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'The Twits' by Roald Dahl - opening scene (dramatisation)

Dramatisation of the opening sequence from Roald Dahl's 'The Twits'. There are detailed descriptions of the characters, their actions and speech, establishing their nasty natures. Mr and Mrs Twit are shown lying in bed. Mrs Twit's ugliness is explained as being due to her ugly thoughts. She is shown preparing a lunch of spaghetti into which she puts live worms and tricks her husband into eating them by saying they are a new form of wriggly spaghetti.

Note: the clip also includes a shot of children from the original programme reacting to the dramatisation.

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4 minutes