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.
Cast:Tom Meeten , Matthew Steer , Nicholas Burns , Amy Hoggart , Chanel Brunker , Martha Howe-Douglas , Cariad Lloyd , Jamie Glassman , Kevin Eldon , Kenneth Collard , Steve Oram , Alexander Owen , Katherine Jakeways , Janine Duvitski , Perry Fitzpatrick , Richard Glover , Kerry Howard , Alexander Kirk
S2.E1 ∙ In Space No One Can Hear You Clean & the Weather Man
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.
S2.E2 ∙ Man's Best Friend & Return to Sender
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.
S2.E3 ∙ The Surprise & the Crisis Plan
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.
S2.E4 ∙ Self Storage & the Obituary Writer
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.
S2.E5 ∙ The Untangler & Murder He Wrote
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.
S2.E6 ∙ Let Me Be the Judge & I'm Still Here
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.
