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	Cracker (UK TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cracker is the title of a television crime series in the United Kingdom, made by Granada Television for ITV and created and principally written by Jimmy McGovern.
		The case of a serial rapist who wears a mask, yet tries to develop a relationship with his victims strikes at the heart of Fitz's personal and professional life when Penhaligon is raped and the rapist, apparently acting on Fitz's advice, starts to kill as well.
		Cracker's conception was also in some ways a reaction against the police procedural approach of fellow Granada crime serial Prime Suspect, placing more emphasis on emotional and psychological truth than on correct police procedure.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cracker_(British_television) (1535 words)

	DVD Talk Review: Cracker - The Complete US Series
		Cracker was a short lived crime drama based upon a series of the same name.
		The original Cracker series was produced in the United Kingdom and starred Robbie Coltrane as the main character.
		At the root this newer series is pretty much the same as the original, but it includes a number of differences that the show is clearly not the same thing played in a different setting with a different group of actors.
	www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/read.php?ID=16871 (944 words)

	Glossary Search Results
		Cracker - This is the common term used to describe a malicious hacker, though it also can refer to code breakers.
		Crackers get into all kinds of mischief, including breaking or "cracking" copy protection on software programs, breaking into systems and causing harm, changing data, or stealing.
		Hackers largely regard crackers as a less educated group of individuals who cannot truly create their own work, and simply steal other people's work to cause mischief or for personal gain, not to promote understanding.
	www.geek.com /glossary/glossary_search.cgi?c (10302 words)

	Cracker (US) TV Show - Cracker (US) Television Show - TV.com
		Gerry "Fitz" Fitzgerald is an insulting, nosy, loathsome individual who is drunken excuse for a husband, a lousy father, and a gambling washout but he has one saving grace - he is a brilliant psychologist with an uncanny ability to see the evil in people, bring them to confess and walk away unscathed.
		Cracker was based upon the Cracker series for the UK...
		Fitz and the police are startled to discover that the next target for the serial killer is someone they all have a relationship with, putting them under far more pressure, as things become increasingly dangerous.
	www.tv.com /cracker-us/show/401/summary.html (194 words)

	Amazon.com: Cracker: DVD: Michael Fields,Stephen Cragg,Whitney Ransick,Tucker Gates,James Steven Sadwith,Robert ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		"Cracker" is one of those series that, in my opinion, should never have played on network television; it's my belief that the show would likely have enjoyed a much longer life had it played as a cable TV series.
		Since the American version of "Cracker" had such a limited run, it's quite possible that this may end up being the only DVD release that we'll ever see of this series and, as such, should be savored for the late Robert Pastorelli's fine performance in the title role.
		This is the two-part series opener and it's a good enough introduction to the series, though the second episode tends to drag a bit, especially during Fitz's (Pastorelli) confrontation with a woman who has electrocuted several young men.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00008ZZ7H?v=glance (1127 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Cracker: Series 2
		If anything, Series 2 surpasses the first go-around as it fleshes out the characters, breaks even more conventions, jeopardizes several of the supporting cast, and further redefines the world of broadcast police stories.
		When you describe to someone that Cracker is the best police show ever to not have wall-to-wall action, but instead relies totally on dialogue and character study to seal its drama, there will probably be a glint of disbelief in their eyes.
		Series 2 looks cleaner, sharper, and newer, and crackles with colorful details that the first go-around apparently couldn't achieve.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/crackerseries2.php (1566 words)

	Television Heaven
		Under McGovern and fellow Cracker writer Paul Abbot's expert scripting, the dark and seedy underbelly of the Northwest was exposed to the cynically insightful gaze of Fitz's almost Sherlockian intellect in a series of complex, intelligent stories, which drew the viewers into a psychological cesspool of unrestrained psychosis and violent aberration.
		To ensure that the series was as authentic as possible within the bounds of dramatic licence, the maker's Granada brought in the expert services of psychologist Ian Stephen, who helped police track down the notorious serial killer Bible John in 1969, as technical adviser.
		But given the strict dictates of US Network policies, much of the power, brutality and sheer strength of the original's were fatally lost in the translation.
	www.televisionheaven.co.uk /cracker.htm (478 words)

	Cracker to go off again - TV & Radio - www.theage.com.au
		The ABC, which has been running the first series over the past three Saturday nights, has promised to screen the first two series and will run the third and final series if possible.
		The really good news is that British TV network ITV has confirmed a new series is in the pipeline for next year - but more about that later.
		Another theme that lifts Cracker above the pack is that Fitz's path to the criminal is lit not by what he knows about criminals but by what he knows about people.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/10/05/1096949502784.html?from=storyrhs (669 words)

	MovieFreak.com - "Cracker - Series 3" DVD Review by Dennis Landmann
		He is about to embark on a series of cases that could make or break his career, his marriage and his life.
		Each series (or season) consists of three stories, but each story consists of two or three episodes at fifty minutes each.
		Series 3 begins differently than I had anticipated after watching the cliffhanger from last season's Men Should Weep (Part 3).
	www.moviefreak.com /dvd/c/cracker3.htm (1068 words)

