"Jackanory, jackanory" said by someone in the sing-song tones of the theme tune indicates that they think that someone else is making up or "stretching" a story, i.e. lying.

Jackanory: Created by Alfred Bestall, Mary Tourtel, Joy Whitby. With Bernard Cribbins, Kenneth Williams, Martin Jarvis, John Grant. A celebrity reads a story, enhancing it in ways that will …

Jackanory was a BBC children's television series, which was originally broadcast between 13 December 1965 [1] to 24 March 1996.

"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.

Jackanory adapts JRR Tolkien's classic to celebrate its 3000th programme. Chris Guard reads Clive King's novel about a boy who lives in a dumping ground. Rik Mayall reads an updated …

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Jackanory was a BBC children's television series which was originally broadcast between 1965 and 1996. It was designed to stimulate an interest in reading. [1] The programme was first …

Jackanory was a long-running BBC children’s television series that was designed to stimulate an interest in reading. The show was first transmitted on 13 December 1965, and the first story …

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