Crackanory

Crackanory
Genre Comedy
Directed by Richie Pengelley
Composer(s) Waen Shepherd
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 3
No. of episodes 18
Production
Executive producer(s) Arn Widdowson
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) Tiger Aspect Productions
Distributor Endemol UK
Release
Original network Dave
Original release 13 November 2013 (2013-11-13) – 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, original music and animation, all read from the same oversized chair, in a set consistent and reflective of the story.[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]

The third series, commissioned by UKTV was broadcast in December 2015 and was sponsored by the Amazon-owned digital audio service Audible [4] The guest story readers for the six-part series included Christopher Lloyd, known for his roles in long-running sitcom Taxi and as Doc Brown in the Back To The Future trilogy. [5]

First series

Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3


Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6

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
Episode 2
Episode 3


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
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, Cariad Lloyd, Tom Meeten and Sara Pascoe.

Third series

Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3


Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6

Live action actors in the third series include Janine Duvitski, Amy Hoggart, Kevin Eldon, Perry Fitzpatrick, Ray Panthaki, Kerry Howard, Alice Lowe, Martha Howe-Douglas, Marcia Warren, Kerry Godliman and Steve Oram.

References

  1. ↑ Inspired 'storytime for adults' at chortle.co.uk
  2. ↑ Crackanory proves story time is not just for the kids.
  3. ↑ Series 2 of Crackanory will be on Dave this autumn
  4. ↑ UKTV teams up with Audible for third series of Crackanory
  5. ↑ Christopher Lloyd joins Crackanory Series 3
  6. ↑ Riks appearance on Crackanory follows the memorable reading of George's Marvellous Medicine he delivered on Jackanory in the 1980s
  7. ↑ Sue Perkins ices the Crackanory cake with a Bake-Off in-joke

External links

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