	Cracker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The US series was horrible, I think Robert Pastorelli did the best he could.
		As much as I hate to say it, as Cracker is my all time favourite TV series, it probably “jumped the shark” at ‘Brotherly Love’ which marked the end of Jimmy Beck and the end of Jimmy McGovern writing the series.
		Granted, the series finale in Hong Kong is the poorest of all and verges on silly (silliest moment being the 'marriage' between the killer and his girlfriend, both in full wedding dress, in a skip), but it's still a hundred times better than most other crime series.
	www.jumptheshark.com /c/cracker.htm (2250 words)

	The Unofficial Guide To Cracker
		which was created by Jimmy McGovern, ran as a series from 1993-1995 (with a one-off special screened in 1996 and a further special now due in 2006) and starred Robbie Coltrane as Dr Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald, a troubled criminal psychologist brought into assist the Manchester Police Force profile and catch killers.
		And of course many thanks to the screenwriting genius that is Jimmy McGovern for creating the series in the first place, and to all the cast and crew who contributed to the making of such a memorable and amazing series.
		This website is listed in 'TV Heaven' by Jim Sangster and Paul Condon - the ultimate guide to classic telly, cult shows, one-hit wonders, soaps, TV firsts and forgotten gems - and is available to buy through all good book shops.
	www.crackertv.co.uk (339 words)

	TV Series
		Battlestar Galactica's Edward James Olmos wasn't kidding when he said "the series is even better than the miniseries." As developed by sci-fi TV veteran Ronald D. Moore, the "reimagined" BG is exactly what it claims to be: a drama for grown-ups in a science-fiction setting.
		The mature intelligence of the series is its greatest asset, from the tenuous respect between Galactica's militarily principled commander Adama (Olmos) and politically astute, cancer-stricken colonial President Roslin (Mary McDonnell) to the barely suppressed passion between ace Viper pilot "Apollo" (a.k.a.
		Battlestar Galactica is a complete re-imagining of the 1970s series – upping the ante on the action, adventure, and drama that made the original so popular.
	dvd.graica.com /DVD1-Television13-TVSeries1.0.html (823 words)

	Save Animaniacs News Archived
		The cartoon bunny from TV series "Arthur" was the center of media attention early in 2005, because the series, using funding from the US Department of Education, produced an episode called "Sugartime-Vermont", where "Buster" is met by 2 mothers.
		TV was under development at that time, so an anime based on the manga did not appeared until 1965.
		The series, was under fire by the US Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings, who claimed that the "Arthur" spin off series, was to introduce two families with 2 same sex couples, or 2 mothers.
	members.tripod.com /~saveanimaniacs/archived.html (13159 words)

	Sheen campaigns for another term - theage.com.au
		Sheen, who plays chief executive Josiah "Jed" Bartlet in the highly-rated series on the NBC television network, received his third Emmy nomination for the role in July.
		It was one of 21 Emmy nods the drama is up for this year; awards are to be presented on September 22.
		I was fine with that,'' says Sheen, who in 1983 starred in the title role of the TV mini-series Kennedy.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/09/03/1031037087992.html (841 words)

	Cracker Classic TV Show
		It really pisses me off that the stupid people who tried to recreate this series, bloody hell what were they thinking.
		Cracker is in the very top echelon of writing and acting, no matter what the medium.
		The Cracker series has been nominated for 10 BAFTA's having won 6 of them.
	www.classictelly.com /programme.php?Programme=Cracker (898 words)

	Amazon.ca: Cracker (Tv): Series One: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This is the entire first series as it aired in the U.S. I watched when it was shown on AandE in the early 90s.
		I can't recall if Cracker was originally televised in the States with something other than 4:3 aspct ratio, but at least one of these discs reveals that the original aspect ratio was something other than the 4:3 this package delivers.
		It's a crying shame that one of the best mystery series in the history of the genre is given second rate treatment.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000AYJVA (817 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| TV and Radio \| BBC investigates Doctor Who leak
		Christopher Eccleston plays the Doctor in the first new series since the sci-fi favourite was cancelled in 1989.
		The new series is hotly anticipated by fans, who have remained avid followers since the end of the last series more than 15 years ago.
		It has also been revealed that Eccleston, who appeared in the film Shallow Grave and TV's Cracker, e-mailed writer and executive producer Russell T Davies to ask for the lead role.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4328329.stm (316 words)

	You showed us yours, we'll show you ours - www.smh.com.au
		Worse still, Trista and Ryan have sold the TV rights to their wedding to the US network ABC for $1 million.
		The TV execs have the final say on all wedding arrangements - the location, the wedding dress, the flowers, everything.
		It's a contract almost as onerous as the one Trista signed to be on the show, where she undertook not to date anyone in the lead-up and not to object to hidden cameras as long as they weren't "positioned to intentionally capture images of [her] urinating or defecating in the bathroom".
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/12/03/1070351654287.html (595 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Cracker - The Complete Collection [1993]: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		But like its Granada TV stablemate Prime Suspect, Cracker also delves deep into the main characters' personal lives, revealing a chaos of emotional entanglements that become increasingly inseparable from their professional duties.
		Basically the most imaginative tv cop drama you're ever likely to see, great cast,script etc. DVD is sadly lacking in extras, for some reason there is only music on the first episode, which was great.
		The great strengths of this series are Jimmy McGovern's gripping, intelligent scripts and the terrific performances, notably from Robbie Coltrane as Fitz, and Lorcan Cranitch as the increasingly unhinged Jimmy Beck.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008YNE6 (1055 words)

