Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot’s biggest problem is its running length – the story could easily have been told in half the time (the unabridged audiobook lasts for just over 30 minutes), ...

Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench acted together, and wonderfully, in Esio Trot, an essentially children's book brought to the screen. Roald Dahl's tale of late-blooming love, revolving around a tortoise ...

TV Review: ‘Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot’ The Weinstein Co. has U.S. rights to this upbeat British TV movie, in which Dustin Hoffman offers Judi Dench a hand with her pet tortoise.

To see more of Roald Dahl’s archive, including those parts relating to Esio Trot, please visit www.roalddahl.com.. Judi Dench’s costume along with props including the tortoise-catcher from the ...

Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot (BBC1) was an adaptation of his tortoise tale that never quite emerged from its shell. Dustin Hoffman starred as Mr Hoppy, a lonely old man, ...

James Corden has been criticised for his narration of Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot, with hundreds of viewers branding him “awful” on social media.. The much-hyped TV adaptation aired on BBC1 last ...

The Weinstein Co. has acquired family TV movie Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot, starring Judi Dench and Dustin Hoffman, for the U.S.‎. The company, which has been building out its TV business and ...

As Esio Trot airs on BBC One, ... You can catch Roald Dahl's Esio Trot on New Year's Day at 6.30pm on BBC One. BBC Esio Trot trailer - Judi Dench. Mirror readers share favourite Roald Dahl books.

A rare romance from the typically dark imagination of children’s book author Roald Dahl, “Esio Trot” spells more than just “tortoise” backwards, but an evening of warm-fuzzy feelings all ...

A guide to Roald Dahl's Esio Trot, the 2015 BBC One TV comedy drama. Retired bachelor Mr Hoppy is hopelessly in love with his neighbour Mrs Silver, but she is only interested in her pet tortoise, ...