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: Collected Stories collections: Introduction by Jeremy Treglown Select Bibliography Chronology Appendix: Dates of Composition and First Publication There are other works that are arguably short stories, which are not included in this volume. The two halves of "Two Fables" were excluded by request of Felicity Dahl for unknown reasons. When the stories were next compiled, in 2012's two-volume "The Complete Short Stories" (an expansion/amendment of "Collected Stories"), the above seven stories were finally included, slotted chronologically into place, this time in publication rather than composition order. This brought "Two Fables" back into print for the first time in over 25 years and