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Genre
  
Comedy

First episode date
  
January 1, 2015

Duration
  

Country
  
United Kingdom

7/10
IMDb

Director
  
Dearbhla Walsh

Narrator
  
James Corden

Language
  
English

Roald Dahls Esio Trot movie poster

Writer
  
Richard Curtis
,
Paul Mayhew-Archer

Release date
  
1 January 2015

Based on
  
Esio Trot by Roald Dahl

Cast
  
James Corden
(Narrator),
Dustin Hoffman
(Mr. Hoppy),
Judi Dench
(Mrs. Silver),
Lara Rossi
(Puppy Boy Mother),
Jimmy Akingbola
(Keen Petshop Keeper),
Katie Lyons
(Philip's Mother)

Similar movies
  
Roald Dahl wrote the story for Roald Dahls Esio Trot and wrote the screenplay for You Only Live Twice

Tagline
  
A retired bachelor has a thing for his neighbor who only shows affection to her pet tortoise.

Roald dahl s esio trot trailer bbc one christmas 2014


Roald Dahl's Esio Trot is a British comedy television film that was first broadcast as part of BBC One's 2014 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.

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Roald Dahls Esio Trot movie scenes

It was broadcast on 1 January 2015. It was seen by 7.86 million viewers, making it the seventh-most watched programme on BBC1 and on all UK TV channels for the week ending 4 January 2015. It was repeated on BBC1 on 31 December 2015 and on BBC2 on 30th December 2016.

Roald Dahls Esio Trot movie scenes

Childhood memories roald dahl s esio trot preview bbc one christmas 2014


Cast

Roald Dahls Esio Trot movie scenes

  • Judi Dench as Mrs Lavinia Silver
  • Dustin Hoffman as Mr Henry Hoppy
  • James Corden as The Narrator
  • Richard Cordery as Mr Pringle
  • Pixie Davies as Roberta
  • Geoffrey McGivern as the Pet Shop Owner
  • Jimmy Akingbola as the keen Pet Shop Owner
  • Lisa Hammond as Mrs Desmond
  • Anna Cannings as Mrs Court
  • Joseph West as Philip
  • Katie Lyons as Philip's Mother
  • Polly Kemp as the woman on Bus
  • Pik-Sen Lim as Mrs Wu
  • Salo Gardner as Mr Mavrokoukoudopolous
  • Emily Ralph as the little Girl

    • Music

    The musical score is by composer Tim Phillips. All the commercial music used in the show is that of New Orleans jazz legend, Mr. Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars; which include Edmond Hall, Trummy Young, Billy Kyle, Arvell Shaw & Barrett Deems.

    Differences from Dahl's novel

  • Mr Pringle (Hoppy's rival for the affections of Mrs Silver) does not appear in the novel.
  • In the novel, Mr Hoppy's ruse of switching tortoises to fool Mrs Silver into thinking that hers is growing is successful and she never discovers the truth. In the movie, she discovers Mr Hoppy's plan but eventually marries him anyway.

    • Production

    Charlotte Moore announced the television film at the Edinburgh International Television Festival on 22 August 2013. It was produced by Hilary Bevan Jones and directed by Dearbhla Walsh. Bevan Jones said: "To bring together two of the world’s favourite actors in Dame Judi and Dustin is a dream come true. Richard and Paul have captured the magic of Roald Dahl’s wonderful tale and I am thrilled that Dearbhla is to direct it." It was adapted by Richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer, and filming took place in May 2014 in London. The apartment block featured in the film is Adelaide Wharf in Haggerston.

    References

    Roald Dahl's Esio Trot Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Roald Dahls Esio Trot IMDb Roald Dahls Esio Trot themoviedb.org