Interesting fact: Roald Dahl helped people be healthier: He had a son with a medical condition called hydrocephalus after getting a head injury in a car accident. (Hydrocephalus causes fluid that usually cushions the brain and spinal cord to build up in the brain which causes the brain to swell.) To help his son, Roald Dahl worked with a neurosurgeon and an engineer to create a device called a shunt which is a tube with a valve at one end that is used to get fluid out of the brain. As far as I know the type of shunt Dahl helped create is still used to help children and adults today. I was born with hydrocephalus and without the help of a shunt I could have died. The fact that Dahl created something that helps make it possible for people to live better lives, makes him all the more special to me. He'll always be a hero to me.
@danielwilliamson6180
8 жыл бұрын
Interesting, I didn't know Dahl was a spy for SIS. He later worked with Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
@17moonbeams
5 жыл бұрын
If Roald Dahl helped people to be healthier then why did he smoke? I've got Charlie and the chocolate factory on DVD and disc two they said he smoke in the hospital where he was being taken cared of. But otherwise Roald Dahl was a wonderful author. One of the very best. Please don't be offended. Thank you. From Virginia Clark. 🎵😀💜🐦🐷
@chrisnam1603
5 жыл бұрын
soo relieved someone writes-knows this for a change :) he was a unique unforgettable caring genuis♥
@emmapark8530
5 жыл бұрын
My brother has hydrocephalus and so I have so much to thank Ronald dahl for other then great story.Best wishes to u Margaret
@kelman727
4 жыл бұрын
Virginia Clark Because that was his choice and it didn’t affect others.
@EmperorsNewWardrobe
8 жыл бұрын
It's audio gold to hear Roald Dahl talk. Virtually every book of his is iconic.
@jenniferksepka5058
8 жыл бұрын
This man made reading so much fun. I cherish all of his wonderful stories!
@williamseymourjones9430
7 жыл бұрын
do you have a favorite one?
@gizmoalexi
7 жыл бұрын
Jennifer Ksepka agreed
@mifrahsalman
7 жыл бұрын
Jennifer Ksepka I love him too he is my child inspiration
@Fairpavel
7 жыл бұрын
Mine are Matilda and The Witches. Also a few of his short stories.
@SirDibble25
6 жыл бұрын
He was Tim Burton back in the Day.
@barky87
8 жыл бұрын
Back when children authors didnt treat children like idiots that needed to be protected from the taboo
@soeffingwhat
7 жыл бұрын
Yep, they didn't patronize Kids. Some of the Books had dark overtones and backgrounds, but at the end the Kids were *always* the winners over the bad People.
@carlymiksza7466
6 жыл бұрын
I feel the same way.
@foxteen8721
2 жыл бұрын
@@soeffingwhat Yes, when he wrote The Witches the main character destroyed the English witches but the drawback was he only had nine more years to live in his mouse form.
@beardedchimp
Жыл бұрын
The Twits exemplifies this. It is chocked full of disgusting, horrifying and inappropriate behaviour. Kids absolutely love it. I know that in the early 90's I absolutely adored reading that book as a child. Groups who want to censor books and prevent kids from reading such material justify it under the misapprehension that reading will encourage children to behave that way. Nothing could be further from the truth, kids find the Twits disgusting and gross. When it is read to a classroom they in concert go ewwwwwwwwwwww!!!!! It doesn't inspire kids to be like the Twits, it makes them care more about personal hygiene if anything. Learning about "adult" concepts lets them understand the world around them, instead of arriving as an adult steeped in ignorance and indoctrination.
@Springsong5
7 жыл бұрын
He also had the most lyrical voice. This takes me right back to being small, curled up in front of the tape recorder, listening to him narrate James and the Giant Peach, Dirty Beasts, The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me...
@fsmishere5992
8 жыл бұрын
James and the Giant Peach and Matilda were one of my favorite books when i was little. Once i found out he was dead and cried.
@freddyrichards878
7 жыл бұрын
FSM ishere same along with the witches
@someonerandom8552
7 жыл бұрын
I spent my entire Primary School life idolizing this man. Read everything by him I could get my hands on. Probably explains why my sense of humor is quite dark and quirky lol
@Sarah77637
7 жыл бұрын
Someone random me too.
@rossgogogo1
7 жыл бұрын
Someone random you are so lucky...
@mr.tuxedocat5389
4 жыл бұрын
ME TOO!
@soapfan2700
3 жыл бұрын
Same here. Now my plan is to get my little one into his books.
