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15 Minute Drama: A Little Twist of Dahl

Charles Dance

Kerry Shale

Lorelei King

Richard Attlee

David Blount

Stephen Sheridan

15 Minute Drama: A Little Twist of Dahl: Episode 2: The Way up to Heaven

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Episode 2: The Way up to Heaven

The Way up to Heaven

BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, A Little Twist of Dahl, The Way up to Heaven

A trip to Paris allows a wife to take revenge on her husband.

Mrs Foster hates to be late, but Mr Foster deliberately takes his time. A Paris trip lets her take revenge. Stars Charles Dance. From December 2012.

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

Episode 2: The Way Up To Heaven

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 The Way Up To Heaven, despite living in a New York mansion so vast that it requires its own elevator, the Fosters are not a happy couple. Mrs Foster has a pathological fear of being late and her husband deliberately torments her by doing everything as slowly as he can. When she accepts an invitation to visit France, he insists on taking her to the airport only to leave her waiting outside in the car. Nearly hysterical, she goes to see what's keeping him but, when she reaches the front door, she hears a particular sound and realises, if she's cunning, she need never be late again..

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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