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Guaranteed Human.

Throughout this series, we've covered Dahl's monumental literary successes.

But here's the thing.

For countless children around the world, their first taste of Dahl's stories came not from

turning pages, but from watching screens.

And all of these films and TV shows were created through the work of the screenwriters

and directors who adapted Dahl's stories.

These adaptations create a whole new dimension

to his storytelling legacy.

That's what we're diving into today.

For my hard podcasts, imagine entertainment, and parallax. I'm Aaron Tracy, and this is The Secret World of Roll Doll.

To start, let me take you back to the early 1960s.

We're at a starry Hollywood party in a giant, opulent producer's house in the hills.

One of those suffocating parties where everyone's on top of each other,

and thick cigarette smoke gives all the faces a hazy sheen.

Roll doll lurks in the corner, glass in hand, rattling his ice cubes, keeping himself apart.

He's studying his surroundings, taking mental notes, a habit he found useful both as a spy and a writer.

He's watching his actress wife, Patricia Neal, float through the room, working her magic with a kind of effortless charm.

It is, after all, the rap party for her latest film. She thinks it turned out well. You may have heard of it.

It's called Breakfast of Tiffany's.

Dahl is very much his wife's plus one tonight, which he always hates. He hasn't enjoyed a

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