@brahmbandyopadhyay
6 ай бұрын
That's Lamb to the Slaughter! Excellent story! I love Roald Dahl so much
@aryaman2631
6 жыл бұрын
Every single English speaking child is indirectly or directly a fan of his work. Genius!
@froboythestud
8 жыл бұрын
This man was a genius
@freddyrichards878
7 жыл бұрын
froboythestud a mastermind!
@kytim89
3 жыл бұрын
Anti-semite too.
@Ingens_Scherz
2 жыл бұрын
@@kytim89 Oh do be quiet you tiresome, nasty little Yank. If you're going to smear a dead man - a great dead man - provide links to (reliable) sources. Otherwise, as you say so tenderly in your happy land: "shut the fuck up".
@finimusmaximus300
4 жыл бұрын
His voice is nostalgia for me, I used to listen to the audio books of all his books which to this day is such a great memory.
@Baqsam
8 жыл бұрын
It's interesting that there were concerns about the extinction of reading even in the 80's.
@andrewmunn3896
Жыл бұрын
I’m currently reading roald dahls books to my son for bedtime stories. He loves them as much as I do.
@arihafatimah6500
6 жыл бұрын
The man who made me fall in love with books.
@aliyajamil9883
8 жыл бұрын
We read the novel "James and the Giant Peach" in my school which is written by Roald Dahl it is awesome Love you..:*
@stevenwalker8184
5 жыл бұрын
The most underrated book of his and one of my personal favorites was Danny the Champion of the World. Then I also loved the BFG.
@learning2read
4 жыл бұрын
I love that book, too.
@Achilles94627
Жыл бұрын
Completely agree with you regarding Danny. A beautiful relationship between father and son.
@Emma-fq9pv
6 жыл бұрын
This man brought me a lot of happiness as a child, I remember buying my first ever book, ‘The Twits’, when I was seven, and one of my favourite memories was reading ‘The Witches’ with my father. You have to have a certain genius to be able to write children’s books and write them well.
@ank8106
7 жыл бұрын
my top favourite Roald dahl books #1 The twitz #2 the bfg #3 Charlie and the chocolate factory #4 Matilda #5 the big crocodile #6 Mr Fox
@davetinoco
5 жыл бұрын
FIND ME IF YOU CAN. Henry sugar
@FutureBoy.
5 жыл бұрын
Not The Witches?
@martymartin2894
5 жыл бұрын
The witches and Danny the champion of the world are 2 of my favourites although I loved them all.
@metaknight4230
Жыл бұрын
Best Child Author: Ronald Dahl Best Adult Author: Stephen King
@anarchistatheist1917
2 жыл бұрын
This interview was approximately 5 months after I was born. I grew up reading charlie and the chocolate factory, charlie and the great glass elevator, and james and the giant peach. Rest in peace Roald Dahl and the interviewer Terry Wogan.
@whyhellothere6855
6 жыл бұрын
I remember when I met the marvelous Roald Dahl in 3rd grade. The teacher had a read-a-loud with Charlie and the chocolate factory. From then on I continued to read all of his books, and he’ll always be the worlds #1 storyteller. I hope you’re doing good up there in Heaven :’)
@SirDibble25
6 жыл бұрын
Calico Bunny he reminds me of Tim Burton.
@mattywalsh6577
6 жыл бұрын
Calico Bunny Roald Dahl is 6 feet 6 inches
@Qoervguingvuphtvnomjpqhgoivmw
6 жыл бұрын
Calico Bunny I don’t think u realise how much of a big dude roald rly is
@mattywalsh6577
6 жыл бұрын
Calico Bunny and he plays the middle cb role beautifully along side the undertaker and Dylan brewer
@Qoervguingvuphtvnomjpqhgoivmw
6 жыл бұрын
Calico Bunny Not quite as big as the likes of Robert Wadlow, Edna and Darren though
@oyvi00i
8 жыл бұрын
BOTH of his parents were born and raised in Norway
@pokeythescowlingcat6221
8 жыл бұрын
The radio generation, then the television generation, and now I guess we're in the Internet generation.
@jackjohnston8497
8 жыл бұрын
I wonder what will be the next generation?
@barky87
8 жыл бұрын
+Businessman by Day, Fascist by Night or you could save some trees, and read the digital ones
@haitaozhang535
6 жыл бұрын
Jack Johnston mobile generation?
@beardedchimp
Жыл бұрын
@@jackjohnston8497 I think that is Patrick Stewart and the Enterprise D.
