A BBC Radio adaptation by Charlotte Jones of Roald Dahl's 1988 novel about an extraordinary little girl who is a cool, calm five-year-old pint-sized genius, her disgusting parents, her abominable school principal and her lovely and loving schoolteacher.
Narrator ... Lenny Henry
Matilda ... Lauren Mote
Miss Agatha Trunchbull ... Nichola McAuliffe
Mrs. Wormwood ... Claire Rushbrook
Mr. Wormwood ... John Biggins
Miss Jennifer Honey ... Emerald O'Hanrahan
Mrs. Phelps ... Kate Layden
Bruce Bogtrotter ... Joshua Swinney
Michael Wormwood ... Ryan Watson
Nobby ... Rhys Jennings
Lavender ... Sinead Michael
Hortensia ... Lizzy Watts
Nigel ... Bertie Gilbert
Directed by Claire Grove
Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 20 & 27 December 2009