Cracker I drink too much, I smoke too much, I gamble too much. I *am* too much.

The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.

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Crime
Drama
Created By

Jimmy McGovern

First Aired on

Sep 27, 1993

3 seaons till Nov 27, 1995

Popularity: 11.8606
107 votes
Networks
(GB)
Production

Granada Television (GB)

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: True Romance (2)

Seasons & episodes

Total 3 seasons, 23 episodes

Specials

Aired

4 Episodes
  • Episode 1White Ghost100 min

    While in Hong Kong on a lecture tour, Fitz is asked by the local police to help investigate the murder of a Chinese businessman.

  • Episode 2Nine Eleven100 min

    Fitz returns to Manchester for his daughter's wedding, but is soon involved in another murder investigation when an American comedian is killed, apparently without motive.

  • Episode 3Cracker: Behind the Scenes47 min

    A behind the scenes look at the making of Cracker. Included as a special feature with the 9/11 DVD.

  • Episode 4Prime Cracker: The Matchmaker14 min

    Cracker's Fitz and Prime Suspect's Jane Tennison collaborate in this 1997 Comic Relief short titled The Matchmaker, mocking both shows. As well as Robbie Coltrane and Helen Mirren, also features Pete Postlethwaite.

Crew & Team

Paul Abbott

Producer

Gub Neal

Executive Producer

Sally Head

Executive Producer

Hilary Bevan Jones

Producer

Gub Neal

Producer