Roald Dahl - Boy - Going Solo - BBC Audio Drama torrent

Roald Dahl - Boy - Going Solo - Dramatised Autobiography - BBC Audio Drama
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Interesting and entertaining dramatisation of Roald Dahl's autobiographical stories. 'Boy' tells the story of his early childhood, whilst 'Going Solo' recalls his career in Africa and as a fighter pilot during the Second World War.

With narration by Patrick Malahide, as the older Dahl.
60 minutes each episode.

1 - Boy
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Sometimes magical, sometimes grotesque but always true, Dahl's boyhood stories are as remarkable as the acclaimed fiction he would go on to write as an adult.
The story of Roald Dahl's childhood is filled with excitement and wonder but also terror and great sadness. We learn of his experiences at cruel boarding schools, his daring Great Mouse Plot, the dangers of Boazers, the pleasure/pain of the local sweetshop and his time as a chocolate taster. Just some of the marvellous, extraordinary events that no doubt went on to inspire his best-selling books.

2 - Going Solo - Part 1
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Beginning aboard the SS Mantola, Dahl sets sail for Africa at the tender age of 22. He experiences the remnants of colonial British life, filled with eccentric characters, and is thrown into a world as bizarre and surprising as any you will find in his fiction. Stationed in Tanzania, Dahl is faced with the excitement of the wild; lions carrying off women in their mouths; fatal green mambas captured by snake men. But his savannah-sun-drenched life is interrupted when World War II erupts. Dahl is ordered to round up the German inhabitants of Dar-es-Salaam and experiences first-hand the horror of war.

3 - Going Solo - Part 2
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As World War II rages, Pilot Officer Dahl takes to the air in a series of daring deeds. An inspirational account of survival when things seem hopeless, in which the extraordinary is made human.
"The second part is about the time I spent flying for the RAF in the Second World War. There was no need to discard anything from this period because every moment was, to me at least, completely enthralling."