Just so you know, and by reading the comments on your uploads I'm not alone in thinking this, you are the single most valuable youtuber that has ever existed. Thank you a million times.

@theonlynerizaccardelli

2 жыл бұрын

This is such a lovely comment, it made me a bit emotional. This is my husbands channel and he's a very humble man, who has taken so much pride in digitising these. I'm very proud of him, for making so many people happy :)

@TheMonkeyGrinder

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for those very kind words. It really means a lot to hear that people are enjoying this stuff :)

@sophiakent3467

Жыл бұрын

I can very much confirm This comment! This is such a wonderful discovery- I’ve been trying to track this recording down. I love his voice the story and the nature sounds. Makes my heart sing. I even tracked down the actor and messaged him on twitter! Thank you thank you!

It helps me sleep am i the only one?

@leetemple1033

3 ай бұрын

I listen to it as background noise to help myself nod off, but usually end up having to turn it off because I'm actually listening to it 😂

This is the version! Thank you

This is certainly dahl's most underrated work it's amazing! At 33 years young this story is the one I have the most emotional attachment to of all literature I absorbed as a kid. Maybe because of my situation at the time of reading but nonetheless fantastic

@jimknight7666

Жыл бұрын

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@shiannamariestentt

2 ай бұрын

Heck I’m 21 years old and I first read this when I was in sixth grade. So coming up on 10 years ago now. To this day it’s still one of my favorites.

Amazing! I listened to this version on tape over and over when I was a kid, absolutely loved it. Thank you so much, been looking for this particular version for a long time, really like the voice acting and narration

@jodywalters4175

3 жыл бұрын

Same here, listened to this version on a car journey from South Wales to Barcelona. Listened to it 2 or 3 times, happy memories with my grandparents.

@cun7sathome

3 жыл бұрын

Mee toooo...and the bfg by the same guy..

@benriley2697

3 жыл бұрын

I used to listen to ''danny the champion of the workd' on audiobook cassete aswel. I used to lay in my room at my grandma and grandads each nite and they used to bring me up a cup of tea and biscuits on a tray

@cormacobroin

2 жыл бұрын

This is so lovely. Everyone has childhood memories of listening to these. This channel is our happy place

@MissD333

2 жыл бұрын

Me too, I was obsessed with this as a kid to the point where I couldn’t sleep without it 😂

Oh. My. God. Thank you thank you thank you. I have been thinking about this for years. I’m a 35 year old man and I’ve just sobbed listening to this. The nostalgia. The memories. The gorgeous and magical story and at the root of it the unconditional love between father and son.

Thank you, takes me back! Ive never forgotten the description of the pie❤

I have been looking for this exact version from my childhood. I'm so grateful to finally hear it again! Thank you!

i had this tape cassette when i was a young man, listened to it every night to get to sleep. the antics of Danny's father and his exploits against mr hazel were probably my first exposure to the concept of 'good trouble' and likely shaped my politics as an adult. great stuff

my sister and i had bedrooms on opposite ends of the landing and we used to listen to this on a cassette player in the middle to go to sleep - we had to take it in turns to go and turn it over half way through! thanks for the nostalgia trip!

@TheMonkeyGrinder

3 жыл бұрын

That's a great memory! Glad you enjoyed listening.

I can't believe I'm listening to this after decades. Thank you so much for uploading, the nostalgia is priceless!

I used to love listening to this on cassette as a kid! thanks so much for the upload, this version is the best! it’s read so well :)

Absolutely brilliant. Been looking for this version ever since I became a parent. Listened to this and the BFG every evening as a kid

This has made me so incredibly happy! Thankyou for bringing back some extremely fond memories.

I'm led awake at 4am and I have a hankering too listen too the original audio tape of Danny the champion of the world. Boom here it is my manz

'THIS IS THE ULTIMATE NOSTALGA EXPERIENCE X

Absolute legend this brings me back 20 years to my childhood I’ve been looking for this version of cassette. As sad as it sounds if i have trouble sleeping I stick this on and bam I’m asleep.

@TheMonkeyGrinder

3 жыл бұрын

I am the same. If I can't settle, I put The Sea of Adventure on and because I am so familiar with it I am usually asleep before the intro has finished.

@Tommytfd1988

3 жыл бұрын

Again thank you so much for this

This is the version I remember from my childhood, thank you so much for the upload.

@TheMonkeyGrinder

3 жыл бұрын

No worries. Glad you have found it again.

I'm 58, I've always wanted to read/hear this through..I can honestly say it was truly wonderful i think I'm also extremely fortunate to have heard to on this version

My insomnia might actually be able to relax now Ive found this

This is simply fantastic. Thank you so very much for sharing this wonderful work. 💚💚💚

This is the version i have been looking for for years. Rented from the library, copied and was my personal favourite audiobook. Cannot beat it in my opinion. Thanks so much!!

