17th April The hunt for Roald Dahl


 A distressed and rather confused viewer from Hucknall has contacted Grace Under Pressure to ask why the Northumbrian Police had to hunt Roald Dahl in the way that it did after watching the first episode of the mini series on ITV last night.

Speaking in what the media are describing as a virtually true interview, 78 yr old Harry Knowles explained, "I know he's got into trouble recently for using racial stereotypes and language that might seem offensive today but thats no reason to launch the biggest manhunt in UK history to hunt him down. And the actor on TV didn't look anything like Roald Dahl if you ask me but I guess thats ITV for you, spending all their program budget on flying Ant and Dec to DisneyWorld." 

"I can't say I've ever read Matilda, The BFG or even James and the Giant Peach but surely to God they can't be as offensive as that shite David Walliams seems to churn out every couple of months. Now he is someone the police should be after."

"If Roald Dahl needed a few words removing to make it politically correct then surely Walliam's tripe should be redacted like a classified Pentagon document in order to protect the vulnerable. I know hindsight is a wonderful thing but I wonder if the Northumbrian police and now regretting not allowing that nice Paul Gascoigne to go and talk to Roald Dahl. Surely everything would have been sorted out without all that fuss. Still on the bright side there's nothing like dying to boost your booksales."



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