Cracker (British TV series)

Cracker
Created by	Jimmy McGovern
Starring	Robbie Coltrane Geraldine Somerville Christopher Eccleston Ricky Tomlinson Lorcan Cranitch Barbara Flynn Kieran O'Brien
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	3 (+ 2 specials)
No. of episodes	25 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Sally Head
Producers	Gub Neal Paul Abbott Hilary Bevan Jones John Chapman
Production locations	Manchester, England
Running time	50 mins. (Series 1–3) 120 mins. (Specials)
Production company	Granada Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	27 September 1993 (1993-09-27) – 1 October 2006 (2006-10-01)
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Cracker is a British crime drama series produced by Granada Television for ITV, created and principally written by Jimmy McGovern. Set in Manchester, the series follows a criminal psychologist (or "cracker"), Dr Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald, played by Robbie Coltrane, who works with the Greater Manchester Police (GMP) to help them solve crimes.

The show consists of three series, originally broadcast from 1993 to 1995. A 100-minute special set in Hong Kong followed in 1996 and another two-hour story in 2006. The show won the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series in 1995 and 1996, and Coltrane received the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in three consecutive years (1994 to 1996).