Two new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of Roald Dahl’s gripping autobiographical stories.

These two compelling adaptations, based on Roald Dahl’s real-life stories of his of his boyhood and youthful overseas adventures, commemorate his remarkable lifestyle and commemorate his genius.

Guy Dahl’s years as a child was among excitement, question, terror and sadness. From his desire for the neighborhood sweetshop to the fantastic Mouse Story, the horrors of boarding college, the obnoxious Boazers and his time like a about Son & Going Solo: BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramas chocolates taster for Cadbury’s, we hear from the extraordinary occasions that shaped him and inspired his bestselling books.

Going Solo Setting up sail for Africa in the SS Montola, aged 22, Dahl is certainly plunged into a new world of eccentric colonial people. In Tanzania he loves life for the savannah, encountering lions and deadly mambas – however when Globe War II breaks out, and he must gather the Germans in Dar ha sido Salaam, he experiences the brutality of battle. As he leaves the bush behind and takes towards the skies as an RAF pilot, many exciting adventures and dangerous missions will ensue before he finally makes his way back home…

Starring Patrick Malahide as the tone of voice of Dahl, these colourful dramatisations will bring you away into worlds just as amazing, strange and memorable as the ones in his acclaimed fiction. Duration: 3 hours approx