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: 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