@Ashleymack.123
7 жыл бұрын
I would die to meet you may you rip ❤️ Love your wild books inspired me to wright
@jordanjustin9606
7 жыл бұрын
I read every single Dahl book when I was a kid, but never heard him speak before now. He has that old distinct style of talking that you hear in interviews with high profile individuals from the first half of the 1900's. Don't really hear that anymore unfortunately. Thankfully we still have the Brits and their wonderful accent heheh
@slowfreak3718
7 жыл бұрын
He sounds a little like David Bowie, but I am a foreigner and maybe I like them both. :)
@kimayafadnavis1064
6 жыл бұрын
Jordan Justin same
@kelman727
4 жыл бұрын
No such thing as a single ‘British accent’ and you can hear Wales in Dahl’s voice.
@hoppinonabronzeleg9477
8 жыл бұрын
Roald Dahl a fine and magical man. As a kid I read both his adult and childrens books, I loved Danny Champion of the world, and tales of the unexpected. He hed a very introspective & pyschological window onto the human frame of mind. - Go & read his books!
@kaylaosborne4381
6 жыл бұрын
Who read Witches by Roald Dahl it's actually super good 😁 oh and Roald, Rest in peace 😔😔🙁
@Jefferu_Nintendomoto
5 жыл бұрын
He died in 1990, that's like saying RIP Abraham Lincoln in a serious manner.
@vishals2576
8 жыл бұрын
Totally impressed by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Book.Love Roald Dahl and his books.
@alphabetaxenonzzzcat
5 ай бұрын
He did several appearances on Wogan during the 1980s - I believe. I read practically all of his book in my primary school years during the 1980s(although Matilda and Esio Trot came later on). He was something of a mega star during the 1980s, not just with his book but with "Tales of the Unexpected" and people remembering that he also adapted the Bond film "You Only Live Twice".
@17moonbeams
5 жыл бұрын
Roald Dahl was one of the best of all authors. ❤ Virginia
@beatricemenarini3416
4 жыл бұрын
Matilde was my favorite book when I was a child❤️ Roald Dahl made me fall in love with literature
@rossgogogo1
7 жыл бұрын
I still remember how l couldn't put down Henry Sugar and six more wonderful stories. Thank God for letting me meet his book.
@rhomis
2 жыл бұрын
I have always been fascinated by Roald Dahl.
@ZigZag9639
6 жыл бұрын
I love Roald Dahl's books, especially Matilda. ♡
@jorgeh71
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for giving us the chance to share the thoughts of a man that was not known here in Argentina.
@missmusic5305
8 жыл бұрын
i love his books and i like him
@danielwilliamson6180
8 жыл бұрын
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was inspired by an experience Roald had as a boy.
@MrHockeeee
7 жыл бұрын
What an icon
@odinseye8835
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this
@hopefullynotgoinghell6364
6 жыл бұрын
Wow I was two,but from age 7 spent every winter in a little red brick library across the road reading Roald Dahl,mad windy rainy bleak days engrossed in his books,fantastic children's writer
@prynner
Жыл бұрын
what a wonderful interview!
@chamce965
7 жыл бұрын
My fav book is Danny and the champion of the World!
@cormacbrissett4881
8 жыл бұрын
When I was about 9 yrs old my parents brought me to a broadcast being recorded of Roald Dahl at RTE in Dublin - I remember him as a bit of a curmudgeon: some of us were able to ask him questions and one little girl asked what advice he'd give to if she wanted to become a writer. I recall him suggesting that she not bother starting because so few writers succeed at all. 32 years later I still love his writing.
@SirDibble25
6 жыл бұрын
The BFG is my favorite Dahl book and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is better than It’s predecessor.
@smallie210
9 ай бұрын
You must be the first person I've seen who thinks Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is better than Chocolate Factory. I have to respectfully disagree.
@ratchet3571
7 жыл бұрын
So this is how he sounds like
@MateDrinker33
6 жыл бұрын
Bourne Evil: I came here specifically to find if he spoke English with a Norwegian accent, lmfao!
@emilian7052
6 жыл бұрын
I thought he'd talk English with a Welsh accent as he was born in Wales. but hey ho
@olliedwards8069
3 жыл бұрын
Funny how he sounds English, even though he was born in Wales and had Norwegian parents.
@TheSlowPianist
2 жыл бұрын
@@olliedwards8069 Boarding school!
