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 ...

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 ...

Fifty years after the BBC story-telling show first aired, Sinclair McKay reports on how and why it became a hit Household names, including Spike Milligan, Rik Mayall, and Kenneth Williams, were eager ...

A rare piece of children's television history went on display at the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre. In 1986, comedian and actor Rik Mayall performed a version of the author's book George's ...

"I'll tell you a story about Jackanory". The first episode of the children's storytelling programme went out on 13 December 1965, with Cap of Rushes, told by Lee Montague. It was illustrated with ...

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.

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 ...

The classic children's BBC storytelling show, Jackanory, is set to make a comeback. The legendary programme, which saw droves of famous names reading children's books, has become the latest programme ...

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 ...