Shaggy Dog Story is a three-minute promotional trailer for Children in Need, put together by the BBC and Gorgeous Productions (directed by Chris Palmer) in 1999 as a sequel to the previous year's Future Generations video (featuring children's programmes), and the great success of 1997's "Perfect Day" charity single.
A slightly extended alternative version was created but never aired.
It featured various comedians and comic actors (some in character, others as themselves) telling a long-winded shaggy dog story, beginning off with Ronnie Corbett in his trademark armchair, who is most famously known for telling such stories on The Two Ronnies.
The story featured a cricket captain who hired a horse as a batsman for his team, who ends up as a good player but can't run.
A second, slightly shorter story, entitled "Mammals vs. Insects," was also broadcast on Boxing Day 1999.