In Pursuit
The Secret World of Roald Dahl
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
After a brief introduction at a mutual friend’s dinner party, Dahl falls madly in love with Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal. He’s determined to win her over, but soon discovers a giant, immovable obstacle in his path. Namely, she’s still in love with the biggest movie star in the world. Eventually, Neal and Dahl build a life together. But can their relationship survive as her career soars into the stratosphere, while his comes crashing down to Earth?
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.8 | In your book, you said that you didn't love him when you married him. |
| 0:09.1 | No, I did not when I married him. |
| 0:11.5 | This is Patricia Neal. |
| 0:13.0 | The movie star, Roald Dahl, met at the end of our last episode, |
| 0:15.9 | talking about the beginning of their relationship later in life on the Arlene Herson show. |
| 0:20.5 | It's just that I desperately wanted to have children. |
| 0:24.3 | And, of course, one had to be married in those days to have children. |
| 0:29.3 | And I decided that I would marry, Rualdahl, because I wanted, he would make good children for him. |
| 0:37.6 | Okay, we're going to take a break. |
| 0:39.4 | And so begins the defining relationship of doll's life, one that's going to last 30 years |
| 0:44.1 | and produce five children. |
| 0:46.2 | Get ready. |
| 0:47.0 | As noisy and epic as you think dolls professional and social lives have been so far, it is |
| 0:51.5 | nothing compared to the intensity of what you're about to hear |
| 0:54.6 | in his family life. |
| 0:57.7 | For my heart podcast, Imagine Entertainment, and Parallax. |
| 1:01.6 | I'm Aaron Tracy, and this is The Secret World of Roll Doll. |
| 1:07.1 | Episode 4. |
| 1:09.6 | Let's pick up just before Dahl meets Patricia Neal. |
| 1:12.9 | It's 1952. |
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