@adolflenin4973
2 жыл бұрын
ANOTHER GREAT BRITISH
@SHenna-ug9zd
10 ай бұрын
“Gremlin” was written by Road Dahl. I did not know this 😮
@neelamhanif8830
8 жыл бұрын
Love u and yoar books
@igloo223
5 жыл бұрын
A true goat which made every generation love his books
@duruozsan7392
8 жыл бұрын
I LOVE YOU ROALD DAHL :) İTS MY FAVORİTE
@SirDibble25
6 жыл бұрын
Tim Burton is his successor
@ChannelUmptyThree
3 жыл бұрын
Not many people in the comments calling out my favourite ... George's Marvelous Medicine
@danielwilliamson6180
8 жыл бұрын
I loved Roald Dahl's stories as a child.
@mariad.1779
3 жыл бұрын
Roald Dahl is one of my favourite authors in the entire world. My favourite books by him are Billy and the Minpins The enormous crocodile The BFG Matilda Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
@BreechGamer
7 жыл бұрын
Such an amazing man, many will be inspired by him for generations Even though he was anti-Semitic
@kelman727
4 жыл бұрын
Gamer Squadrent Alpha Not really. He was anti-boredom and that led him to say daft things for shock value.
@kiwisoup1301
3 жыл бұрын
What did he say? I had no idea.
@imochonai5723
2 жыл бұрын
Why are you gay?
@muhammaduddin9268
Жыл бұрын
Nothing wrong being a racist.Racism is normal.
@beardedchimp
Жыл бұрын
As you said he was an anti-semite, though that was more common for the zeitgeist of the time, it still doesn't it excuse the bigotry. However that doesn't diminish the quality of his books, certainly it doesn't take away from the joy brought to millions of children and improved literacy. It is similar with J. K. Rowling, she is a rampant, disgustingly bigoted transphobe. However her Harry Potter books have brought an entire generation of kids into reading and providing a wondrous joy. The problem with her is that she is one of the most active and rabid bigots, she is spreading hate to the world and children everyday. I have no idea if Dahl would have behaved the same if social media existed during his life. But since he is dead the legacy to children are those fantastic books. Rowling continues to spread hate that takes away from the value her books have provided to society.
@isabelleandrews5251
6 жыл бұрын
Such a genius. Love this guy.
@themovingdance2744
Жыл бұрын
He is more inspiring than any writer
@ManpreetSingh_1173
6 жыл бұрын
awesome poet and made writing so calm and smooth.... great inspiration for new writers....
@daniely2125
6 жыл бұрын
I have this book called ‘D is for Dahl’ and it’s tremendous because it lists so many quirky and interesting facts about Dahl and the frozen lamb story was in there
@composiet3231
6 жыл бұрын
De beste schrijvertje wereld !
@sithvsjedi9696
Жыл бұрын
They were worried about the future of children reading books. I can imagine in 1984 that was the case, but little did they know in 13 years (which sadly Roald would not live to see) J K Rowling exploded on to the scene. It's fascinating listening to people's perspectives & how the world was years ago. Sometimes it does all work out. 🙂
@More_Row
10 ай бұрын
Or doesn’t work out. Little did we know the plans enacted behind the scenes
@solsol1624
2 жыл бұрын
What a lovely and interesting man. Seems to be a lot in common with Frederick Forsyth re milatry career.
@duruozsan7392
8 жыл бұрын
oh my godd its very swety
@G_Silent
4 жыл бұрын
He writes a story as he speaks
@anoja31
5 жыл бұрын
Icon
@sibelyilmaz78
8 жыл бұрын
I got the whole set
@danielwilliamson6180
8 жыл бұрын
I loved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, The Witches, The Twits. I would had loved to had seen Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson do their own take on The Twits and call it The Twats.
@amandabricot
6 жыл бұрын
Matilda!!! Thank you Mr. Dahl xoxo
@christinekikonyogo5354
7 жыл бұрын
I was leaning about you my favoutite book IS THE BFG AND THE TWITS
@lauradegregorio5005
4 жыл бұрын
Herny sugar was a great book he wrote
@commandoazbo5266
7 жыл бұрын
Genius
@DonnieCookie
8 жыл бұрын
School opdracht Hoi mensen van mlf toen ik dit schreef zat ik in 1h1 dus ja doei
@gaminggamez9643
8 жыл бұрын
@ItsDonna hai ik ben Cem Mlf 1MH
@Xycmos
7 жыл бұрын
M2 ik zit nu ook in 1h
@balajimohan7307
6 жыл бұрын
Dahl's words are unique. Find the meanings only in "Dahlitionary"
@handyblock887dwhhj2
7 жыл бұрын
Plus my fav book by him is Charlie and the chocolate factory
@damien0365
3 жыл бұрын
Wnr je deze interview moet kijken voor een school toets 📖
@isimsiz_7320
5 жыл бұрын
Bunu izleyen türk varmi
@WiWillemijn
7 жыл бұрын
1:21 hahhaha de television generation
@GreenOrchid9
5 жыл бұрын
Those who do not read lack imagination of thought and purpose only repeating otherwise...
