Roald Dahl inheritance: Who is raking in fortunes made from Dahl books & films?

Roald Dahl has written dozens of childhood classics, from the newly remade The Witches, to The BFG and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Roald is now the subject of a new drama on Sky titled Roald & Beatrix: The Tail Of The Curious Mouse, which imagines the authors meeting.

Roald & Beatrix: The Tail Of The Curious Mouse is a mixture of live-action, animation and puppetry.

The show stars Dawn French as Beatrix Potter and Harry Tayler as Roald.

The heartwarming Christmas drama will air on Christmas Eve, and despite being fictional – the two writers did once meet.

Roald was a child and Beatrix close to retirement age when the pair briefly met one another.

Roald died in 1990 aged 74, and was believed to have a net worth of $10million (£7.56 million).

The latest data from Roald Dahl’s estate shows annual pre-tax profits of £12.7m in 2018 from television and cinema deals, royalties, fancy-dress costumes and a line of baby toiletries.

After Roald’s death, Dahl’s widow Felicity inherited the majority of the £2.8million the writer left in his will.

This is worth nearly £5million in today’s terms.

Roald & Beatrix: The Tail Of The Curious Mouse is on Christmas Eve at 8.15pm on Sky One.