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Danny, the Champion of the World
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For the film based on the book, see Danny, the Champion of the World (film).
Danny the Champion of the World
Original book cover
Author
Roald Dahl
Illustrator
Jill Bennett (original)
Quentin Blake
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Genre
Children's
Published
1975 Jonathan Cape (original)
Puffin Books (current)
Media type
Print (Hardback, Paperback)
Pages
224
ISBN
0-14-032873-4
Danny, the Champion of the World is a 1975 children's book by Roald Dahl. The plot centres on Danny, a young English boy, and his father, William, who live in a Gypsy caravan fixing cars for a living and partake in poaching pheasants. It was first published in 1975 in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape.
It was adapted into a made-for-TV movie in 1989 by Thames Television which starred Jeremy Irons. It is based on Dahl's adult short story "Champion of the World" which first appeared in print in The New Yorker magazine,[1] as did some of the other short stories that would later be reprinted as Kiss Kiss (1960). Peter Serafinowicz provides the English language audiobook recording.[2]

Contents
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1 Summary
2 TV movie
3 Relations to other Roald Dahl books
4 Editions
5 References
Summary[edit]
Danny is only four months old when his mother dies, and at the beginning of the book, he lives with his widowed father, William, in a gypsy caravan, where William operates a service station and a garage. When Danny is nine years old, he discovers that William has regularly participated in poaching pheasants owned by local magnate, Mr. Victor Hazell. One morning later, at 2:10 am, Danny discovers William's absence; and out of fear of some misfortune, he drives an Austin Seven to Hazell's Wood, where he finally finds William in a trap, incapacitated by a broken ankle, and takes him home. While William recovers from his injury, he and Danny discover that Mr. Hazell's annual pheasant launch party is approaching, which he welcomes to dukes, lords, barons, baronets, wealthy businessmen, etc., and they decide to humiliate him by capturing all the pheasants in the forest. To this end, Danny suggests that he and William place the contents of the sleeping pills prescribed by their surgeon, Doc Spencer, into the raisins that the pheasants will eat; and William calls this new method the "Sleeping Beauty".
After having hunted 120 pheasants from Hazell's Wood, William and Danny hide them in the house of the local vicar, while they take a taxi home. The next day, Mrs. Grace Clipstone, the vicar's wife, delivers the sleeping pheasants in a specially built large baby carriage, but the narcotic wears off and many of them try to escape. Still drugged, every one alights around the service station, just when Mr. Hazell arrives. With the help of Sergeant Enoch Samways, the village policeman, William and Danny gather the stunned pheasants in the Rolls Royce of Mr. Hazell; but when they wake up completely, they escape. Mr. Hazell leaves disgraced and ruins his shooting party. The book ends when Danny is hailed as "the champion of the world" by William, Doc Spencer and Sgt. Samways, of which the majority acquires two pheasants, each of which has died of a drug overdose. William and Danny then walk into town, intending to buy a new oven to cook their pheasants.
TV movie[edit]
Main article: Danny, the Champion of the World (film)
The book was adapted into a made-for-TV movie in 1989 by Thames Television. It was directed by Gavin Millar and starred Jeremy Irons as William and his son, Samuel, as Danny, with Robbie Coltrane as Mr. Hazell. It was released to Region 2 DVD in 2006.
Relations to other Roald Dahl books[edit]
Danny, The Champion of the World is based on a previous short story by Dahl, entitled The Champion of the World, which was first published in The New Yorker Magazine in 1959 and later re-published in the compilation Kiss Kiss. The original story has a similar premise, but with adults as the main characters.
Danny recalls a bedtime story of a "Big Friendly Giant" who captures good dreams and blows them into children's bedrooms at night. Dahl would later use the same concept in the full-length novel entitled The BFG.
In one section of the story distinct from the rest, Danny describes being caned by his teacher, Captain Lancaster, for cheating in an exam. This is similar to an experience that Dahl recounted of his own teacher, Captain Hardcastle, in Boy.
