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@joestem1 I've occasionally wondered about it, but I'm not really sure about the implications of doing so. Channels like this essentially exist at the tolerance of the BBC etc, whose work is platformed - so I'm not sure if podcasting would be a more 'provocative' way of sharing these things...

Consider your comment pinned. I have fond memories of reading that novel, aged about 10 during a beach holiday...

Then you would be advised to listen to a platform other than youtube which inserts these adverts. May I suggest you take your complaint to them, rather than to the person who spent their personal time making these stories available to you?

Or sign up to TH-cam premium, it's ad free. Unbelievable and ungrateful people about

​@mysteriousmagpie ​Please accept my heartfelt apologies and ko-fi. I do appreciate your pains making these stories available. I'd no idea Roald Dahl ever wrote for adults, and was quite delighted to discover these gems in my feed-- especially how he lets the reader work out the endings by clues gleaned along the way during the story, provided they've been sufficiently attentive (which is greatly aided by the reading cadence and expressive tone here). I began using your @MysteriousMagpie uploads recently to deal with insomnia; they seem to draw my mind away from progressive Multiple Sclerosis issues. So thanks for that. From sampling readings offered on other channels, I was of the impression that TH-cam allowed adverts to be presented in rapidfire succession, all in one go, before the tale proper ever got underway, as opposed to sprinkling them throughout as obtrusive mid-roll ads that interrupt the flow. I do regret my curt comment, seeing as you've gone to all the trouble of submitting Mr. Dahl's carefully-constructed short stories. By rights, TH-cam ought to reward thoughtful content curators like yourself with a monetized incentive system for your efforts, since they plug their wares where it pleases them. After all, they'd hardly exist without the likes of you, would they.

@@jtischCB Not to worry, I also regret the sharpness of my previous comment. I'm afraid it's a relatively common event for people to complain about adverts that are beyond my control, and it's proved a little wearing as I don't put the adverts there and don't profit from them. This doesn't at all mean that I don't understand why intrusive adverts would also be annoying, of course. I'm afraid they represent a bit of a dilemma, because in the main they are present on my videos because they contain licenced music (that is, the licence-holders allow it to be used on youtube). The adverts are present to provide compensation to the owners of that music - but I get the impression that YT put more adverts in depending on how popular a video proves to be. I believe you're correct in saying that adverts can be placed more sensitively - but that's only really true of channels that have been monetized (i.e. the advert revenue goes to the channel owner). Because the radio programmes I share here are not of my creation, the channel can't be monetised, so I have no control at all over the positioning of them. However - you'll certainly find that some of my videos don't have adverts because they don't contain any music - there are many readings that you may like, including some readings of the Dahl stories dramatised here. Dahl is a very interesting man - as you say, famous for being a children's author, but his career was very diverse - he even wrote the script for a James Bond film, and personally contributed to the development of a medical device that helped to alleviate hydracefalus in young children. There are, as I say, some ways to deal with adverts so that your listening is interrupted - one is indeed to pay for YT premium membership, and I understand why that wouldn't be attractive. However, there are also 'ad-blockers' available for free, which you might want to look into... Have a Happy Christmas!

Bear with me, it's been a while since I listened to it. I'll give it another listen and then give you my opinion.

Absolutely - there's also a dramatisation of the story on the channel, an episode of a series called 'The Female Ghost'.

I've a suspicion (but don't know) that they put more on when a video is popular, unfortunately. It's one of the reasons i've started reposting older videos...