In association with

Cracker Complete Collection Box Set [1993]
from Granada
starring Robbie Coltrane

Features:

• Box set
• PAL

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• Better than soaps!
  A class of it's own,people go on about The Soprano's etc,but this is actually close to home,alcoholic,gambling chancer,except i don't work with the police! An all time great!

• A classic, consistently gripping TV drama series.
  I remember being packed off to bed whenever my parents would settle down to watch the latest episode of Cracker - my parents none-too-keen on letting their ten year old watch such a dark and disturbing reality-based drama - so I've only really become familiar with it through subsequent TV repeats and now through this DVD box-set. As others have noted, the original shows are absolutely astounding, and more-than stand-up to repeated viewings over a decade on.
  Throughout each of the ten episodes (often... more info

• British Criminal Drama at its best
  If you are like me then you grew up with Robbie C in the Young Ones and the Comic Strip - right? Could you ever have imagined him less than a decade later playing a tough but compromised psychologist drawn into Manchester's crime world through results and building reputation?
  No of course not.
  This is what Robbie Coltrane does so well; building the character (possibly with Jimmy Mc's help of course) into the story line and seeing strong development as the series progressed. His character acting... more info

• British drama at it's best
  I can remember when cracker was on TV and was highly praised. I didn't see any episodes at the time but was bought this box set for christmas. It's about a brilliant criminal psychologist with a flawed personality called Fitz (played brilliantly by Robbie Coltrane) who works for the Manchester police. It deserves all the praise it received at the time. The most famous and best episode in the box set is "To be a somebody". The only weak episodes are "best boys" and "white ghost" but despite that cracker... more info

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