Editions[edit]
ISBN 0-435-12221-5 (hardback, 1975)
ISBN 0-14-032287-6 (paperback, 1977)
ISBN 0-14-032873-4 (paperback, 1988)
ISBN 0-224-03749-8 (hardback, 1994)
ISBN 0-14-037157-5 (paperback, 1994)
ISBN 0-224-06469-X (paperback, 2002)
ISBN 0-375-81425-6 (hardback, 2002)
ISBN 0-375-91425-0 (library binding, 2002)
ISBN 0-14-131132-0 (hardback, 2004)
References[edit]
Jump up ^ All works by Roald Dahl. The New Yorker. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
Jump up ^ "Danny, the Champion of the World". Penguin Books. Retrieved 20 November 2015
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Children's fiction
The Gremlins (1943)
James and the Giant Peach (1961)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964)
The Magic Finger (1966)
Fantastic Mr Fox (1970)
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972)
Danny, the Champion of the World (1975)
The Enormous Crocodile (1978)
The Twits (1980)
George's Marvellous Medicine (1981)
The BFG (1982)
The Witches (1983)
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (1985)
Matilda (1988)
Esio Trot (1990)
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke (1991)
The Minpins (1991)
Children's poetry
Revolting Rhymes (1982)
Dirty Beasts (1983)
Rhyme Stew (1989)
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Sometime Never: A Fable for Supermen (1948)
My Uncle Oswald (1979)
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Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying (1946)
Someone Like You (1953)
Kiss Kiss (1960)
Lamb to the Slaughter (1953)
Switch Bitch (1974)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977)
The Best of Roald Dahl (1978)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
More Tales of the Unexpected (1980)
The Roald Dahl Omnibus (1986)
Two Fables (1986)
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: The Country Stories of Roald Dahl (1989)
The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl (1991)
The Roald Dahl Treasury (1997)
The Great Automatic Grammatizator (1998)
Skin and Other Stories (2000)
Roald Dahl: Collected Stories (2006)
Non-fiction
The Mildenhall Treasure (1946)
Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984)
Going Solo (1986)
Memories with Food at Gipsy House (1991)
Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety (1991)
My Year (1993)
Film adaptations
36 Hours (1965)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Danny, the Champion of the World (1989)
The BFG (1989)
The Witches (1990)
Four Rooms (1995)
James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Matilda (1996)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2015)
The BFG (2016)
Revolting Rhymes (2016)
Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2017)
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The Bells of Hell Go Ting-a-ling-a-ling (1966, unfinished)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
The Night Digger (1971)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
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'Way Out (1961)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979–88)
Musicals and plays
The Honeys (1955)
James and the Giant Peach (2010)
Matilda (2010)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2013)
Fantastic Mr Fox (2016)
See also
Quentin Blake
Roald Dahl bibliography
Roald Dahl short stories bibliography
Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories (1983)
List of Tales of the Unexpected episodes
Related
Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre
Roald Dahl Children's Gallery
Patricia Neal (wife)
Tessa Dahl (daughter)
Ophelia Dahl (daughter)
Lucy Dahl (daughter)
Sophie Dahl (granddaughter)
Phoebe Dahl (granddaughter)
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Arrieta
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Location of Arrieta within the Basque Country
Coordinates: 43°19′36″N 2°30′48″W / 43.32667°N 2.51333°W / 43.32667; -2.51333
Country
Spain
Autonomous community
País Vasco
Province
Biscay
Comarca
Mungialdea
Government
• Mayor
Ángel María Acillona (PNV-EAJ)
Area
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14.47 km2 (5.59 sq mi)
Elevation
203 m (666 ft)
Population (2014)
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573
• Density
40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone
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CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code
48114
Arrieta (both in Basque and Spanish) is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. Arrieta is part of the comarca of Mungialdea and has a population of 552 inhabitants as of 2007.
