Roald Dahl documentary

Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 - 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, and wartime fighter pilot of Norwegian descent. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide. Dahl has been called "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century". His works for children include James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The Witches, Fantastic Mr Fox, The BFG, The Twits, The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me and George's Marvellous Medicine. His adult works include Tales of the Unexpected.
Roald Dahl documentary
2015

[@emmaronan6611]

I am pregnant at the moment,and dreaming of reading Dahls books to my child and buying them together. I get to discover him all over again 📚

[@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401]

Your children will be so special 💖 !

[@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401]

Excellent 🎉documentary ! The Narrator having as much fun as the rest of us! Thank you so very much ❤!

[@pauljackson2473]

I’ve been watching an old British series, “Tales from the unexpected”. They’re adult stories, not children’s stories. They’re hosted by Dahl and they’re so so good.

[@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401]

It was a great, enlightening series. Dahl was a fabulous teacher.

[@Nicky47662]

Tales of the expected more like

[@snehithkumbla1807]

Very little on the stories he wrote for adults, and his wonderful autobiographical works - 'Boy' and 'Going Solo'.

[@steveosullivan5262]

I love this channel.

[@anniefinch6843]

I think this person should know that a widow is a person who lost her husband. But I remembered another author that was also inspired by nature and the author's name is C. S. Lewis the same person that wrote The Chronicles of Narnia.

[@williampaulbeaugruendler7901]

I first met him chain smoking on a B&W television set in the summer of 1961, hosting his macabre half hour show, WAY OUT.

[@henryottis295]

You can watch it on YT.

[@anniefinch6843]

I remember this book and it's one of my favorite books.

[@emmahardesty4330]

Excellent, and an excellent reminder of qualities we lost in growing up. Very big thank you.

[@joansavage1857]

This was sheer magic! Thank you….

[@votemonty1815]

I loved his writing shed. ✍️

[@anniefinch6843]

I think this person should know that the first book this person illustrated was The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl. And the last book Roald Dahl wrote and this person illustrated is Billy and the Minpins.

[@tomsparks6099]

James and the Giant Peach was my favorite as a child. I love the fantastical stories he wove.

[@aaarrrggghhhh]

Plagiarised from a Japanese story called Momotaro (Peach Boy).

[@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401]

​@aaarrrggghhhh Best form of flattery! All true Artists, Musicians, Sculptors, etc., have always done that.

[@brigidspencer5123]

@@aaarrrggghhhhhow do you know this? Was the Japanese version about an orphan boy with two nasty aunts?

[@anniefinch6843]

My favorite books by this person are Charlie and the chocolate factory, The BFG, Danny the champion of the world and The Witches. But I think this person should know that James and the Giant Peach, The BFG, Charlie and the chocolate factory and The Witches are movies. I remembered that the movie The BFG was directed by Steven Spielberg and he also directed Et The Extra terrestrial, Jurassic Park, Jaws, and Hook.

[@anniefinch6843]

I remember this author of Charlie and the chocolate factory.

[@mikekaraoke]

Amongst many, many other well known books!

[@giaatta9303]

Thank you. Love this channel

[@donaldkelly3983]

Glad you played this documentary! Dahl is one of my favorite writers, though I've read he could be "difficult". Fantastic Mr. Fox and Matilda are my favorites, along with the fiction he wrote for adults like "The Man From the South."

[@AuthorDocumentaries]

Yes! Childhood definitely wouldn't have been the same without him. I've not read his adult stuff. I'll check that out. Glad you liked the doc as much as I did.

[@asmrwhisperingtea4567]

Ahh doing georges marvellous medicine made me smile, kids were loving it, such a gift

[@liammcooper]

i read he had this teeth removed in his 20s. he was also a school bully

[@anniefinch6843]

I remembered that the first book this person wrote was James and the Giant Peach. But I didn't know that the author that wrote The BFG was inspired by nature. I guess this person learns something new.

[@joefur1625]

amazing Robert Webb (Jez) cameo at 8:35 !

[@stoicvibesonly]

That guy has a great voice!

[@rajadhejayalath]

i think they're two different people (the voice and apperance is the same tho)... or i'm just dumb

[@emmaphilo4049]

I looooooved the Witches growing up. Such a good horror book for kids. It's also a good metaphor for evil adults hiding behind the face of normalcy while conducting harmful deeds towards children. Very sad side of the world we live in.

[@jonharrison9222]

David Walliams isn’t fit to shine Dahl’s shoes.

[@RPMZ11]

Thank you, Davey... ''The economy of it all.''

[@debv.c]

Love Roald Dahl’s absolute wizardry ❤

[@sonjaswanepoel3547]

Loved it - thank you

[@cheri238]

Love this. Perfect.🌅🌄🎡🎠🌌🦋🦄

[@tarnopol]

Left out the fact that he dropped the "n" that was originally in his first name to stand out. (Stealing a joke from Peter Cook. Thanks for uploading!)

[@AuthorDocumentaries]

Haha, it sounds plausible at first glance. (Of course!)

[@eunicestone6532]

My two favorite are BOY & GOING SOLO

[@Ax18NY]

I love the Witches and his Oswald Cornelius books. RIP Roald Dahl.

[@stefs3460]

Yes!!! Your 1st quote from the Twits!!!! That is my favorite of Dahl's books! Really has good life lessons in it! Love the explanation of what beauty and ugliness really is.