@JamesFernando1988

2 жыл бұрын

Where did you find it?

Absolute legend!! Been looking for this for my 5 year old for ages. Wanted this version as its the same one I used to listen to. Got the cassette but its 30 years old now. Thanks

@daengtoimalasit5873

3 жыл бұрын

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Omg childhood memories right here. Awesome upload

This is the best I’ve been listening to this until I was 10 now I’m 13 Lol so good 😻

I've been looking for this version for years! Thank you so much for uploading it, it doesn't seem to exist anywhere else anymore.

I'm over the moon with thus. Had on tape as a child. Best audiobook ever! Sooo grateful. Looked for a while!

Reminds me of being a kid listening to my cassette on family road trips. Thanks so much for uploading :)

thank you very much for uploading this :) As many others, I've been looking for this version for a very long time.

Pov.. if.you listened to this on tape your close to tue age of 30

@lastofthemouchers8873

3 жыл бұрын

34

@cun7sathome

3 жыл бұрын

Im 33

@lastofthemouchers8873

3 жыл бұрын

@@cun7sathome memories lol

Just finished listening to this book. Enjoyed a couple of cosy dark nights with the kids wrapped up in blankets on the bed. Just like the old days, no T.V just an audio book and your imagination for entertainment. Thanks once again. :)

❤so good my brother loves this, he is I have 2 brother’s 1 is 20 and 15 love this is the best

I read this book to my kids when they were young and I enjoyed it as much as they did. 😁👍

I absolutely loved this story tape when I was younger - my Grandad reminded me of Danny's father - he was an engineer who used to make things for us - once he made a to scale model of a working steam engine for us to play with. 30 years later I'm a design engineer too. Also best theme tune ever.

You're a legend mate for uploading this. Thanks a million.

Thanku sooo so much

I used to listen to this most nights as a kid, it was one of my faves. But my absolute favourite was the George's Marvellous Medicine (adapted by Edward Kelsey) version and I can't find it anywhere! I now ready George's Marvellous Medicine to my own children and know all the words to the book because of that cassette tape. Id love to hear it again :(

@TheMonkeyGrinder

Жыл бұрын

Hiya. Try this one on my channel... kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z3982JKOabidadI.html It has a different cover, but I think it is the same recording as the old rainbow tape. If the link doesnt work, go to the videos tab on the channel and scroll down until it comes up. Hope it's the one you remember!

@natalieclewley2017

Жыл бұрын

No, this isn't the same ine :( i did see this one and instantly pressed play. But it definitely isn't the right one. This one is Edward Phillips and the one i used to listen to was asapted by Edward Kelsey

@TheMonkeyGrinder

Жыл бұрын

That's a shame. Sorry :( That's got me a bit stumped because I have never seen an Edward Kelsey version of that story. Will keep an eye out just in case.

@natalieclewley2017

Жыл бұрын

@@TheMonkeyGrinder hmm that is strange! Thanks anyway :)

Here i am, back again. Listening while i try to get to sleep. No different to when i was a kid.

Yay, eventually. The one I remember

Oh the nostalgia!! Thanks so much for the upload. Amazing quality.

Thank you for this version💜🙌

thank you! I’ve been trying to find this for years!

Have played this so many times the tape has stretched and now jams in the machine. Great to find it on KZread.

Always listen to this audio book the night before I do a days shooting

wow and cool

Oh my god I’ve been waiting for this version, this is the one I listened to as a little girl, thank you!

Love this 👌

Thank you-our two boys, ages 6 & 8, enjoyed this so much!

Thanks for uploading!

One of MY FAVE AUDIOBOOKS OF ALL TIME X

I’m so grateful for this!! There’s an old Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe cassette I used to listen to, it was a dramatisation like this and I cannot find it anywhere! If you have access to it please upload it :)

Remember listening to this on cassette when I was a kid. Used to listen to this over and over again and read the book numerous times as well. Could never get bored or tired of reading/listening to this...it is my all time favourite book. Got the audiobook from Google books, but it doesn't beat this version by the Theatre Collection. Thank you so much for finding this and uploading it as well. Really appreciate you doing this. Been looking for it for ages. Must to listen to the others at some point. Love the Narration & Voice Acting. Imagination goes wild listening to this. How did you find these please???

@TheMonkeyGrinder

3 жыл бұрын

Hi there. Glad you are enjoying it, it is an awesome story. After many weeks of looking, I found the danny tape on ebay. Other than the few tapes I still had from my childhood, I have been scouring ebay for the last 8 months and have bought all of the other tapes throughout the year. It's turned into an expensive hobby, but it's definitely worth it just to get all these dramatisations archived in one place. Thanks for listening, MG.