Toponym[edit]
This municipality has its origin in the elizate Líbano de Arrieta, which became a municipality in the 19th Century. The toponym Arrieta comes from the Basque word harrieta, which means "stony place".
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Farthing (British coin)
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This article is about the bronze coin minted between 1860 and 1956. For the earlier history of the farthing, see History of the farthing.
One farthing
United Kingdom
Value
1⁄960 pound sterling
Mass
2.83 g
Diameter
20.19 mm
Edge
Plain
Composition
Bronze
Years of minting
1860–1956
Obverse
Design
Elizabeth II
Designer
Mary Gillick
Design date
1953
Reverse
Design
Wren (Britannia on earlier mintages)
Designer
Harold Wilson Parker
Design date
1937
Old-style reverse used 1895 to 1936 featuring Britannia
The British farthing (¼d) coin, from "fourthing", was a unit of currency of one quarter of a penny, or 1/960 of a pound sterling. It was minted in bronze, and replaced the earlier copper farthings. It was used during the reign of six monarchs: Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI and Elizabeth II, ceasing to be legal tender in 1960. It featured two different designs on its reverse during its 100 years in circulation: from 1860 until 1936, the image of Britannia; and from 1937 onwards, the image of a wren. Like all British coinage, it bore the portrait of the monarch on the obverse.[1]
Before Decimal Day in 1971, there were 240 pence in one pound sterling. There were four farthings in a penny, 12 pence made a shilling, and 20 shillings made a pound. Values less than a pound were usually written in terms of shillings and pence, e.g. three shillings and six pence (3/6), pronounced "three and six" or "three and sixpence". Values of less than a shilling were simply written in terms of pence, e.g. 8d, pronounced "eightpence". A price with a farthing in it would be written like this: (19/11¼), pronounced "nineteen and elevenpence farthing".
As of 2014, the purchasing power of a farthing in 1960 (at its demise) ranged between 2p and 7p (in 2014 GB Pound values).[2]
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The original reverse of the coin, designed by Leonard Charles Wyon, is a seated Britannia, holding a trident, with the word FARTHING above. Issues before 1895 also feature a lighthouse to Britannia's left and a ship to her right. Various minor adjustments to the level of the sea depicted around Britannia, and the angle of her trident were also made over the years. Some issues feature toothed edges, while others feature beading.
Over the years, seven different obverses were used. Edward VII, George V, George VI and Elizabeth II each had a single obverse for farthings produced during their respective reigns. Over the long reign of Queen Victoria two different obverses were used, and the short reign of Edward VIII meant that no farthings bearing his likeness were ever issued.
The farthing was first issued with the so-called "bun head", or "draped bust" of Queen Victoria on the obverse. The inscription around the bust read VICTORIA D G BRITT REG F D (abbreviated Latin: Victoria by the grace of God queen of Britain defender of the faith). This was replaced in 1895 by the "old head", or "veiled bust". The inscription on these coins read VICTORIA DEI GRA BRITT REGINA FID DEF IND IMP (Victoria by the grace of God queen of Britain defender of the faith empress of India).
Coins issued during the reign of Edward VII feature his likeness and bear the inscription EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA BRITT OMN REX FID DEF IND IMP (Edward VII by the grace of God king of all Britain defender of the faith emperor of India). Similarly, those issued during the reign of George V feature his likeness and bear the inscription GEORGIVS V DEI GRA BRITT OMN REX FID DEF IND IMP (George V by the grace of God king of all Britain defender of the faith emperor of India).
A farthing of King Edward VIII (1936) does exist, dated 1937, but technically it is a pattern coin i.e. one produced for official approval, which it would probably have been due to receive about the time that the King abdicated. The obverse shows a left-facing portrait of the king (who considered this to be his best side, and consequently broke the tradition of alternating the direction in which the monarch faces on coins — some viewed this as indicating bad luck for the reign); the inscription on the obverse is EDWARDVS VIII D G BR OMN REX F D IND IMP (Edward VIII by the grace of God king of all Britain defender of the faith emperor of India).
