Listen to a selection of extracts from our Roald Dahl audiobooks - from Kate Winslet's brilliant rendition of Hortensia to Peter Serafinowicz's Sergeant Samways, there's a little something for everyone. 

While you're here, why not check out our Roald Dahl audiobooks app for iOS. More information over on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/roald-dahl-audiobooks/id732002985?mt=8

Phizz-whizzing new Roald Dahl audiobooks

An extract from the new, unabridged audiobook edition of Roald Dahl's bestselling autobiography Boy, read by Dan Stevens from Downton Abbey.

About the book:
Throughout his young days at school and just afterwards, a number of things happened to Roald Dahl, which made such a tremendous impression he never forgot them. Boy is the remarkable story of Roald Dahl's childhood; tales of exciting and strange things - some funny, some frightening, all true.

Roald Dahl: Boy (Audiobook Extract) read by Dan Stevens

Esio Trot, read by Quentin Blake

Mr Hoppy loves Mrs Silver.
Mrs Silver loves Alfie the tortoise.

Sometimes Mr Hoppy wishes he could become a tortoise.
Until one day he finds a way to win Mrs Silver's heart, with the help of some magic, and some cabbage . . .

Roald Dahl: Esio Trot (Audiobook Extract) read by Quentin Blake

An extract from a marvellous new celebrity reading of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr Fox.  

Mr Fox steals food from the horrible farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean - one fat, one short, one lean.

These three crooks concoct a plan to dig Mr Fox out of his home, but they don't realise how truly fantastic Mr Fox is, or how far he'll go to save his family . . .

Roald Dahl: Fantastic Mr Fox (Audiobook Extract) read by Chris O'Dowd

An extract of a phizz-whizzing reading of Roald Dahl's George's Marvellous Medicine. 

George Kranky is eight-years-old and wondering what sort of mischief he might get into. George's Grandma is a grizzly old grouch and George wants to teach her a lesson . . .

And when Grandma's finished drinking George's marvellous medicine, she'll really have something to grumble about. 


Roald Dahl: George's Marvellous Medicine (Audiobook Extract) read by Derek Jacobi

An extract of The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, read by Hugh Laurie

Billy dreams of turning a weird old wooden house into a wonderful sweet-shop. But a giraffe, a pelly and a monkey already live inside!

Soon they are friends, and when they meet the richest man in England, Billy's scrumptious-galumptious dream just might come true . . .


Roald Dahl: The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (Audiobook Extract) Read by Hugh Laurie

An extract of Roald Dahl's Going Solo, read by Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens.

The second part of Roald Dahl's remarkable life story, following on from Boy. When he grew up, Roald Dahl left England for Africa - and a series of dangerous adventures began. From tales of plane crashes to surviving snake bites, this is Roald Dahl's extraordinary life before becoming the world's number one storyteller.


Roald Dahl: Going Solo (Audiobook Extract) read by Dan Stevens

The Magic Finger read by Kate Winslet

'Well, that did it.
I saw red. 
And before I was able to stop myself, I did something I never meant to do.
I PUT THE MAGIC FINGER ON THEM ALL!'

Roald Dahl: The Magic Finger (Audiobook Extract) read by Kate Winslet

An extract of The Minpins read by Bill Bailey

Little Billy doesn't really believe there are monsters in the wood, but the red-hot smoke-belching gruncher is real enough, and so are the tiny minpins, whose miniature world is in danger.


Roald Dahl: The Minpins (Audiobook Extract) read by Bill Bailey

An extract from a brand new recording of Roald Dahl's classic The Witches, read by actress Miranda Richardson. 

The Witches have a motto: One child a week is fifty-two a year. Squish them and squiggle them and make them disappear.

The Grand High Witch of All the World is the scariest of the lot, but one boy and the grandmother he adores have a plan to get rid of the witches for good.

Roald Dahl: The Witches (Audiobook Extract) read by Miranda Richardson

Douglas Hodge, aka Willy Wonka in the new musical of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, narrates this special podcast all about the making of the new Roald Dahl audiobooks, to celebrate the launch of our new Roald Dahl Audiobooks app.

