Starring: James _ Maggie Peacock Aunt Sponge _ Miranda Forbes Aunt Spiker _ Francis Jeater Narrator _ Edward Phillips

So glad I've found this after all these years, so atmospheric this adaptation

Another classic tape that I used to listen to as a kid.

The voice of the worm 👌

I love the earth worm! Hilarious! Except the 'how can I see if I'm blind?' I'm blind myself and we... don't do that, well not unless we're being deliberately awkward... which I guess earthworm is so... I'll give him a pass haha.

I’ve been searching for this exact copy for years! Thank you! Brings back so many memories

@nivethofficial

3 жыл бұрын

Me too, omg I had this cassette tape, I found this today finally after 18 years

@davemeads859

2 жыл бұрын

@@nivethofficial same been searching for over decade trying to find this version so happy to finally have found it

@jaderichardson388

2 жыл бұрын

OH MY GOD ME TO. NOTHING LIKE IT X

@markbiggs6699

Жыл бұрын

Same I've been searching for 20 years. I have been so happy.

@abethebabe3835

8 ай бұрын

Same here! Never thought I’d find it! And the fantastic mr fox Just the best 🎉

I've been searching for 20 years.I ❤ you 😊😊

So fantastic!!

this is such an amazing version! tops all the others

i like this guys voice

Had this on tape cassette as a kid ... must have listened to this 20 times

@Alex79uk

3 жыл бұрын

Same, awesome to find on KZread, my kids have loved listening to all these stories.

I’ve been searching for this exact copy also. Thank you

"...dramatised by Edward Phillips". Haha that's burned in to my memory!

@nivethofficial

3 жыл бұрын

I remember it as good Philips lol. Finally found it

@ChelseaPariella

8 ай бұрын

What about him? 🤨

Love this audiobook! My favorite JATGP one

OH MY LORD - Looked for this for ages!!!

@TheMonkeyGrinder

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you have found it now! :)

I still remember my fourth Christmas. There was me, having just opened my brand new bright red Panasonic walkman, and my brand new copy of this audio drama, the one with the huge great peach on the cover. It was my first encounter with both the book (which I later read in full), and the sorcerer's apprentice (which my mum recognised as the theme tune). I don't believe that now, over 30 years later, I get to hear this again! thanks for the upload!

Ive been searching for a long time for this recording..Thank you so so much 💗 💓

@22littlefeet

3 жыл бұрын

It literally just came to me as a flash back from my childhood the strange music

OMG!! Been looking for this for years! I can play it to my kids now :) thank you for the upload! X

@TheMonkeyGrinder

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you have found it now :)

@ellendouglas5332

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMonkeyGrinder Have you got the any rainbow tape that has the rite of spring Stravinsky synth music. I love the rite of spring. Sorry to interrupt, though. Good luck upload cassette music. Xxx

I love you ❤❤❤❤❤😊

This is amazing. Thank you for uploading!! Best audiobook version by a million miles.

@TheMonkeyGrinder

3 жыл бұрын

No worries, glad you enjoyed it :)

wow and cool

You're the best person in the world. You will be the most subscribers in the world as well.

this is so good we know the tape this is amazing

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice? It reminds of the PAL pitch version of Disney’s classic Fantasia. Xxxx

0:12 23:01 This Music Is So Funky. Thanks Mate. X

You're a legend for uploading this!

@chincheek1

Жыл бұрын

And not just this after looking at your other uploads. All the best versions of Roald Dahl audiobooks and even a Robin Hood one i had as a child! lol.

Anyone else used to listen to The Three Investigators ???

@TheMonkeyGrinder

3 жыл бұрын

Me! Although I only had Stuttering Parrot.

@richardlancaster9078

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheMonkeyGrinder I only had that one and The Secret of Terror Castle (Which was the best one). Not sure they made anymore to tell the truth. Great memories!

@richardlancaster9078

4 ай бұрын

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Thanks for the audio.For the last 4 days I have not been able to sleep,so when I did sleep it was amazing☺️☺️😌😌😌😌☺️😌☺️☺️😁😁😁😁😍😍😉😅

Nigel Pegram is a very good storyteller.

Anyone know the names of the cast members in this production?

Omg and this version of James and the Giant Peach aswell?!

Why does the centipede sound so different? I thought he would sound like he had been from Brooklyn.

Sorry for the mistakes

Subscribed 😅

So here's a question. The Minpins. I know there are at least two versions from the 90s of audiobooks: One which has just narration, sound effects and Schostakovich music, and the other that has a full cast including Joss Ackland. Any chance those might be popping up on here?

@TheMonkeyGrinder

3 жыл бұрын

I have put it on my list of ones to look out for, so will see if it crops up.

@careybernitz5316

3 жыл бұрын

Oh man, the former version of The Minpins is fantastic, had it on tape and so hoping it crops up!

@MrTristy22

3 жыл бұрын

@@careybernitz5316 I remember it scared me a lot as a kid. Those sound effects for the Gruncher were the stuff of nightmares.

Who is the voice actress for James? She reminded me of the woman in a wheelchair on Elderado as a kid lol

@TheMonkeyGrinder

3 жыл бұрын

As far as I am aware it is Maggie Peacock, who also does the voice of the young fox in Fantastic Mr Fox.

0:19

This is a tricky review this time. A faithful adaptation, but I'm not sure if the Sorcerer's Apprentice theme works; it lacks the emphasis the story tells; adventuring with unusual but loyal friends and learning courage and self-belief. I thought James was lazily voiced; the actress sounds too boring and robotic, she lacks inflection on her lines. I also thought the Old Man and the Grasshopper's voices were quite annoying what with the former's occasional popping his lips between lines and the latter's deliveries kept sounding like he was hiccuping between takes, sounding too much like Goofy when he laughs. The other insects, especially the aunts, were voiced well. The narration was believable, but all in all I think they should have had an actual child to voice James, that way it would have sounded more realistic. I apologise for the negative review, but these are my thoughts on it. Again, there are several pieces I like - the ones I previously mentioned and the setting of the ocean and New York.

@dan4lau

3 жыл бұрын

Are you sure James is being played by a woman? I was under the impression it was a child, and hence the stilted delivery. Funny how different things hit different people, I liked the old man's voice haha. Same fellah was Grandpa Joe in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

@foxteen8721

3 жыл бұрын

@@dan4lau Yeah, there is a site with the list of the tapes where it says James is played by Maggie Peacock. Yes I recognised the Old Man as Grandpa Joe, he's a good actor in fairness I just found his popping annoying.

@dan4lau

3 жыл бұрын

@@foxteen8721 Ah... surprising then that he sounds so robotic... James I mean. I think the popping thing is a marmite thing, love it or hate it heh. Funny thing, I'm sure I recognize the Grandpa Joe actor from somewhere else as well, but can't place him.

@foxteen8721

3 жыл бұрын

@@dan4lau Yes, everyone's entitled to their own opinion. Yes it's certain to be him. Forgot his name though, but he is on the cast list of the tape video on this page.

Sorry I was supposed to do subscriber's. 😊

What I don't understand is why the rhino ate James' parents sure I know rhinos can kill people but they are herbivores so they don't eat whatever they kill

@innescoull7061

Жыл бұрын

I always wonder that as well strange choice of animal

@vickylewis8558

Жыл бұрын

I suppose because it's wacky and ridiculous, which was Roald Dahl's speciality!

I'm a little concerned about you 😢😢😢😢😢

@ChelseaPariella

8 ай бұрын

Huh? 🤨

❤🎉😂😅😊😮😢1st yay