Roald Dahl's Esio Trot

Roald Dahl's Esio Trot

Genre	Comedy
Based on	Esio Trot by Roald Dahl
Written by	Richard Curtis Paul Mayhew-Archer
Directed by	Dearbhla Walsh
Starring	Judi Dench Dustin Hoffman James Corden
Composer(s)	Tim Phillips
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Hilary Bevan Jones
Cinematography	Ben Smithard
Editor(s)	Tim Murrell
Running time	90 minutes
Production company(s)	Endor Productions
Distributor	Red Arrow International
Release
Original network	BBC One BBC One HD
Original release	1 January 2015
External links
Website

Roald Dahl's Esio Trot is a British comedy television film that was first broadcast as part of BBC One's 2014 Christmas programming. It is an adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's novel Esio Trot in which a retired bachelor falls in love with his neighbour, a widow, who keeps a tortoise as a companion after the death of her husband.^[1]^[2]

It was broadcast on 1 January 2015.^[3] It was seen by 7.86 million viewers, making it the 7th most watched programme on BBC1 and on all UK TV channels for the week ending 4 January 2015.^[4] It was repeated on BBC1 on 31 December 2015.

Cast

Judi Dench as Mrs Lavinia Silver
Dustin Hoffman as Mr Henry Hoppy
James Corden as The Narrator
Richard Cordery as Mr Pringle
Pixie Davies as Roberta
Geoffrey McGivern as the Pet Shop Owner
Jimmy Akingbola as the keen Pet Shop Owner
Lisa Hammond as Mrs Desmond
Anna Cannings as Mrs Court
Joseph West as Philip
Katie Lyons as Philip's Mother
Polly Kemp as the woman on Bus
Pik-Sen Lim as Mrs Wu
Salo Gardner as Mr Mavrokoukoudopolous
Emily Ralph as the little Girl

Music

The musical score is by composer Tim Phillips. All the commercial music used in the show is that of New Orleans Jazz Legend, Mr. Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars; which include Edmond Hall, Trummy Young, Billy Kyle, Arvell Shaw & Barrett Deems.

Differences from Dahl's Novel

Mr Pringle (Hoppy's rival for the affections of Mrs Silver) does not appear in the novel.
In the novel, Mr Hoppy's ruse of switching tortoises to fool Mrs Silver into thinking that hers is growing is successful and she never discovers the truth. In the movie, she discovers Mr Hoppy's plan but eventually marries him anyway.

Production

Charlotte Moore announced the television film at the Edinburgh International Television Festival on 22 August 2013.^[1]^[5] It was produced by Hilary Bevan Jones and directed by Dearbhla Walsh.^[1]^[5] Bevan Jones said: "To bring together two of the world’s favourite actors in Dame Judi and Dustin is a dream come true. Richard and Paul have captured the magic of Roald Dahl’s wonderful tale and I am thrilled that Dearbhla is to direct it."^[1]^[6] It was adapted by Richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer, and filming took place in May 2014 in London.^[1]^[6]^[7] The apartment block featured in the film is Adelaide Wharf in Haggerston.

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominated	Result
2016	44th International Emmy Awards	Best Performance by an Actor^[8]	Dustin Hoffman	Won
2016	44th International Emmy Awards	Best Performance by an Actress	Judi Dench	Nominated

References

1 2 3 4 5 Maguire, Una (22 August 2013). "Dame Judi Dench and Dustin Hoffman to star in Roald Dahl's Esio Trot for BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
↑ Sweney, Mark (22 August 2013). "Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench to star in Roald Dahl adaptation for BBC". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
↑ Roald Dahl's Esio Trot at BBC Programmes
↑ http://www.barb.co.uk/whats-new/weekly-top-30?
1 2 "BBC reveals new commissions at the Edinburgh Festival". BBC. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
1 2 Eames, Tom (22 August 2013). "Judi Dench, Dustin Hoffman for Roald Dahl's 'Esio Trot' on BBC One". Digital Spy. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
↑ Patrick, Seb (23 August 2013). "Dame Judi Dench and Dustin Hoffman to Star in Roald Dahl's 'Esio Trot' for BBC". BBC America. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
↑ "Brazil, UK Lead Pack For International Emmy Nominations". Deadline.com. Retrieved 25 November 2016.

