Crackanory
(2013)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 4
Pickled
Episode 8 - 2-09-2017
A down on his luck man, a former aristocrat who squandered away his fortune, stumbles upon an old house with a mysterious inhabitant.
Haven't Seen
The Disappearance
Episode 7 - 2-08-2017
In London in 1910, an illusionist performs his famed "the lady vanishes" act. Only this time his assistant really has vanished without a trace. Has he actually acquired real magic powers?
Haven't Seen
Devil's Haircut
Episode 6 - 2-07-2017
In New York City in the 1940s, the baritone in a barbershop quartet unwittingly agrees to sell his soul to the devil to make sure that his group win in the national finals.
Haven't Seen
Proxy Lady
Episode 5 - 2-06-2017
Beth is contacted out-of-the-blue by a reclusive woman who has used Beth's picture on a dating website. Now she wants Beth to pose as her and go and meet the man she has formed a relationship with over the web.
Haven't Seen
The Survivor
Episode 4 - 2-02-2017
In 1850, a man wakes from a long illness to find that he is being cared for by a group of strangers and a beautiful woman. If, as they insist, he is their guest why is he not allowed to leave the house.
Haven't Seen
The Despot of Tea
Episode 3 - 2-01-2017
An out of work actor agrees to take part in making an advert for tea in an isolated former Soviet-bloc country. Years later he returns to the country to discover that his character Sir Slurpington-Boots has become a national treasure.
Haven't Seen
Living with a Lie
Episode 2 - 1-31-2017
A frustrated writer invents an elderly relative as an excuse to get time off work so that he can start work on his novel. When the doorbell rings and he comes to face-to-face with "Aunt Janet" he discovers that his lie has come to life.
Haven't Seen
A Close Slave
Episode 1 - 1-30-2017
In the household of a playwright in Ancient Rome, a slave helps his master to finish writing his latest opus. Little does the slave know that he has effectively conceived his own death.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Season 3
Unlucky for Sam & Bob's House
Episode 6 - 12-12-2015
30m
A student tries to convince his superstitious, elderly landlady that her beliefs are unfounded. A man tries to prevent his girlfriend discovering the CIA agent living under their house.
Haven't Seen
The Truth About Suz & the Vexed Message
Episode 5 - 12-11-2015
30m
After lying to his colleagues about being married, Alan must find a date for the office awards night. A man gets into trouble when he sends a text to his boss instead of his wife.
Haven't Seen
The Last Laugh & Abbatnoir
Episode 4 - 12-10-2015
30m
An am-dram group must keep their audience laughing when a bomb is discovered. In the second story a girl gets a job at an abattoir but can't bring herself to kill the animals.
Haven't Seen
The Zombie That Roared & the Sat Nav Did It
Episode 3 - 12-09-2015
30m
When his friend Craig is attacked by zombies, Brian swears to pick them off one by one. In the second tale a disgraced police detective thinks his Sat-Nav is possessed.
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The Catchment Area & the Frogbeast of Pontfidd
Episode 2 - 12-08-2015
30m
A couple desperate to get their 'gifted' daughter into the best local school move into a makeshift camp. In 1901, a photographer attempts to prove a deadly beast doesn't exist.
6.9/10Haven't Seen
Uncivil War & Dread and Breakfast
Episode 1 - 12-07-2015
30m
Things get out of control at a historical re-enactment group when evidence suggests history may have taken a different course. A young couple check into a mysterious B&B.
6.3/10Haven't Seen
Season 2
Let Me Be the Judge & I'm Still Here
Episode 6 - 10-29-2014
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.
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The Untangler & Murder He Wrote
Episode 5 - 10-22-2014
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.
Haven't Seen
Self Storage & the Obituary Writer
Episode 4 - 10-15-2014
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.
6.6/10Haven't Seen
The Surprise & the Crisis Plan
Episode 3 - 10-08-2014
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.
Haven't Seen
Man's Best Friend & Return to Sender
Episode 2 - 10-01-2014
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.
Haven't Seen
In Space No One Can Hear You Clean & the Weather Man
Episode 1 - 9-24-2014
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.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Season 1
Head in the Clouds & the Newsreader
Episode 6 - 12-18-2013
Stephen Mangan and Hugh Dennis narrate funny yarns about a newsreader interviewing an evil dictator and a care assistant who moonlights as a superhero.
Haven't Seen
Becoming Zoe & My Former Self
Episode 5 - 12-11-2013
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.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
The Translator & Road to Hell
Episode 4 - 12-04-2013
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.
7.1/10Haven't Seen
The Teacup Has Landed & Pleasure Dome
Episode 3 - 11-27-2013
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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Fakespeare & What Do You Say?
Episode 2 - 11-20-2013
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.
Haven't Seen
Bitter Tweet & What Peebee Did Next
Episode 1 - 11-13-2013
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.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
Top 5 Highest Rated Episodes 7.8/10 7.6/10 7.4/10 7.4/10 7.1/10
In Space No One Can Hear You Clean & the Weather Man
Episode 1 - 9-24-2014
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.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Bitter Tweet & What Peebee Did Next
Episode 1 - 11-13-2013
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.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
Becoming Zoe & My Former Self
Episode 5 - 12-11-2013
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.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
A Close Slave
Episode 1 - 1-30-2017
In the household of a playwright in Ancient Rome, a slave helps his master to finish writing his latest opus. Little does the slave know that he has effectively conceived his own death.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
The Translator & Road to Hell
Episode 4 - 12-04-2013
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.
7.1/10Haven't Seen
