About this season
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.
Episodes (6)
1. In Space No One Can Hear You Clean & the Weather Man
Aired 24 September 2014
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.
2. Man's Best Friend & Return to Sender
Aired 1 October 2014
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.
3. The Surprise & the Crisis Plan
Aired 8 October 2014
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.
4. Self Storage & the Obituary Writer
Aired 15 October 2014
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.
5. The Untangler & Murder He Wrote
Aired 22 October 2014
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.
6. Let Me Be the Judge & I'm Still Here
Aired 29 October 2014
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.