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15 Minute Drama: A Little Twist of Dahl

Charles Dance

Jonathan Hyde

Mark Heap

Rachel Atkins

Charlie Russell

Jean Trend

Stephen Sheridan

David Blount

15 Minute Drama: A Little Twist of Dahl: Episode 1: Taste

A Little Twist of Dahl

Episode 1

Episode 1: Taste

Taste

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Can conceited wine buff Richard Pratt identify a rare vintage?

Can conceited wine buff Richard Pratt identify a rare vintage to win marriage to his host's daughter? Stars Jonathan Hyde. From December 2012.

A series of stories by Roald Dahl
Dramatised by Stephen Sheridan.

Episode 1: Taste

Charles Dance leads the cast as the urbane Storyteller in dramatisations of five classic tales by Roald Dahl. Bizarre and amusing by turns, these black comedies are justly famous for their surprise endings.

The stories show Dahl at the height of his powers as a writer of adult fiction. They are stylishly plotted, vividly characterised and made unforgettable by their breezy cynicism, presenting as they do, a hilariously bleak view of family life. Their satisfying conclusions invariably leave bullies, schemers, adulterers and frauds soundly punished.

In Taste, whenever Mike Schofield and Richard Pratt dine together, they play a little game. If Pratt, a conceited wine buff, can identify a rare vintage in a blind tasting, he wins a case of the wine in question. When Schofield boasts that he has acquired a wine whose obscurity renders it unguessable, Pratt suggests they increase their stakes. If he fails to identify it, he forfeits both his houses but, if he succeeds, he wins the hand of Schofield's delectable daughter in marriage. Despite the girl's protests, Schofield agrees to the wager.

Produced and Directed by David Blount
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.

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Series of dark comic tales by Roald Dahl, dramatised by Stephen Sheridan

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