Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series)

A Picture of a Place (1980)

Roald Dahl: Self - Introduced by

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  Roald Dahl : Early 19th century. Along came an English painter called John Constable, who painted in a manner that had not been seen before. Above all, he was not frightened of his paint. And in many of his landscapes he would lay it onto the canvas with a freedom and radiance that had an enormous influence upon the Impressionists who followed after him. In order, properly, to savour the story you're going to see now, you should be aware of the fact that the discovery of a hitherto unknown painting by Constable is a great event. His work fetches huge sums on the market.