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Airs Next: ITV1 at Monday 9:00 PM (60 min.)
Status: Ended    Premiered: September 27, 1993    Last Aired: November 27, 1995
Show Category: Drama
Welcome to the Cracker guide at TV.com. Dr. Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald is an avowed drunkard and gambler, as well as being an expert criminal psychologist. In spite of marital and family problems, he has a knack for getting inside the minds of the criminally disturbed, and is called upon to assist the police in difficult cases that they cannot otherwise solve. Cracker ran for three seasons...
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Last episode: Nine Eleven
Fitz and wife return from Australia to a vastly changed Manchester for their daughter's wedding. Fitz is starting to feel old and is relieved to find that the Police, once again, need him. An American comedian is murdered in a nightclub for no obvious reason and Fitz is asked to help out. There's a missing witness to be found and a uniformed killer to track down.
Aired: Sunday October 1, 2006
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Ricky Tomlinson - DCI Charlie Wise
Robbie Coltrane - Dr. Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald
Barbara Flynn - Judith Fitzgerald
Geraldine Somerville - Det. Sgt. Jane Penhaligon
Lorcan Cranitch - Det. Sgt. Jimmy Beck (1993-1995)
Christopher Eccleston - DCI David Billborough (1993-1994)
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8.9
Great
"Classic"
"Fitz" is a beer drinking, chain smoking, gambling addict that also happens to be a great psychologist, who helps the police solve gruesome murders. This Show is surely the best crime drama in the UK, if not the world. A Tuely amazing piece
Continue » Posted Nov 9, 2005 4:43 am PST

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10.0
Perfect
"Ahead of its time"
Easily one of the best British crime dramas ever made, Cracker starred Robbie Coltrane as Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald, a drinking, gambling forensic psychologist whom helped the Manchester Police solve extremely difficult seemingly unsolvable cases.
Continue » Posted Jul 29, 2005 12:18 pm PST
10.0
Perfect
"Personal favorite"
Brilliant! The best of the best ...
Continue » Posted Jul 16, 2005 12:58 am PST
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Show: Cracker
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Ratings Rank: 1,966 of 17,554  ( 3)
Show Reviews: 3
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