Crackanory
| Crackanory | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Directed by | Richie Pengelley |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Arn Widdowson |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Tiger Aspect Productions |
| Distributor | Endemol UK |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Dave |
| Original run | 13 November 2013 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
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.[1] The first series attracted widespread critical acclaim and over half a million viewers to Dave.[2]
A second series was broadcast in 2014, and featured comedian Rik Mayall, who recorded a story just before his death. Channel boss Steve North was quoted as saying: that it was a "complete privilege" to work with Mayall [3]
First series
- Episode 1
- Jack Dee 'Bitter Tweet' by Nico Tatarowicz
- Sally Phillips 'What Peebee Did Next' by Toby Davies
- Episode 2
- Rebecca Front 'Fakespeare' by Toby Davies
- Kevin Eldon 'What Do You Say?' by Kevin Eldon
- Episode 3
- Harry Enfield 'The Teacup Has Landed' by Nico Tatarowicz
- Sarah Solemani 'Pleasure Drone' by Ali Crockatt and David Scott
- Episode 4
- Sharon Horgan 'The Translator' by Laurence Rickard
- Charlie Higson 'The Road To Hell' by Jeremy Dyson
- Episode 5
- Richard Hammond 'Becoming Zoe' by Simon Judd and Alex Carter
- Jessica Hynes 'My Former Self' by Holly Walsh
- Episode 6
- Hugh Dennis 'Head In The Clouds' by Jason Cook
- Stephen Mangan 'The Newsreader' by Jane Bussmann and Naisola Grimwood
Live action actors in the series include Alex MacQueen, Katherine Jakeways, James Bachman, Martha Howe-Douglas, Nick Mohammed, Vera Filatova, Cassie and Connie Powney.
Second series
- Episode 1
- Vic Reeves 'In Space No-one Can Hear You Clean' by Nico Tatarowicz
- Rik Mayall 'The Weatherman' by Tony Way [4]
- Episode 2
- Ben Miller 'Man's Best Friend' by Alexander Kirk
- Sue Perkins [5] 'Return to Sender' by Melissa Bubnic
- Episode 3
- David Mitchell 'The Surprise' by Toby Davies
- Katherine Parkinson 'The Crisis Plan' by Holly Walsh
- Episode 4
- Johnny Vegas 'Self Storage' by Alexander Kirk
- Meera Syal 'The Obituary Writer' by Katherine Jakeways, original story by David Crow and Oliver Maltman
- Episode 5
- Warwick Davis 'The Untangle' by Toby Davies
- Emilia Fox 'Murder He Wrote' by Nico Tatarowicz
- Episode 6
- Simon Callow 'Let Me Be the Judge ' by Kevin Eldon
- Ruby Wax 'I'm Still Here' by Ali Crockatt and David Scott
Live action actors in the second series include Simon Farnaby, Michael Fish, Alice Lowe, Kevin Eldon, Elis James, Oliver Maltman, Lucy Montgomery, Dominic Coleman, Tom Meeten and Sara Pascoe.
References
- ↑ Inspired 'storytime for adults' at chortle.co.uk
- ↑ Crackanory proves story time is not just for the kids.
- ↑ Series 2 of Crackanory will be on Dave this autumn
- ↑ Riks appearance on Crackanory follows the memorable reading of George's Marvellous Medicine he delivered on Jackanory in the 1980s
- ↑ Sue Perkins ices the Crackanory cake with a Bake-Off in-joke
External links
- Crackanory at the Internet Movie Database
- Harry Enfield returns with twisted spin on Jackanory storytelling classic