Crackanory
- TV comedy
- U&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
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
- U&Dave
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| 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) |
| Kevin Eldon | Writer |
| Toby Davies | Writer |
| 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 |