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Roald Dahl: Kiss Kiss: William And Mary

William And Mary

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Roald Dahl, Kiss Kiss, William And Mary

Charles Dance narrates a darkly comic tale by the master of the bizarre. With Celia Imrie.

4 Extra Debut. After her tyrannical husband dies, Mary finds it's not too late to take revenge for years of bullying. Stars Celia Imrie.

Meet Mary Pearl, who thinks she's finally free of William, the tyrannical husband who forbade her all life's pleasures, when he dies after a short illness. 

She subsequently learns, however, that - hoping to cheat the grave - he allowed a scientist to remove his brain and attach it to a life support system. This gives her the opportunity to get her own back.... 

Five classic tales by Roald Dahl starring Charles Dance as the urbane Storyteller and Celia Imrie as Mary. 

Taken from the anthology, Kiss, Kiss. Bizarre and amusing by turns, these black comedies are justly famous for their surprise endings. They show Dahl at the height of his powers as a writer of adult fiction, and are characterised by their deliciously cynical view of human nature and the relish with which they punish the charlatans, bullies and schemers who inhabit their world.

Dramatised by Stephen Sheridan.

Storyteller....Charles Dance
Mary.......Celia Imrie
William......John Rowe
Landy......Nigel Anthony

Director: David Blount

A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in April 2011.

Roald Dahl: Kiss Kiss

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Charles Dance is the urbane storyteller for five classic tales by Roald Dahl.

Charles Dance leads the cast as the urbane storyteller in dramatisations of five classic tales by Roald Dahl

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