Crackanory

📊 Series Specifications

Network U&Dave
Episode Runtime ~30 min
Total Seasons 4
Total Episodes 26
Original Language EN

Crackanory (2013)

⭐ 3.4 / 5 (4 votes) 🎬 4 Seasons 📼 26 Episodes 🏷️ Comedy, Drama 📡 Ended
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Series Status:

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Synopsis

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.

Seasons & Episodes

E1 Bitter Tweet & What Peebee Did Next

Are 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.

E2 Fakespeare & What Do You Say?

Rebecca 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.

E3 The Teacup Has Landed & Pleasure Dome

Twisted 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.

E4 The Translator & Road to Hell

When 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 woman is stranded in a lay by after breaking down on Walpurgis night - a night of evil spirits and demonic forces.

E5 Becoming Zoe & My Former Self

An 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 by her eight year old self but lies about her life so she doesn't repeat the same mistakes.

E6 Head in the Clouds & the Newsreader

Stephen Mangan and Hugh Dennis narrate funny yarns about a newsreader interviewing an evil dictator and a care assistant who moonlights as a superhero.

Episodes for this season are available via edge tracking. View Episode 1 →
Episodes for this season are available via edge tracking. View Episode 1 →
Episodes for this season are available via edge tracking. View Episode 1 →