Fighter pilot, inventor, spy - the life of Roald Dahl is often stranger than fiction. From crashing his plane over Africa to hobnobbing in Hollywood and his remarkable encounters with everyone from Walt Disney to President Roosevelt - this is the story of his greatest adventures and how his real-life escapades find expression in his most famous books, from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to Matilda.

Starring:

Robert Lindsay, Quentin Blake, Winston Churchill, Chantal Coady, Liccy Dahl, Lucy Dahl, Roald Dahl, Theo Dahl, Walt Disney, Stuart Goldspink, Patricia Neal, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Donald Sturrock, Gene Wilder

Genre:

Documentary