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Book of the Week: Love from Boy - Roald Dahl's Letters to His Mother

Rory Kinnear

Donald Sturrock

Roald Dahl

Katrin Williams

Duncan Minshull

Book of the Week: Love from Boy - Roald Dahl's Letters to His Mother: Episode 1

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Episode 1

Love from Boy - Roald Dahl's Letters to His Mother

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At Repton School in the 1930s, Roald Dahl reports back on jolly japes.

At Repton School in the 1930s, Dahl reports back on jolly japes and asks 'Mama' to ask his sister to feed his mouse. Read by Rory Kinnear and Donald Sturrock.

In the centenary year of his birth, Roald Dahl's letters to his mother are newly collected by Donald Sturrock and abridged for radio by Katrin Williams. The author's words to Sofie Magdalene spanned decades..

At Repton School in the 1930's he reported back on jolly japes, and asked 'Mama' to ask his sister to feed his mouse..

Readers Rory Kinnear and Donald Sturrock

Producer Duncan Minshull.

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Dahl's letters to his mother, Sofie Magdalene, abridged for radio by Katrin Williams

In the centenary year of his birth, Dahl's letters to his mother, Sofie Magdalene, are newly collected by Donald Sturrock and abridged for radio by Katrin Williams.

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