Crackanory. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions
Crackanory

Crackanory

  • TV comedy
  • Dave
  • 2013 - 2017
  • 26 episodes (4 series)

Series featuring stories from comedy writers, read out by well known comedians. The tales are accompanied by live action and animation.

Episode menu

Series 1, Episode 2 - Fakespeare & What Do You Say?

Rebecca Front narrates a story about a hack writer who finds a lost Bard play. Kevin Eldon tells a twisted tale about a man driven to insanity.

Further details

Crackanory. Kevin Eldon. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Rebecca Front reads Fakespeare by Toby Davies.

An author of erotic thrillers discovers an unknown Shakespeare but accidentally destroys the manuscript - so has to rewrite the play from scratch.

Kevin Eldon reads What Do You Say?, which he also wrote.

When an ungrateful man refuses to thank a helpful stranger, the strange man haunts him by persistently asking "What do you say?"

Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 20th November 2013
Time
10pm
Channel
Dave
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Thursday 21st November 2013 1:00am Dave
Thursday 21st November 2013 11:00pm Dave
Sunday 24th November 2013 11:00pm Dave
Saturday 5th April 2014 11:00pm Dave
Sunday 6th April 2014 2:30am Dave
Friday 5th September 2014 12:40am Dave
Monday 9th February 2015 2:15am Dave
Wednesday 18th January 2017 2:00am Dave
Wednesday 5th December 2018 3:00am Dave

Cast & crew

Guest cast
Kevin Eldon Host / Presenter
Rebecca Front Host / Presenter
Adeel Akhtar Alan
Cariad Lloyd Miss Hopps (Trevor's Secretary)
Alex Macqueen Trevor
Tom Meeten 'What Do You Say' Man
Katherine Jakeways Penelope (Trevor's Wife)
Alexander Kirk Vic (Foreman)
Writing team
Kevin Eldon Writer
Toby Davies Writer
Production team
Richard Pengelley Director
Jerry Forder Animation Director
Arnold Widdowson Producer
Ben Cavey Executive Producer
Andy Brereton Executive Producer
Mark Sangster Editor
Mo Holden Production Designer
Waen Shepherd Composer
Geoff McDowall Animation

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