Crackanory
Crackanory is a storytelling television series aimed at adults, inspired by the popular children's series Jackanory. Each episode features two 15-minute tales narrated by contemporary comedians and actors, containing a mix of live action and animation and all read from the same oversized chair.
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Bitter Tweet & What Peebee Did Next
13-11-2013Are you sitting comfortably? Jackanory gets a reboot as famous faces read comic tales. Jack Dee and Sally Phillips narrate stories about a Twitter addict and a dead toymaker.
- Ep 2
2.Fakespeare & What Do You Say?
20-11-2013Rebecca Front reads a story about a hack writer who discovers a lost Shakespeare play. Kevin Eldon then narrates the tale of an ungrateful man driven to insanity.
- Ep 3
3.The Teacup Has Landed & Pleasure Dome
27-11-2013Twisted tales read by Harry Enfield and Sarah Solemani. An office worker takes on a high-street coffee chain and a downtrodden librarian gains access to a CIA military drone.
- Ep 4
4.The Translator & Road to Hell
04-12-2013When a hungover Sabine accidentally mis-translates an exchange at a diplomatic summit, she realizes she can influence world politics by being creative with her interpreting. And a...
- Ep 5
5.Becoming Zoe & My Former Self
11-12-2013An unremarkable postman turns himself into the perfect boyfriend for a girl he has fallen in love with by reading her mail and absorbing all her interests. And a woman is visited b...
- Ep 6
6.Head in the Clouds & the Newsreader
18-12-2013Stephen Mangan and Hugh Dennis narrate funny yarns about a newsreader interviewing an evil dictator and a care assistant who moonlights as a superhero.
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