	Cracker (US): True Romance (2) - TV.com
		Fitz' son, Michael becomes the next target for attack by the serial killer who claims to be in love with Fitz and he must race against the clock to find the killer before his son joins her other victims.
		TRIVIA: This pilot episode was based on a story originally shown in the UK version of Cracker for the season 5 2-part episodes, "True Romance".
		Generally considered one of the best stories in the UK Cracker series, it was picked as the introductory story for US audiences new to Cracker.
	www.tv.com /episode/62248/summary.html (235 words)

	"Cracker" (1997) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Like many remakes (Dr Who springs to mind!) this is a VERY poor American imitation of the excellent British series.
		The whole series lacks the magic of the British one.
		You may add a new episode for this TV series by clicking the button on the left.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0118290 (243 words)

	CANOE -- JAM! Television: TV series cut short too soon
		The cancellation wasn't a shock, considering the network was probably at a loss with what to do with a series that had neither a laugh track nor a body count.
		Love Monkey's demise did, however, get us thinking about all those other shows, some more recent than others, that have come and gone so fleetingly -- resigned to wander the intergalactic static in the hope that some alien civilization might some century tune in.
		But in the name of the common good, we arrived at this Sun-certified ranking of the 25 finest shows ever to be cancelled too quickly, cut short too soon.
	jam.canoe.ca /Television/2006/03/19/1494848.html (1638 words)

	AlterSlash ~ the unofficial SlashDot digest
		It is similar to other electric cars that we have seen in that the electric engine’s serious torque will allow it to do 0-60mph in about 3 seconds.
		Aviran Mordo writes to tell us Reuters is reporting that Microsoft is announcing a voluntary policy to help guide the development of Windows in the future.
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	alterslash.org /#2006_Webby_Award_Winners_Announced (7477 words)

	Remakes - All In The Family To Cracker
		Both series had a lasting impact on the popular culture of their respective countries and made huge stars out of all the actors.
		American Remake: Bill Cosby took the format for his 1996 CBS series but substantial changes were made from the original pilot that shifted the show away from the grimness of the original.
		Original UK Series: Cracker was a serialized drama that ran from 1993 to 1996, starring Robbie Coltrane as a brilliant psychologist with many, many problems of his own.
	www.eskimo.com /~rkj/weekly/aa102500b.htm (857 words)

	Cracker - Robert Pastorelli's USA version back on DVD this Summer
		After a succesful run in the U.K. of Cracker, starring Robbie Coltrane ("Hagrid" of the Harry Potter films), ABC tried bringing the series to the USA in 1997.
		The new version of the show had a 15-episode run (including one double-length show near the end) from Sept. 1997 to Mar. 1999, finishing its run with the showing of unaired episodes on A&E. Only the pilot episode of the Robert Pastorelli-starring version has made it to DVD so far, however.
		Streeting in June on DVD will be the TV series "Cracker" and "Gun," which was created by Robert Altman with a cast including James Gandolfini, Kirsten Dunst and Randy Quaid.
	www.tvshowsondvd.com /newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3085 (281 words)

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	DVD Empire - Item - Cracker: Series 2 / DVD-Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The case of an abducted young girl found naked and covered in mystic graffiti has brought the two of them up against a strange religious cult and their preacher Kenneth Trant.
		There's a vicious serial rapist on the streets who wears a terrifying mask, appears to know his victims, and has something to hide.
		Misinterpreting Fitz's advance on a radio talk show, the rapist is about to move from rape to murder and Fitz is about to track him perilously close to home.
	www.dvdempire.com /Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=572853&partner_id=11367434 (296 words)

	"Cracker" (1993) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Plot Outline: An abrasively eccentric forensic psychologist aids in the solving of difficult police cases.
		New series currently filming for broadcast in 2006.
		from Newton, MA In my opinion, the little I've seen of the American version of Cracker was actually a noble effort, but the crucial difference between the two was the presence of Robbie Coltrane.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0105977 (435 words)

	'The Professionals' TV Series - Testimonies
		The series was geared to appeal to ten-year-old boys everywhere, complete with the prejudices of the man on the street.
		It's very comfortable for us all to pick up our average shooting requirements by having two days on the standing set but it's also a marvellous excuse when a writer can't solve his plot problems to cut back to the office and have it all 'talked out'.
		If it is a true indication of what is permissible on US TV nowadays, then this would not appear to bode well for sales of the new series to America.
	www.carnfort.u-net.com /Professionals/profquot.htm (12258 words)

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