Rik featured on the show during the 1980s, reading out Roald Dahl’s ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’, in a memorable appearance which attracted numerous complaints from parents. Advertisement ...

Mayall previously appeared on kids’ story show Jackanory in 1986, reading Roald Dahl’s tale George’s Marvellous Medicine. Other comedians taking part in the second series of Crackanory include Sue ...

When examined, even cursorily, the story of George’s Marvellous Medicine is particularly thin gruel (Grandma’s rotten, George makes her a new medicine, she grows, he attempts to make another ...

Rik had previously appeared on the show in 1986 reading Roald Dahl's George's Marvellous Medicine. Mayall's performance was the first taste many people had of his anarchic style, with the BBC ...

Rik Mayall speaks of his heroes in a moving last interview, ... “I personally liked doing it as well, I did Jackanory. I did a Roald Dahl tale called George’s Marvellous Medicine.