Esio Trot (film)

Roald Dahl's Esio Trot, or simply Esio Trot, is a British comedy drama television film directed by Dearbhla Walsh and written by Richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer, based on the 1990 novel, Esio Trot, by Roald Dahl. In the film, a retired bachelor (Dustin Hoffman) falls in love with his neighbour, a widow (Judi Dench) who keeps a tortoise as a companion after the death of her husband.[1][2]

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Esio Trot
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Based on	Esio Trot by Roald Dahl
Written by	Richard Curtis Paul Mayhew-Archer
Directed by	Dearbhla Walsh
Starring	Judi Dench Dustin Hoffman James Corden Richard Cordery Pixie Davies
Composer	Tim Phillips
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Richard Curtis Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein Matthew Read
Producer	Hilary Bevan Jones
Cinematography	Ben Smithard
Editor	Tim Murrell
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	Endor Productions
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	1 January 2015 (2015-01-01)

Roald Dahl's Esio Trot debuted in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2015, on BBC One.[3] It was seen by 7.86 million viewers, making it the ninth-most watched programme on BBC One and across all United Kingdom TV channels for the week ending 4 January 2015.[4]