Jackanory- A bit of nostalgia

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 16 Nov 2006, 16:00

The roll call of 'the best storytellers available' would eventually expand to take in a very large number of famous names. During the run of the programme, a massive 25 years and 3,500 episodes, 400 presenters read 650 stories. The cast list included:

Alan Bennet
Dame Judi Dench2
Joyce Grenfell
HRH Prince Charles, The Prince Of Wales
Rik Mayall
Tom Baker3
Clement Freud
Spike Milligan
Terry Jones
Tony Robinson
Helena Bonham-Carter
Jeremy Irons
Patrick Stewart
Sir Ian McKellen
Peter Sellers
Bernard Cribbins
Kenneth Williams

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 16 Nov 2006, 16:12

I would have appreciated Benny Hill doing a story.

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 16 Nov 2006, 18:16

yeuch, I can't stand Benny Hill

ali · Post by **ali** » 16 Nov 2006, 19:31

Black Mamba wrote:yeuch, I can't stand Benny Hill

I could never stand Jackanory.

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 16 Nov 2006, 19:49

They seemed to be always reading Stig of the Dump. I hated that.

Novastar · Post by **Novastar** » 16 Nov 2006, 23:44

I think I remember Paul McCatney doing one that was quite good.

Rick Mayal doing George's Marvelous medicine was brilliant - see it on some of these 100 greatest countdown shows now and again and still as funny as I remember it.

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 16 Nov 2006, 23:47

What's wrong with Benny Hill?? He wrote some brilliant lyrics and sketches and would've been a great storyteller.

It should be revived with Boris Johnston reading. That would be fun.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 17 Nov 2006, 10:45

Cleopas wrote:
It should be revived with Boris Johnston reading. That would be fun.

Great idea. Who else?

James Nesbit would be good.
John Peel but its too late.
Jonathan Ross
That gay irish chat show one that just moved from 4 to the beeb.

Cleopas · Post by **Cleopas** » 17 Nov 2006, 15:59

Porty wrote:

That gay irish chat show one that just moved from 4 to the beeb.

You mean Graham Norton?? Great on 4 ... lost the plot on the Beeb!!

But yeah ... he'd be good. And the Guv ... Parky ... before he cashes in his chips!

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 17 Nov 2006, 17:16

Yep thats him.

Just to jump topics.

I s anyone other than me totally gobsmacked by the success of "Bing Hitler" Aka as Craig Ferguson in the USA? I thought he was a talentless git before he went there. And hasn't chganged