The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl

2016•59m•8.0/10

AnimationDocumentaryTV Movie

Ratings

🎬TMDb

8.0/10(1)

Fighter pilot, inventor, spy - the life of Roald Dahl is often stranger than fiction. Through a vast collection of his letters, writings and archive, the story is told largely in his own words with contributions from his last wife Liccy, daughter Lucy and biographer Donald Sturrock.

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Production

BBC

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Robert Lindsay

Robert Lindsay

Self

Quentin Blake

Quentin Blake

Self

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

Liccy Dahl

Liccy Dahl

Self

Lucy Dahl

Self

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl

Self (archive footage)

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