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
Dearbhla Walsh two episodes of the horror television series "Penny Dreadful". She directed "Roald Dahl's Esio Trot", a television film adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel of the same name. Walsh has been nominated for the Irish Film and Television Awards four times. In 2017, Walsh was one of the directors signed on for American television series "Fargo"s third series. Walsh directed the episodes "The House of Special Purpose" and "The Lord of No Mercy". She is also the first woman to direct a "Fargo" episode. That year she also directed an episode of the Netflix Marvel series "The Punisher". Dearbhla Walsh Dearbhla