Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot is the story of burgeoning love between two pensioners – the shy and quiet Mr Hoppy (Dustin Hoffman) and the outgoing-but-dim Mrs Silver (Judi Dench). Mr Hoppy is far ...

Starring Dame Judi Dench and Dustin Hoffman, the BBC adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot is set to be one of the festive TV highlights. And now the meeting that inspired the story of pensioners ...

James Corden has been criticised for his narration of Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot, with hundreds of viewers branding him “awful” on social media. The much-hyped TV adaptation aired on BBC1 last ...

But she focuses all of her affection on her pet turtle. Weinstein Co. co-chairman Harvey Weinstein said: “Roald Dahl is one of the most revered children’s authors in history, so needless to ...

8. Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot (2016) A Bedouin rhyme - Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot: Preview - BBC One Christmas 2014 Judi Dench as a manic pixie dream neighbor in a coiffed red bob? Dustin Hoffman ...

Mayhew-Archer’s 2015 TV movie Esio Trot was based on the novel by Roald Dahl and starred Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench. He co-wrote the drama with Richard Curtis after they previously ...

Dahl’s story takes place almost entirely in an apartment building, where its two lonelyhearts, silver-haired Mr. Hoppy and redheaded Mrs. Silver (Dench), live one above the other. For years ...

Tonight, though, they were central to another tale of retiree romance. Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (BBC One) was a warm, witty and whimsical adaptation of the author's 1990 novel which would have melted ...

A rare romance from the typically dark imagination of children’s book author Roald Dahl, “Esio Trot” spells more than just “tortoise” backwards, but an evening of warm-fuzzy feelings all ...