"Cracker Method" ( born Cracker ) - a detective television series , shown from 1993 to 1996 . In Russia, it was shown on the ORT channel in 1995 and TNT at the beginning of 2000.
| Cracker Method (Cracker) | |
|---|---|
| Cracker | |
| Genre | detective drama |
| Creator | |
| Screenwriter | Jimmy McGovern Paul Abbott |
| Producer | Tim Fivel et al. |
| Cast | Robbie Coltrane Geraldine Somerville Barbara Flynn Kiran O'Brien Christopher Eccleston |
| A country |  Great Britain |
| Original language | |
| Number of seasons | |
| Number of series | ( ) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Sally Head et al |
| Studio | |
| Broadcast | |
| TV channel | |
| On the screens | 1993 - 1996 |
| Links | |
| IMDb | ID 0105977 |
Story
A distinctive feature of the series, which distinguishes it from the general background, is the incredibly charismatic and atypical protagonist, Dr. Fitzgerald (Fitz). He is a professional psychologist who helps the Manchester police investigate crimes. And he is an incorrigible player, drunkard and just a charming fat man. But he is cute only with colleagues in skirts, for all the others he is a merciless beast who is able to look into the darkness of the criminal's soul, reach the very bottom, highlight hidden motives, splits with the most sophisticated protection.
The series focuses on the background of the actions of both criminals and "honest citizens". Crimes are shown not "in fact" and not "flashbacks", but in a live process with dramatic experiences of the heroes. The main villain in this series is not just a cold object, transgressing the norms, driven by the mechanical laws of evil, but an active drama character with his “truth”. What is even more interesting, cracking the "inhumans" who have committed an unworthy person, Fitz often comes to politically incorrect and impartial conclusions about the nature of a real person. And look after his reasoning and provocations is a real pleasure, because they are either too far from the truth, or too deep in it. And to complete the flavor bouquet, the plot of the series, besides the detective line, is filled with dramatic events in the family and the collective of the main characters.
Cast
| Actor | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Robbie Coltrane ( Anthony Robert MacMillan ) | Dr. Eddy "Fitz" Fitzgerald | 1993-1996 |
| Geraldine Somerville | DS Jane "The Beggar" Penhaligan | 1993–1995 |
| Barbara Flynn | Judith Fitzgerald | 1993–1995 |
| Kiran O'Brien | Mark Fitzgerald | 1993–1995 |
| Tess Thompson | Katie Fitzgerald | 1993–1995 |
| Lorcan Cranitch | DS Jimmy Beck | 1993–1995 |
| Ricky Tomlison | DCI Charlie Oise | 1994–1996 |
| Christopher Eccleston | DCI David Bilborough | 1993–1994 |
| Edward Peel | Chef Super | 1993–1995 |
| Wil Johnson | DC Skeleton | 1994–1995 |
| Josh hartnett | Michael fitzgerald | 1997-1999 |
Awards and nominations
BAFTA TV Award
1994
- Victory - Best Actor - Robbie Coltrane
- Victory - Best Movie or Video (fiction / entertainment) - Ivan Strasbourg
- Nomination - Best Drama Tv Series - Nile Gab , Jimmy McGovern
- Nomination - Best Film or editing (fiction / entertainment) - Oral Norrie Otti , Trevor Wait , Gris Gill
1995
- Victory - Audience Award (TV)
- Victory - Best Actor - Robbie Coltrane
- Victory - Best Drama TV Series - Paul Abbott
- Nomination - Best Actress - Geraldine Somerville
- Nomination - Best editing (fiction / entertainment) - Edward Mansel
- Nomination - Best Sound (fiction / entertainment) - Phil Smith , John Seigneur , John Rutherford , John Whitworth , Andy Wyatt
1996
- Victory - Best Actor - Robbie Coltrane
- Victory - Best Drama Tv Series - Hillary Bevan Jones
- Nomination - Best Original Music for the television series - Rick Wentworth (for the episode of "White Ghost")
Edgar Alan Award By
1995
- Victory - Best Television Feature or Miniseries - Jimmy McGovern (for the episode of "To Say I Love You")
1997
- Victory - Best Television Feature or Miniseries - Jimmy McGovern (for the episode of “Brotherly Love”)
1998
- Nomination - Best Television Feature or Miniseries - Paul Abbott (for the White Ghost episode)
1994 - Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
- Victory - Best Actor - Robbie Coltrane
1994 - RTS Television Award
- Victory - Best Actor - Robbie Coltrane
- Victory - The Best Drama TV Series
- Victory - The Best Sound - John Whitworth, Andy Wyatt, Phil Smith, Tony Cooper , John Rutherford, John Thomas (for the episode of "Mad Woman in the Attic")
1995 - BAFTA Scotland Award
- Victory - Best TV Actor - Robbie Coltrane (also for Hamish Macbeth)
1996 - Writers Guild of Great Britain Award
- Victory - Original Dramatic Tv Series - Jimmy McGovern, Paul Abbott
Notes
- 2 1 2 Cool Cracker // Global Television: Co-Producing Culture - Temple University Press , 2008. - p. 96. - ISBN 1592135048
Links
- "Cracker Method" (Eng.) On the Internet Movie Database