And now you can hear all your favourite Roald Dahl stories in one phizz-whizzing FREE app, with such whipplescrumptious celebrity readers as Kate Winslet, David Walliams and Stephen Fry. With specially composed music and sound-effects recorded at Pinewood Film Studios, this is audio storytelling as you have never heard it before.

Download your best-loved Roald Dahl story and enjoy some foulsome fiends, tricksy inventors and magical mischief with your morning brew.

With fantastic features including free access to the first chapter of every title, in–app purchase to continue the story and the ability to stream the audiobooks, the Roald Dahl audiobooks app is available from the App Store on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore.

The Penguin Podcast: The Making of the Roald Dahl Audiobooks feat. Douglas Hodge & Chris O'Dowd

Swizzle your ears for some of the finest, most fantastic first words every written, spoken and dreamt. Stay tuned for more extracts from Roald Dahl’s best loved children’s stories and if you like what you hear then visit the Apple App. Store to download the Audiobooks App for free!

Have a listen to Matilda, read by Kate Winslet, which was recognized by the American Library Association as an Odyssey Honour Book. 

With fantastic features including free access to the first chapter of every title, in–app purchase to continue the story and the ability to stream the audiobooks, the Roald Dahl Audiobooks App is available from the App Store on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore.


Roald Dahl: Matilda read by Kate Winslet

Swiggle your ears for some of the finest, most fantastic first words every written, spoken and dreamt. Stay tuned for more extracts from Roald Dahl’s best loved children’s stories and if you like what you hear then visit the Apple App. Store to download the Audiobooks App and listen to 19 first chapters for FREE!

With fantastic features including free access to the first chapter of every title, in–app purchase to continue the story and the ability to stream the audiobooks, the Roald Dahl Audiobooks App is available from the App Store on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore.

Roald Dahl: BFG read by David Walliams

Swizzle your ears for some of the finest, most fantastic first words every written, spoken and dreamt. Stay tuned for more extracts from Roald Dahl’s best loved children’s stories and if you like what you hear then visit the Apple App. Store to download the Audiobooks App for free!

With fantastic features including free access to the first chapter of every title, in–app purchase to continue the story and the ability to stream the audiobooks, the Roald Dahl Audiobooks App is available from the App Store on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore.



Roald Dahl: James and the Giant Peach read by Julian Rhind-Tutt

Swizzle your ears for some of the finest, most fantastic first words every written, spoken and dreamt. Stay tuned for more extracts from Roald Dahl’s best loved children’s stories and if you like what you hear then visit the Apple App. Store to download the Audiobooks App for free!

With fantastic features including free access to the first chapter of every title, in–app purchase to continue the story and the ability to stream the audiobooks, the Roald Dahl audiobooks app is available from the App Store on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore. 

Have a listen to Matilda, read by Kate Winslet, which was recognized by the American Library Association as an Odyssey Honour Book.

Roald Dahl: The Enormous Crocodile read by Stephen Fry

Penguin Audiobooks Roald Dahl's classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, read by Douglas Hodge, who plays Willy Wonka in the West End musical. This audiobook features original music and sound design by Pinewood film studios.

Charlie Bucket desperately wants to eat more than cabbage soup every day. But even more than that, he longs to see Wonka's enormous chocolate factory!

Now Mr Willy Wonka, the most wondrous inventor in the world, has hidden golden tickets inside his delicious creamy chocolate bars. Only five winners can go through those great iron gates; will one of them be Charlie?

Douglas Hodge is a multi-award-winning English actor, with Olivier and Tony awards for his performance in La Cage aux Folles, and nominations for his leading roles in Cyrano de Bergerac, Guys and Dolls and Inadmissible Evidence. In 2013 he is playing the role of Willy Wonka in Sam Mendes' musical of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

This audiobook CD is available to buy from penguin.co.uk, Amazon.co.uk and all good bookshops.


