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Ken4155 | 22:33 Sun 16th Oct 2022 | Film, Media & TV
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Following the death of Robbie Coltrane, i decided i would re-watch the entire 3 seasons of Cracker. I began last night and have so far watched 5 of the 7 episodes which make up the first series.
The first 2 episodes - 'Mad Woman In The Attic' - introduced us to the walking car-crash of a man that is 'Fitz'. We really get to know him in the next 3 episodes - 'To Say I Love You' - and i believe that this is where any Cracker fans (myself included, if memory serves) were hooked.
Yes, it is a tad dated, but still better than a lot of what is served up to us today.
I know there are those who said they hadn't seen Cracker. I strongly advise you to give it a whirl.
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It's an excellent series. "To Be A Somebody" was the one that got me into it, with Robert Carlyle.
Excellent series x
I have them all on DVD, a great favourite of ours
i have them all on dvd... i was a bit young to watch it when it originally aired but my dad bought me them as a gift when i was 18 i think...

i had actually started watching them again a few weeks ago before coltrane had died!! strange coincidence

it does have some weaker storylines (i think "mad woman in the attic" is not a great intro to be really honest) but when it's good it's up there with the best TV ever made...

i haven't yet gotten to the storyline about the rapist. I remember thinking it was very good when i was younger but i wonder if it might not be as good now... mostly because of the "who raped her" mystery... i think that might not have aged very well.
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Untitled, i agree with you as regards the weak storyline in the opening 2 episodes but i do feel it was merely a vehicle in which to introduce us to the series's main players.
'To Say I Love You' and 'To Be A Somebody' are the two best storylines of the whole 3 series, imho.
I understand what it is you're saying about the rape mystery but the acting was so good i do believe the knowledge of who the rapist is won't diminish that particular episode.
i remember heartstopping moment when the rapist turns to her and say "i raped you; i'm sorry" before he does what he does. Ihave always thought that man was a great actor!
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Yes, Bednobs, even though i last watched Cracker quite some time ago, there are moments in almost every episode which i remember. That scene is definitely one of them. Another, more light-hearted one - which i mentioned on the RIP thread - was the broken nose scene in the gents:-)
I remember Judith re-affirming why she loved him so much, because, as she said "Other men don't have a tenth of that ..." tapping him on the head, "Or a twentieth of that ..." tapping him on the heart.

Wonderful.
by "that man" i meant locan cranitch
An excellent series, well worth watching if you havnt seen it and well worth a revisit if you have.
mcgovern always said his philosophy on writing was “narrative simplicity and emotional complexity”
I thought both Cracker and National Treasure were brilliant. It's a shame that he is most likely to be known as Hagrid now. The most recent, but clearly not the best of him.
I'm pleased this is on. I am going to binge watch the whole lot. I really liked his relationship with Panhandle.
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Judith didn't.
I'd never seen Robert Carlyle, to my knowledge, before Cracker.
(shaving all his hair off in the mirror)
It was very good. imo.

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