April 2011 5 episodes of 15 minutes Charles Dance leads the cast as the urbane Storyteller in dramatisations of five classic tales by Roald Dahl, taken from the anthology, Kiss, Kiss. Bizarre and amusing by turns, these black comedies are justly famous for their surprise endings. The stories 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.
1. William and Mary 2. Parson's Pleasure 3. Royal Jelly 4. Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat. 5. The Landlady