Crackanory

Season 1

2013 · 6 episodes

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Bitter Tweet & What Peebee Did Next

   13 Nov 2013

   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.

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   2. Fakespeare & What Do You Say?

   20 Nov 2013

   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.

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   3. The Teacup Has Landed & Pleasure Dome

   27 Nov 2013

   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.

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   4. The Translator & Road to Hell

   4 Dec 2013

   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.

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   5. Becoming Zoe & My Former Self

   11 Dec 2013

   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.

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   6. Head in the Clouds & the Newsreader

   18 Dec 2013

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