Timelines

This timeline contains all information about Roald Dahl’s life, the books he wrote, and movies, television shows, and theater productions he was involved in. It continues past his death to the present day (since new Dahl works are still being released).

1968

Selected Stories of Roald Dahl

1969

Twenty Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl

1970

Fantastic Mr. Fox

1971

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and The Night Digger

 

Dahl adapted his own book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for this film.
 

 

Dahl wrote the screenplay for this film based on Joy Cowley’s novel Nest in a Falling Tree. (The film was released in the UK as The Road Builder.)

1972

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

1974

Switch B***h

1974

“The Great Switcheroo”

April 1974 –“The Great Switcheroo” is published in Playboy magazine.

1974

“The Butler Did It”

May 1974 – “The Butler Did It” is published in Travel and Leisure magazine. (The story would be later republished as “The Butler.”)

1974

“B***h”

July 1974 – “B***h” is published in Playboy magazine.

1974

“Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life, at Last I’ve Found Thee”

September 14, 1974 – “Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life, at Last I’ve Found Thee” is published in The New York Times. (The story would later be republished as “Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life.”)

1975

Danny the Champion of the World

1977

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More

1978

The Enormous Crocodile and The Best of Roald Dahl

1979

My Uncle Oswald, Tales of the Unexpected, and Taste and Other Tales

1979

Separation

Roald separates from Patricia Neal.

1979

Tales of the Unexpected

March 24, 1979 – Tales of the Unexpected premieres on television and Roald hosts the first two seasons.

1979

Desert Island Discs

Roald appears on Desert Island Discs (radio show) in November 1979 on BBC Radio 4.

1980

The Twits, More Tales of the Unexpected, and A Roald Dahl Selection: Nine Short Stories

1980

Nativity

This short film was based on “Genesis and Catastrophe.”

1981

George’s Marvelous Medicine