CRACKER: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION

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• Release Year: 1993
• Genre: Mystery
• Plot: A brilliant criminologist probes the dark recesses of the soul.; ; With more than 25 major awards--including BAFTAs for best drama series and best actor--Cracker ranks as one of British television’s most acclaimed crime dramas. Robbie Coltrane (Harry Potter, Ocean’s Twelve) truly inhabits his role as the brash and brilliant forensic psychologist, Dr. Edward “Fitz” Fitzgerald. For the police, Fitz’s astonishing insights into the criminal mind prove invaluable, but his arrogance and boorishness make him barely tolerable as a colleague. For his family, Fitz’s self-destructive compulsions--scotch, sex, and gambling--bring only pain and turmoil.; ; Complemented by an outstanding cast, Coltrane delivers a brilliant performance as a genius who can dissect a psychopath’s motives, but can’t keep his own demons at bay. These powerful crime dramas examine the pressures and prejudices of contemporary urban life and the violence that they spawn.; ; Disc 1; ----------; The Mad Woman in the Attic; ; Disc 2; ----------; To Say I Love You; ; Disc 3; ----------; One Day a Lemming Will Fly; ; Disc 4; ----------; To Be a Somebody; ; Disc 5; ----------; The Big Crunch; ; Disc 6; ----------; Men Should Weep; ; Disc 7; ----------; Brotherly Love; ; Disc 8; ----------; - Best Boys; - True Romance; ; Disc 9; ----------; White Ghost; ; Disc 10; ----------; A New Terror (16:9 enhanced video)
• Cast: Robbie Coltrane, Geraldine Somerville, Kieran O'Brien, Barbara Flynn, Ricky Tomlinson, Tess Thompson, Christopher Eccleston, Will Johnson, Susan Lynch, Andrew Tiernan, Robert Carlyle, Samantha Morton, Tim Frywell, Andy Wilson, Julian Jarrold, Roy Battersby, Simon Cellan Jones, Michael Winterbottom, Charles MacDougall, Jimmy McGovern, Ted Whitehead, Paul Abbott
• Director: Tim Frywell
• Runtime: 22:30
• Company: Acorn Media, Granada Television
• Media Format: Series