Roald Dahl: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Audiobook Extract) read by Douglas Hodge

Penguin Audiobooks presents Roald Dahl's Matilda, read by multi-award-winning actress Kate Winslet.

Matilda Wormwood is an extraordinary genius with really stupid parents.
Miss Trunchbull is her terrifying headmistress who thinks all her pupils are rotten little stinkers.

But Matilda will show these horrible grown-ups that even though she's only small, she's got some very powerful tricks up her sleeve . . .

Kate Winslet's award-winning and varied career has included standout roles in Titanic, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Finding Neverland, Revolutionary Road and The Reader, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Also a highly acclaimed voice artist, she received the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for Listen to the Storyteller.

This audiobook CD is available to buy from penguin.co.uk, Waterstones.co.uk, Foyles.co.uk, Amazon.co.uk and all good bookshops.

Roald Dahl: Matilda (Audiobook Extract) read by Kate Winslet

Penguin Audiobooks presents Roald Dahl's The BFG, read by actor, writer, and Britain's Got Talent judge David Walliams. This audiobook features original music and sound design by Pinewood film studios.

The BFG is a nice and jumbly giant. In fact, he is the only big friendly giant in Giant Country.

All the other giants are big bonecrunching brutes, and now the BFG and his friend Sophie must stop them guzzling up little human beans - with some help from Her Majester, the Queen.

David Walliams is a multi-award winning British comedian, actor and writer, best known for the comedy series Little Britain; but his acting work includes plays, dramas and films. He is also the author of five hugely successful children's books, including two illustrated by Quentin Blake - Roald Dahl's favourite illustrator.

Roald Dahl: The BFG (Audiobook Extract) read by David Walliams

Penguin Audiobooks presents Roald Dahl's classic Danny the Champion of the World, read with warmth by the actor and comedian Peter Serafinowicz.

Danny thinks his dad is the most marvellous and exciting father any boy ever had - but Danny's dad has a very big secret.

This secret leads them both into the strangest adventure of their lives, and a daring plot that makes Danny the champion of the world.

Peter Serafinowicz is an award-winning English actor, writer, voice-artist, comedian and director. He has appeared in films such as Shaun of the Dead and Couples Retreat. As a voice artist his roles have ranged from Darth Maul in Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace to Driver Dan in the CBeebies programme StoryTrain.

This audiobook CD is available to buy from penguin.co.uk, Amazon.co.uk and all good bookshops.

Roald Dahl: Danny the Champion of the World (Audiobook Extract) read by Peter Serafinowicz

Stephen Fry reads this enhanced audiobook edition of Roald Dahl's The Enormous Crocodile.  The audiobook features original music and 3D sound design by Pinewood film studios.

The Enormous Crocodile is a greedy grumptious brute who loves to guzzle up little girls and boys.

But the other animals have a scheme to get the better of this foul fiend, once and for all!

Stephen Fry is an award-winning comedian, actor, presenter, director and writer. Television work includes A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Jeeves and Wooster, Blackadder and the host of QI. On film, he played Oscar Wilde, and appeared in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
and The Hobbit. His voice work includes narrating the Harry Potter books.

Roald Dahl:The Enormous Crocodile (Audiobook Extract) read by Stephen Fry. SFX by Pinewood Studios

Penguin Audiobooks presents Roald Dahl's classic Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, read by the actor Douglas Hodge, who plays Willy Wonka in the hit musical adaptation of the book.  This audiobook features original music.

Charlie Bucket and his family are rushing around the Earth at seventeen-thousand miles an hour in a great glass elevator.

It belongs to the fantastic Mr Willy Wonka, and the adventure becomes even greater upon discovering they're not the only ones orbiting the Earth at that particular time . . .

Douglas Hodge is a multi-award-winning English actor, with Olivier and Tony awards for his performance in La Cage aux Folles, and nominations for his leading roles in Cyrano de Bergerac, Guys and Dolls and Inadmissible Evidence. In 2013 he is playing the role of Willy Wonka in Sam Mendes' musical of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Roald Dahl: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Audiobook Extract) read by Douglas Hodge

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