On the 50th anniversary of Jackanory, Frank Cottrell Boyce on the massive impact of listening to Rik Mayall, Kenneth Williams and others read out loud on TV Discover more great stories on the children ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1986, comedian and actor Rik Mayall performed George's Marvellous Medicine for the BBC's Jackanory [BBC] A rare piece of ...

Lovers of the BBC story slot can recapture their childhood with illustrator’s images for Stig of the Dump and more A good story creates pictures inside a child’s head, but the much-loved BBC ...

Classic TV story-telling show Jackanory is to be revived by the BBC, it has emerged. The programme, which began in 1965 with a cast of celebrities reading children's books, could return next year. The ...

Veteran actor Bernard Cribbins has said he would like to see the children's storytelling series Jackanory return in its original format. "I do wish that it could be brought back in the form that it ...

Classic children's storytelling programme Jackanory is to be brought back to TV screens. Alison Sharman, who took over as controller of the BBC's children's department in June, has signalled her ...

CLASSIC TV story-telling show Jackanory is to be revived by the BBC, it emerged today. The programme, which began in 1965 with a cast of celebrities reading children's books, could return next year.

Academy Award and Bafta Award-winning actor Sir Ben Kingsley, whose versatility has seen him play everyone from Gandhi to a gangster in Sexy Beast, is now turning his talents to narrating children's ...

The very name brings back memories of cosy teatimes by the fire and the simple pleasure of a good story. Now Jackanory, the classic BBC children's show, is about to return after a decade off air, ...

Crackanory, which will be aired post-watershed by comedy channel Dave, boats guests including Harry Enfield and Jack Dee. Described as "a satirical and twisted grown-up spin on story time", each ...