The pattern coin of Edward VIII and regular-issue farthings of George VI and Elizabeth II feature a redesigned reverse displaying the wren, one of Britain's smallest birds.
George VI issue coins feature the inscription GEORGIVS VI D G BR OMN REX F D IND IMP (George VI by the grace of God king of all Britain defender of the faith emperor of India) before 1949, and GEORGIVS VI D G BR OMN REX FIDEI DEF (George VI by the grace of God king of all Britain defender of the faith) thereafter. Unlike the penny, farthings were minted throughout the early reign of Elizabeth II, bearing the inscription ELIZABETH II DEI GRA BRITT OMN REGINA F D (Elizabeth II by the grace of God queen of all Britain defender of the faith) in 1953, and ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F D (Elizabeth II by the grace of God queen defender of the faith) thereafter.
OBVERSE DESIGNS
Victoria (old)
Victoria (new)
Edward VII
George V
George VI
Elizabeth II
Mintages[edit]
[show]Victoria (Veiled bust)
1895 ~ 2,852,852 (inc bun head bust)
1896 ~ 3,668,610
1897 ~ 4,579,800
1898 ~ 4,010,080
1899 ~ 3,864,616
1900 ~ 5,969,317
1901 ~ 8,016,460
[show]Edward VII
1902 ~ 5,125,120
1903 ~ 5,331,200
1904 ~ 3,628,800
1905 ~ 4,076,800
1906 ~ 5,340,160
1907 ~ 4,399,360
1908 ~ 4,264,960
1909 ~ 8,852,480
1910 ~ 2,298,400
[show]George V
1911 ~ 5,196,800
1912 ~ 7,669,760
1913 ~ 4,184,320
1914 ~ 6,126,988
1915 ~ 7,129,255
1916 ~ 10,993,325
1917 ~ 21,434,844
1918 ~ 19,362,818
1919 ~ 15,089,425
1920 ~ 11,480,536
1921 ~ 9,469,097
1922 ~ 9,956,983
1923 ~ 8,034,457
1924 ~ 8,733,414
1925 ~ 12,634,697
1926 ~ 9,792,397
1927 ~ 7,868,355
1928 ~ 11,625,600
1929 ~ 8,419,200
1930 ~ 4,195,200
1931 ~ 6,595,200
1932 ~ 9,292,800
1933 ~ 4,560,000
1934 ~ 3,052,800
1935 ~ 2,227,200
1936 ~ 9,734,400
[show]George VI
1937 ~ 8,131,200
1938 ~ 7,449,600
1939 ~ 31,440,000
1940 ~ 18,360,000
1941 ~ 27,312,000
1942 ~ 28,857,600
1943 ~ 33,345,600
1944 ~ 25,137,600
1945 ~ 23,736,000
1946 ~ 24,364,800
1947 ~ 14,745,600
1948 ~ 16,622,400
1949 ~ 8,424,000
1950 ~ 10,324,800
1950 Proof ~ 17,513
1951 ~ 14,016,000
1951 Proof ~ 20,000
1952 ~ 5,251,200
[show]Elizabeth II
1953 ~ 6,131,037
1954 ~ 6,566,400
1955 ~ 5,779,200
1956 ~ 1,996,800
See also[edit]
Pound sterling
Mill (currency)
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Michael, Thomas and Cuhaj, George S. Collecting World Coins: Circulating Issues 1901 - Present. Krause Publications, 2001.
Jump up ^ "Purchasing Power of British Pounds from 1270 to Present". measuringworth.com. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
External links[edit]
Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Farthing.
British Coins – information about British coins (from 1656 to 1952)
Collection of copper & bronze pennies of Great Britain
About Farthings A photographic collection of farthings
Farthings Private Collection of farthings dating from 1799-1956
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