The BFG is the 10th most popular children's fiction book and has sold over 21 million copies globally.

Playwright Tom Wells will adapt the story about the Big Friendly Giant who captures an orphan named Sophie and brings her ...

The stage adaptation by playwright Tom Wells will delight families over the festive period across a 10-week run at the Royal ...

Roald Dahl’s The BFG, adapted by the RSC, will run at Chichester Festival Theatre from March 16 to April 12, 2026, following ...

Matilda has been performed in 100 cities across the globe since its premiere in Stratford in 2010. The multi-award winning ...

New editions of classic 20th century children’s books by British author Roald Dahl – such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The Witches and Fantastic Mr ...

Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions Roald Dahl's first wife Patricia Neal and second wife Felicity Dahl speak about their first encounters with the author. This clip was taken from an episode ...

In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions Roald Dahl's daughter Ophelia Dahl recalls her father's time at ...

But I used scratchy ink nibs to illustrate the 18 books I did for Roald Dahl over the 15 years I knew him until his death in 1990. The characters in The Twits are really unpleasant, so I had to ...

Today is Roald Dahl Day, held every year on September 13 to mark the author's birthday. He wrote some of the most popular, most uplifting children's books ever, believing it was important for an ...

What we do with “problematic” issues in classic books – the whiteface subplot in Doctor Dolittle, for instance, or Roald Dahl’s fatphobia – is a matter for thoughtful debate. But as ...