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
Creature Features resembled Monopoly, however, instead of buying properties, houses and hotels, players would purchase Universal films like Frankenstein or Dracula, then purchase the stars involved, such as Boris Karloff or Bela Lugosi. "Second City Television" had a recurring skit, "Monster Chiller Horror Theatre", with parodies of horror films, particularly ones featuring a recurring fictional film series villain, Dr. Tongue (played by John Candy), and a host, Count Floyd, played by the stations fictional newscaster, Floyd Robertson, both played by Joe Flaherty. Creature Features Creature Features was a generic title for a genre of horror TV format shows broadcast on local U.S.