![]() In this updated paperback edition, Alan Stafford traces the hilarious history of Crackerjack recalling the best of the onscreen fun while revealing loads of backstage secrets. With Sam & Mark, jumbo-sized Crackerjack pencils, and contestants being dropped along with the cabbages! Eamonn Andrews piling prizes on the clever-clogs and cloth cabbages on the chumps … the pompous and perpetually heckled Glaze Lectures … those slapstick silent movies … historical finales with anachronistic pop songs … or Stu Francis splattered with garish gunge. If you were a child in the late ‘50s, the ‘60s, the ‘70s or early ‘80s you’ll have your own memory of TV’s longest-running teatime variety show. No, not Leslie Crowther and Peter Glaze! The Crackerjack pencil and the Double or Drop cabbage. ![]() And that commitment to showcasing talent is always at the heart of our wider production ambitions too, and a common theme across all of these new commissions for In House, across all the age groups we serve and from writers to on screen performers.Crackerjack (the TV show with the built-in echo) gave us two enduring icons of Children’s Television … one long and thin, one round and plump. Helen Bullough, Head of Children’s In House Productions, says: “We can’t wait to introduce a new set of Crackerjack ‘crush-a-grape’ catchphrases to a new generation of fans! The format has always been an amazing showcase for talent. It’s the perfect vehicle for our much-loved stars Sam and Mark and promises to usher in a new era of frenetic family fun and whizzbang audience antics.” ![]() Update your settings here to see it.Ĭheryl Taylor, head of content for BBC Children’s, said: “Crackerjack is just one of several fabulous series that Children’s In-House Productions have developed this year. ![]() This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. ![]()
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