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- THE BFG by Roald Dahl
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- Vermont Public Radio
Bill Harley introduces an excerpt from THE BFG by Roald Dahl.
It’s Sophie’s luck that she’s been captured by the BFG since he’s the only giant in the place that doesn’t eat humans. In fact, like Sophie, he’s an outcast – unlike the other giants, he’s big AND friendly. The other giants travel around the world at night eating children. The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) captures dreams, bottles them and then travels the earth blowing sweet dreams into children’s head. See – we told you he was different! When Sophie discovers that giants are planning to eat the children of England, she and the BFG cook up an ingenious plot to free the world of guzzle-swallomping kid-eating giants forever!
Each episode of Camel's Hump Radio features a compelling excerpt from a book, read by a professional actor and accented with original music. Our goal is to air an excerpt that hooks the listener into the story and ends with a finish that leaves them wanting to read the rest of the book. A companion website allows listeners to learn more about the featured books, authors and provides additional related material.
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Piece Description
Bill Harley introduces an excerpt from THE BFG by Roald Dahl. It’s Sophie’s luck that she’s been captured by the BFG since he’s the only giant in the place that doesn’t eat humans. In fact, like Sophie, he’s an outcast – unlike the other giants, he’s big AND friendly. The other giants travel around the world at night eating children. The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) captures dreams, bottles them and then travels the earth blowing sweet dreams into children’s head. See – we told you he was different! When Sophie discovers that giants are planning to eat the children of England, she and the BFG cook up an ingenious plot to free the world of guzzle-swallomping kid-eating giants forever! Each episode of Camel's Hump Radio features a compelling excerpt from a book, read by a professional actor and accented with original music. Our goal is to air an excerpt that hooks the listener into the story and ends with a finish that leaves them wanting to read the rest of the book. A companion website allows listeners to learn more about the featured books, authors and provides additional related material.
Broadcast History
One of fifteen pisodes featured in Season 6 of Camel's Hump Radio, produced by Vermont Public Radio.
Program aired 7pm Sunday 10/9/05 on Vermont Public Radio
Bill Harley hosts Camel's Hump Radio, a half-hour weekly stand-alone program. Each episode features a compelling excerpt from a book, read by a professional actor and accented with original music. Our goal is to air an excerpt that hooks the listener into the story and ends with a finish that leaves them wanting to read the rest of the book.
The series is produced by Vermont Public Radio (VPR). Host Bill Harley is a singer, storyteller, author and playwright who performs for family audiences nation-wide and is known to millions through his commentaries on National Public Radio (NPR). He has twice received Grammy nominations for his spoken-word recordings.
Harley introduces each book and offers background information about the story for listeners. A companion web site (www.camelshumpradio.net) allows listeners to learn more about the featured books and authors and provides additional related material. Posters and bookmarks can be downloaded from the site. In Vermont, school and public librarians promote the broadcast to their students via the posters and bookmarks.
Timing and Cues
TRT: 28:50
In: CHR Theme Music
Out: (theme music out)
Musical Works
Original music composed by Peter Engisch, copyright 2005 Vermont Public Radio.
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Review of THE BFG by Roald Dahl
I just spent a number of minutes trying to figure out which "tones" to assign to this piece. None of them are quite right. This is an adaptation of Roald Dahl's story "The BFG." It's a magical story that has been adapted, performed and produced beautifully by Camel's Hump Radio. It's a children's book, but I listened all alone, an adult in the car, and I was transported dreamily into the world of the story and just thoroughly enjoyed my time there. The producers seem to really "get" how to adapt fiction for the radio, and to create a program that works well, I think, for audiences young and old. The host is great. He speaks in a way that is on a child's level, but he does not speak down to them -- and he gives context to the story that satisfies an adult curiosity. You may not have a slot for this program in your schedule. It's a half hour, and if I were a Program Director I think I would not know where to put it unless I had a storytelling or children's slot in the sked. But it really is worth a listen. I plan to play it for my kids in the car on our next trip, and download more Camel's Hump programs.