@beardedchimp
Жыл бұрын
His point of writing fine children books being exceptionally harder than writing for adults is borne out by how few fantastic and prolific child authors exist. Yes there are authors who write books for children, but how many authors can you name that wrote enormously successful books each based on entirely unique and fascinating concepts. Even for J. K. Rowling's vast success, it only stems from one universe. I struggle to think of anyone who wrote such disparate and successful novels that rival even a fraction of Dahl.
@handyblock887dwhhj2
7 жыл бұрын
Roal Dahl is dean he died in 1999
@MetalAddict6810
7 жыл бұрын
He died in 1990.
@JarrodCook93
8 ай бұрын
1:20 God help the ipad generation.
@jordanjustin9606
7 жыл бұрын
Peter O'Toole type of voice
@GreenOrchid9
5 жыл бұрын
Raspy from drink and smoking
@canboykiller123shakur5
8 жыл бұрын
R.i.p
@cartoonweatherman
7 жыл бұрын
Will ya take a look at dis owl fella.
@NK-tl3mn
6 жыл бұрын
I've read many of his books but most of them I found to be 'read once only' stories.
@redchamp3529
7 жыл бұрын
hi
@specialunit0428
6 жыл бұрын
Did you know? That Roald Dahl is actually norwegian?
@andyjlyon1
5 жыл бұрын
Roald Dahl was born in Wales. His parents were Norwegian. So Roald Dahl was Welsh/British.
@theradgegadgie6352
5 жыл бұрын
@@andyjlyon1 To be more accurate, he was an "Anglo." Not a proper Welshman, but someone who considered himself English. Same as the Duke of Wellington not considering himself Irish.
@thomsboys77
2 жыл бұрын
His parents were but he was born and raised in Britain and he served the British military in WWII. So therefore British
@IbnSaifi
Жыл бұрын
Looks a bit like Michael Gambon
@williamcole960
6 жыл бұрын
LOL skip to the last 45 seconds xD
@Paddyjay12
2 жыл бұрын
A spy.
@oyvi00i
8 жыл бұрын
He should have been norwegian
@matthewlaurence3121
8 жыл бұрын
He technically was.
@oyvi00i
8 жыл бұрын
Matthew Laurence ikr both his parents were from norway, but what i meant was that he should have been able to speak norwegian, and probably moved back to norway
@matthewlaurence3121
8 жыл бұрын
He did speak Norwegian, it was his first language before English with his parents and sisters, like my dad with Italian. He did have Scandinavian habits, and tales of magic with giants and the like, reveals this in him, he was even buried with things for the afterlife like the Vikings. He had grandparents he would visit in the fjords and spend Summer holidays there, so it did mean something to him. I get the impression that he did not really care about nationality, he seems to of just accepted the place he grew up in as home and didn't think about it too much. Probably preferred to write in English to reach a bigger audience. I get the impression that he did not much care for national identity. He was not outwardly British. Perhaps he felt he was in-between? Sort of too British for Norway and too Scandinavian to be British and just stuck with the land he grew up in? I can relate in some ways myself.
@muhammaduddin9268
Жыл бұрын
He is English.
@oyvi00i
Жыл бұрын
@@muhammaduddin9268 both parents were norwegian, he spoke it semi good as well. and frequently vacationed in norway and has a norwegian name
@steveboy7302
6 жыл бұрын
was he really anti Semitic
@MAllen-ng8pl
4 жыл бұрын
i like roald. his stories are disturbing.
@Human791
8 жыл бұрын
luff him
@evasmolnicka4731
6 жыл бұрын
ic ovkej gut
@randolphscott3361
Жыл бұрын
Dismal interview. Did any decent TV interviewers do Dahl?
@sarahtolley7669
6 жыл бұрын
Va a ,z
@stevewhite5374
7 жыл бұрын
Roald Dahl Genius, but pretentious Wogan and the BBC squeaky chair quite embarrassing...
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