"Roald Dahl: Kiss Kiss" (2011) - 5 of Dahl's short stories.

Support the Archive Buy Me A Coffee ☕ https://buymeacoffee.com/jr_the_old_r... Preserving classic radio drama, one story at a time. Classic Old Time Radio, vintage radio shows, the Golden Age of radio, BBC Radio, murder, mystery, drama, comedy, scifi, westerns. ========================================== 00:00:00 2011-04-11 William and Mary 00:13:34 2011-04-12 Parson's Pleasure 00:27:10 2011-04-13 Royal Jelly 00:40:44 2011-04-14 Mrs Bixby & The Colonel's Coat 00:54:14 2011-04-15 The Landlady This radio adaptation of Kiss Kiss brings Roald Dahl’s sharply crafted adult stories to life with performances that highlight his trademark blend of elegance, menace, and wicked humor. Each tale follows seemingly ordinary people whose desires, secrets, or petty schemes lead them into situations where the smallest misjudgment triggers a darkly comic or unsettling twist. The production captures Dahl’s mastery of tension and irony, revealing the fragility of civility and the surprising cruelty that can lurk beneath polite surfaces. Roald Dahl: Kiss Kiss (BBC Radio 4) Five classic tales by Roald Dahl starring Charles Dance (Game of Thrones, The Crown) as the urbane Storyteller. Taken from the anthology, Kiss, Kiss. Bizarre and amusing by turns, these black comedies are justly famous for their surprise endings. They show Dahl at the height of his powers as a writer of adult fiction, and are characterized by their deliciously cynical view of human nature and the relish with which they punish the charlatans, bullies and schemers who inhabit their world. Dramatized by Stephen Sheridan. *2011-04-11 William and Mary* Meet Mary Pearl, who thinks she's finally free of William, the tyrannical husband who forbade her all life's pleasures, when he dies after a short illness. She subsequently learns, however, that - hoping to cheat the grave - he allowed a scientist to remove his brain and attach it to a life support system. This gives her the opportunity to get her own back.... Storyteller....Charles Dance Mary.......Celia Imrie William......John Rowe Landy......Nigel Anthony Director: David Blount *2011-04-12 Parson's Pleasure* Meet Cyril Boggis, an unscrupulous antiques dealer, who charms his way into people's homes disguised as a simple parson, hoping to pick up neglected treasures for a song. One bright, Sunday afternoon however, all does not go according to plan when, in the home of farmer Rummins, he discovers a priceless Chippendale commode... Storyteller....Charles Dance Cyril Boggis....Ronald Pickup Rummins...David Ryall Claud......John Baddeley Lady Harcourt..Lucie Fitchett *2011-04-13 Royal Jelly* Meet beekeeper Albert Taylor and his wife Mabel. Worried that their newborn daughter isn't eating properly, Albert starts giving her royal jelly - a highly nutritious substance fed by bees to the larvae of their queens. The baby starts to put on weight. But Mabel begins to notice other changes too… Storyteller....Charles Dance Albert.....Chris Emmett Mabel.....Rachel Atkins *2011-04-14 Mrs Bixby & The Colonel's Coat* Mrs Bixby - wife of a dull, New York dentist - is having an affair with a wealthy playboy known as the Colonel. When he decides to end their relationship, the Colonel gives her a mink coat as a keepsake. Realizing that her husband will wonder where she acquired such an expensive gift, Mrs Bixby devises an ingenious plan to explain it away.... Storyteller........Charles Dance Mrs Bixby / Miss Pulteney........Lorelei King Bixby / Colonel / Wilkins / Pawnbroker......Kerry Shale *2011-04-15 The Landlady* Meet young Billy Weaver, who has just arrived in Bath to take up a new job. He books into a curiously deserted B&B. The landlady, who inhabits a sitting room filled with stuffed animals, is welcoming but odd. Wondering if he's her only guest, Billy checks the register and sees two strangely familiar names. Taking tea with her later, Billy suddenly remembers reading in the papers that both her former guests disappeared in mysterious circumstances. The landlady tells Billy that, like him, each was a beautiful young man whom she didn't want to leave....