This review contains spoilers. 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 ...

Roald Dahl's Esio Trot TV comedy drama BBC One 2015 1 episode Retired bachelor Mr Hoppy is hopelessly in love with his neighbour Mrs Silver, but she is only interested in her pet tortoise, Alfie.

The Weinstein Co. has acquired family TV movie Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot, starring Judi Dench and Dustin Hoffman, for the U.S.‎ The company, which has been building out its TV business and ...

Starring Dame Judi Dench and Dustin Hoffman, the BBC adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot (tortoise spelled backwards) is set to be one of the festive TV highlights.

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Children must not be protected from “offensive” words in Roald Dahl’s books, author Daniel Handler has said. The writer, better known by his alter-ego “Lemony Snicket”, criticised the ...

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 ...

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TV Review: ‘Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot’ The Weinstein Co. has U.S. rights to this upbeat British TV movie, in which Dustin Hoffman offers Judi Dench a hand with her pet tortoise.