[@lindsayhengehold5341]

Love his books: The Gremlins 1943 Random House, New York Children Sometime Never: A Fable for Supermen[a] 1948 Charles Scribner's Sons, New York Adult James and the Giant Peach 1961 Alfred A. Knopf, New York Children Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964 Alfred A. Knopf, New York Children The Magic Finger 1966 Harper & Row, New York Children Fantastic Mr Fox 1970 Alfred A. Knopf, New York Children Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator 1972 Alfred A. Knopf, New York Children Danny, the Champion of the World 1975 Alfred A. Knopf, New York Children The Enormous Crocodile 1978 Alfred A. Knopf, New York Children My Uncle Oswald 1979 Michael Joseph, London Adult The Twits 1980 Jonathan Cape, London Children George's Marvellous Medicine 1981 Jonathan Cape, London Children The BFG 1982 Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York Children The Witches 1983 Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York Children The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me 1985 Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York Children Matilda 1988 Viking Kestrel, New York Children Esio Trot 1990 Jonathan Cape, London Children The Vicar of Nibbleswicke 1991 Century, London Children The Minpins

[@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401]

My favorite is Matilda...many children can really associate with such parents.

[@nikamai3533]

“ Much too good for Children !“

[@churchether]

21:36 Michael Rosen *klick*, Noice.

[@mikekaraoke]

I have seen other documentaries in the past about him, Why wasn't it mentioned in this documentary about him in 2012 that his family moved to Kent to Bexley?

[@babybuzzie7276]

More David Williams like this please!!!!!!😍

[@IanThompsonmohaanozz]

love it

[@lulagoodwin5372]

this is like an avant garde horror lol

[@greenLaVitameadows]

Great 🤩👍

[@successsystem2468]

27:25 "Herpes Trout"‼️‼️🤣🤣🤣🤣 genius!

[@robkunkel8833]

Striped pajamas and eyeball wallpaper in the opening. How can you sleep?

[@charliedrosario999]

The Genius of Roald Dahl, this certainly won't take long. You probably are better than Dahl, Walliams.

[@rameyzamora1018]

Completely agree. Dahl's children's stories are ugly, cruel, violent & his adults are horribly unkind. Can't stand Charlie & the Choc Factory.

[@ericgeddes3353]

I've heard he was racist. I don't know much about it and I don't care to. He is one of my all time favorite writers.

[@johnmurray3888]

A fascinating and enlightening biography. I was especially delighted by Dahl's widow's definition of trolls: powerful and stupid! I wonder if Dahl ever anticipated the invasion of the internet by trolls? I think Dahl became a writer of childrens' books for much the same reason J. K. Rowling did, it's much more lucrative than writing for adult readers. Of course many adults have a child's mentality, hence the success of Jeffrey Archer.

[@brigidspencer5123]

Trolls are Scandinavian Folklore beings especially in Norway. They are mean and live under bridges. Since Roald Dahl came from a Norwegian immigrant family it’s not surprising that he knew about trolls so it has nothing to do with internet trolls.

[@AnnaMaledonPictureBookAuthor]

David Walliams was a perfect presenter for this. His little giggles were infectious. Writing for children is great fun. I don't want to write for adults.

[@ublart49]

dahl was cruel to animals

[@mikekaraoke]

+ how do you know this?

[@eamonclark4952]

“They’re nearly all perfect” Don’t you mean “Almost Nearly Perfect”?

[@alexcarter8807]

Good old yellow legal pads ... I had a friend who swore by 'em. I didn't know they were an "American" thing I thought everyone had them. I guess they're kind of like those (de)composition notebooks and those stupid "Pee Chee" folders with pictures of football players and some other sports, with the printing dies so work out it's hard to tell what the figures in the pictures are doing. And pencils that say 'Ticonderoga" on them for some reason.

[@VoltaireVI]

I like his creepy stories like "Georgy Porgy" (my favourite of Dahl's).

[@wretch1]

You lost me at Walliams 🤮

[@kevgh3869]

Who is the beautiful blond woman reading?

[@abbieconnie2012]

3:08 Joanna lumley

[@kevgh3869]

lol I just realized they tell you. @@abbieconnie2012

[@abbieconnie2012]

​@@kevgh3869 all good 👍

[@charliedrosario999]

For Christ sakes, Walliams, the novel and the story are not the same thing, this is typical bourgeois narrow mindedness.

[@christinepaige2575]

Afaic there is nothing admirable about his work except that it was cleverly (in the least good sense) crafted. However, Dahl is an interesting, if deeply repulsive, human specimen to study -- so this documentary (minus the sycophantic tone and garish props) is appreciated.

[@charliedrosario999]

The chap was a bigot

[@seanohelan8241]

I used to think he was awesome, until I read what a flawed man he was. The flaw meant roald is out in the cold foerever for me

[@lemuret69]

Antisemitic, you mean? He was indeed. When I read of that, my reaction was "Oh god, another one."

[@professorsogol5824]

@@lemuret69 Also his treatment of his first wife whom, following her stroke, he bullied, goaded and humiliated Into resuming her acting career. See the biography by Jeremy Treglown (1994) about Dahl, his US publisher and the pencils

[@worthybutter2004]

@@professorsogol5824 Ironic, because he is said to have hated bullies (heck, most of his stories revolved around bullies getting their just desserts), but he himself wasn't immune to being one. Hypocrite.

[@mikekaraoke]

@@professorsogol5824 There are some autobiographies, that are not that accurate when done by other people!

[@professorsogol5824]

@@mikekaraoke Can an "autobiography" be done by "other people"? Or are you talking about a "as told to" pseudo autobiography?