@shayZero

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMonkeyGrinder is our Champion of the world! If you hadn't done all this, this version would of still been a memory of the early 90s. I had been looking for it for so long also, but I couldn't find a thing due to thinking Danny's Father was voiced by Richard Briers from my memory's ear. Ive already said this in another comment, but thank you. Listening to this with my little lad when he's a little older, so please keep the channel up as this made my 2020

@tire_reviews

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMonkeyGrinder you're my hero

I listen to it all the time

Such a good listen

Where did you find it!?!!??? You wouldn’t believe how long I’ve been looking for this version 😭😭 thank you 🙏

@TheMonkeyGrinder

3 жыл бұрын

It was a lucky ebay find from last year. Glad I got hold of it when I did!

i love it it seems so fumilier!!!!!!!!!

Great quality

This is a really great channel, thank you for taking the time to do this. So many good memories from my childhood! If you ever come across alfie the railway cat or krindkecrax (I think that's the spelling) please consider digitising them 😁

@TheMonkeyGrinder

3 жыл бұрын

Good to hear you are enjoying the channel, I will keep an eye out for those titles just in case they show up. MG

Great work man, this version is such a good listen. Have you by any chance also got The BFG (also by the Theatre Collection), because I loved listening to that on cassette many times when I was little. Many thanks sir.

@TheMonkeyGrinder

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Joseph. Yes, I am on the lookout for more of this series as it has really grown on me. The BFG is on my shopping list :) I think Bernard Cribbins narrates that one.

@jen6879

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMonkeyGrinder you don’t by any chance have The Island of Adventure narrated by Bernard Cribbins? The Castle of Adventure is on here but I long to listen to the one I had as a child. It’s unabridged :)

@TheMonkeyGrinder

3 жыл бұрын

@@jen6879 I don't have it, but I will keep an eye out for it.

@benriley2697

2 жыл бұрын

Thanku sir

0:01 This Music Is So Funky. Thanks Mate. X

I Love This Channel

I had a lot of these Roald Dahl dramatisations on cassette as a kid, but never had this one. I read the book obviously, and it's my favorite story of his, and I think this is probably the best dramatisation of his books too. Really enjoyed listening with my kids at bedtime over the last few nights. Thanks, as always, for the upload!

This was amazing to listen to, I remember listening to these when I was younger over and over. Does anyone have a copy of fantastic mr Fox from the same type. The theatre collection version from Harper Collins in 1990 I think read by Nigel pegram. It would be great to hear it again.

@TheMonkeyGrinder

3 жыл бұрын

I think the theatre collection Fantastic Mr Fox might be the same as the Rainbow version, which I have on this channel. I am sure Nigel Pegram narrates it. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hqipmsGOk9K9fZM.html

Love

been looking for this version for ages! use to listen to it when i was a kid, where did you find it? thanks for uploading seem like alot of people have been looking for this particular one

@TheMonkeyGrinder

2 жыл бұрын

Hi. I found this tape on ebay, for about £6. Seems to be a very popular recording!

Even though this is my least favourite Roald Dahl story (I like the plot and characters and Danny's relationship with his father), this was a wonderful adaptation and somehow it involved more than what the Puffin version did, like the bit with the eye-smile and Doc Spencer's revenge on Victor Hazell for assaulting his dog. Andrew Read was wonderful as Danny and completely different from the Boy in The Witches, demonstrating his talent. I especially Michael Williams' portrayal as his father and Richard Pascoe has a beautiful narrative tone. My only criticism is the casting printed. Mrs. Clipstone is obviously a female, so she should be credited at least. I think my favourite thing of the whole dramatisation is the music, it gives the feeling of the character being prideful of his title as champion of the world. Splendid adaptation.

Love this version. Do you have follow that bus read by griffith rees jones

Do you have boy by Ronald Dahl?

Do you have this on CD for sale by any chance?

@TheMonkeyGrinder

3 жыл бұрын

Sadly not. Sorry.

What does it mean by adapted

@TheMonkeyGrinder

3 жыл бұрын

"Adapted" is used in the same way as "dramatised" on a lot of these recordings. So it means the person who abridged the story down to the required timeframe and turned it into a radioplay format, including what sound effects/music cues would be used and perhaps how many cast members would be needed.

Forget the current batch of badly written woke books, if a child is served a diet of Dr. Seuss, Roald Dahl and Lewis Carroll, they will return to these stories as adults and smile upon the fact that as kids they were surrounded by wise grown-ups who chose the infinite imagination over finite ideologies.

@TheMonkeyGrinder

3 жыл бұрын

I loved being a child in the 1980s. I grew up on Roald Dahl, Dr Seuss and John Cooper Clarke among other things. I definitely have my parents to thank for surrounding me with such a variety of material.

Musica background ,,,,,,,,,,stop