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.
Crackanory (Season 2)
In Space No One Can Hear You Clean & the Weather Man (Episode 1)
Air date: 2014-09-24
Overview: A cleaner is accidentally launched into space and a weatherman finds that he can control the weather in darkly comic tales read by Vic Reeves and Rik Mayall.
Man's Best Friend & Return to Sender (Episode 2)
Air date: 2014-10-01
Overview: A scientist creates the perfect wife - using his dog's brain and a prisoner escapes from jail by posting herself out in two twisted tales read by Ben Miller and Sue Perkins.
The Surprise & the Crisis Plan (Episode 3)
Air date: 2014-10-08
Overview: David Mitchell and Katherine Parkinson read two dark tales in which a group of party guests fear for their lives and the survivors of an earthquake contemplate cannibalism.
Self Storage & the Obituary Writer (Episode 4)
Air date: 2014-10-15
Overview: Johnny Vegas and Meera Syal read two more twisted tales of a man who finds relics from his dodgy past and a murderous obituary writer.
The Untangler & Murder He Wrote (Episode 5)
Air date: 2014-10-22
Overview: A man with a gift for untangling things tries to woo a princess and a wife is framed for murder by her husband in two tales narrated by Warwick Davis and Emilia Fox.
Let Me Be the Judge & I'm Still Here (Episode 6)
Air date: 2014-10-29
Overview: A TV talent show judge gets a taste of their own medicine and a street performer poses as a statue in order to foil an art heist in two more darkly comic tales.
