as the writer of the performed script. Roald Dahl