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Book of the Week

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

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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. Show more

Book of the Week

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

Episode 2

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

From the late 1930s, Roald Dahl worked for Royal Dutch Shell in Africa. Comic characters and exotic animals featured in his letters. Show more

Book of the Week

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

Episode 3

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

As war breaks out, Roald Dahl tells his mother Sofie Magdalene about reporting to the RAF. And later, a fateful air crash. Show more

Book of the Week

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

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Back in Bucks, then out to Washinton DC, where Roald Dahl is also writing stories. He soon begins one called Gremlins. Show more

Book of the Week

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

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Writing success, marriage, family tragedy. The last letters to Sofie Magdalene are eventful and dramatic.. Show more