External links

Roald Dahl's Esio Trot at the Internet Movie Database

Roald Dahl

Children's fiction	The Gremlins (1943) James and the Giant Peach (1961) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) The Magic Finger (1966) Fantastic Mr Fox (1970) Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972) Danny, the Champion of the World (1975) The Enormous Crocodile (1978) The Twits (1980) George's Marvellous Medicine (1981) The BFG (1982) The Witches (1983) The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (1985) Matilda (1988) Esio Trot (1990) The Vicar of Nibbleswicke (1991) The Minpins (1991)

Children's poetry	Revolting Rhymes (1982) Dirty Beasts (1983) Rhyme Stew (1989)

Adult novels	Sometime Never: A Fable for Supermen (1948) My Uncle Oswald (1979)

Adult short story collections	Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying (1946) Someone Like You (1953) Kiss Kiss (1960) Lamb to the Slaughter (1953) Switch Bitch (1974) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977) The Best of Roald Dahl (1978) Tales of the Unexpected (1979) More Tales of the Unexpected (1980) The Roald Dahl Omnibus (1986) Two Fables (1986) Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: The Country Stories of Roald Dahl (1989) The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl (1991) The Roald Dahl Treasury (1997) The Great Automatic Grammatizator (1998) Skin and Other Stories (2000) Roald Dahl: Collected Stories (2006)

Non-fiction	The Mildenhall Treasure (1946) Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984) Going Solo (1986) Memories with Food at Gipsy House (1991) Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety (1991) My Year (1993)

Film adaptations	36 Hours (1965) Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) Gremlins (1984, said to be loosely based on his first book) Danny, the Champion of the World (1989) The BFG (1989) The Witches (1990) Four Rooms (1995) James and the Giant Peach (1996) Matilda (1996) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2015) The BFG (2016)

Film scripts	The Bells of Hell Go Ting-a-ling-a-ling (1966, unfinished) You Only Live Twice (1967) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) The Night Digger (1971) Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Television series	Way Out (1961) Tales of the Unexpected (1979–88)

Musicals and plays	The Honeys (1955) Matilda (2010) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2013) Fantastic Mr Fox (2016)

See also	Quentin Blake Roald Dahl bibliography Roald Dahl short stories bibliography Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories (1983) List of Tales of the Unexpected episodes

Related	Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre Roald Dahl Children's Gallery Patricia Neal (wife) Tessa Dahl (daughter) Ophelia Dahl (daughter) Lucy Dahl (daughter) Sophie Dahl (granddaughter)

Richard Curtis

Screenplays	The Tall Guy (1989) Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) Bean (1997) Notting Hill (1999) Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) Love Actually (2003) Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) The Boat That Rocked (2009) War Horse (2011) About Time (2013) Trash (2014) Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2014)

Director	Love Actually (2003) The Boat That Rocked (2009) About Time (2013)

Producer	Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) Bean (1997) Notting Hill (1999) Sixty Six (2006) Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) The Boat That Rocked (2009)

Television	Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979–1982) The Black Adder (1983) Spitting Image (1984–1985) Blackadder II (1986) Blackadder the Third (1987) Blackadder Goes Forth (1989) Mr. Bean (1990–1995) Bernard and the Genie (1991) The Vicar of Dibley (1994–2007) Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death (1999) Blackadder: Back & Forth (1999) The Girl in the Café (2005) Casualty (2007) The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008) Doctor Who: "Vincent and the Doctor" (2010)

Other works	Comic Relief The Atkinson People (1979) Dead on Time (1983) No Pressure (2010)

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