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Hello and welcome to Great Lives, which this week looks at a life from an unusual angle. Roaldale's books for children, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,

Matilda, the Witches, James and the Giant Peach, and many more, have been immensely popular with generations

of young people.

They've appeared as film adaptations and stage musicals, and the books themselves are undoubtedly classics. You may remember some of

his macabre stories for adults which were shown on Anglia television under the

title Tales of the

Un expected you've just heard that distinctive theme tune. But Dahl didn't set out to be a writer for children or adults.

His entire writing life started quite literally by accident as a result of a major injury

in 1940. Which is where today's program starts because our guest is Professor Tom Solomon, Professor of Neurology at the Walton

Centre in Liverpool and Director of Liverpool's Institute of Infection and Global Health.

Tom, before we find out how you came to know Roldahl, can I just ask you about your current responsibilities?

You're involved with the global response to Ebola?

That's right, yes yes I'm director of the

NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in emerging infections and so one of the

things we have responsibility for is for tackling Ebola both in West

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