Dave Greenlights Season Three of Crackanory

LONDON: UKTV’s channel Dave has ordered a third season of the award-winning dark comedy series Crackanory.

The third season returns to Dave in partnership with Audible and is produced by Tiger Aspect Productions. The 6×40-minute series will contain two stories per episode, with each story featuring a combination of narration, live-action and animation. Christopher Lloyd, Sarah Millican, Tamsin Greig, Greg Davies and Simon Bird have all signed on to read the stories, written by comedy writers such as Nico Tatarowicz, Holly Walsh, Toby Davies and Kevin Eldon.

UKTV’s senior commissioning editor Hilary Rosen said, “Crackanory’s unique style of storytelling has captured the imagination of both viewers and industry critics alike. Stellar talent from here and across the pond are clamoring to sit in the iconic Crackanory chair and read one of the 12 twisted tales that will feature in the new series. I can’t wait to unveil the full lineup, which promises to be a real treat for Dave viewers.” 

Tracey Markham, the country manager at Audible, commented, “Everyone loves to listen to a good story—whatever age they are. Over the past ten years we’ve worked hard to reintroduce the pleasure of storytelling to people across the U.K. through our catalogue of audiobooks and other audio content. We’re huge admirers of what Crackanory has been doing and see this partnership as a meeting of minds and objectives. This is a great opportunity to introduce Audible to a new audience, and we can’t wait to welcome Crackanory stories to our site.”