“I drink too much, I smoke too much, I gamble too much. I *am* too much.”
The wise-cracking Edward 'Fitz' Fitzgerald is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.
- Created by
- Jimmy McGovern
Seasons and episodes
3 seasons · 23 episodes
S3 E1Brotherly Love (1)
Oct 22, 19956.260 min
A Catholic father-of-four is arrested after a prostitute is found murdered, but he denies the crime. Beck returns from sick leave to work alongside Penhaligon, who is privately convinced that Beck raped her but has no forensic evidence. W
S3 E2Brotherly Love (2)
Oct 23, 199560 min
An identical murder takes place while David Harvey is in custody. Fitz visits his priest brother Michael and accuses him of murder, while Maggie Harvey demands that her husband is released.
S3 E3Brotherly Love (3)
Oct 29, 199560 min
After another prostitute is slain, Fitz comes to believe that David Harvey's wife Maggie is the killer, in spite of vehement protesting by the police and his brother, Father Michael.
S3 E4Best Boys (1)
Nov 6, 199560 min
Bill Nash smiles at Stuart Grady, and, in those few seconds, changes the course of their lives and inadvertently turns them both to murder. Meanwhile, on the domestic front, Judith finally rebels.
S3 E5Best Boys (2)
Nov 13, 199560 min
Fitz is pitched against Grady and Nash, whose relationship is now spinning dangerously out of control.
S3 E6True Romance (1)
Nov 20, 199560 min
Fitz privately advises a patient who seems to be having problems with her husband. Fitz's advice, for which he charges her £50, leads her to conclude that she should leave him.
Starring
Robbie Coltrane
Edward 'Fitz' Fitzgerald
Geraldine Somerville
Jane 'Panhandle' Penhaligon
Lorcan Cranitch
DS Jimmy Beck
Barbara Flynn
Judith Fitzgerald
Kieran O'Brien
Mark Fitzgerald
Ricky Tomlinson
Wise
- T
Tess Thomson
Kate Fitzgerald
Christopher Eccleston
David Bilborough
Colin Tierney
Harriman
- R
Robert Cavanah
Temple
Edward Peel
Chief Super
Clive Russell
Danny
Frequently asked questions
- Where can I watch Cracker?
- Cracker is streaming on Plex, BritBox, Fawesome, Pluto TV, The Roku Channel, Britbox Apple TV channel. Availability is refreshed weekly.
- How many seasons of Cracker are there?
- Cracker has 3 seasons and 23 episodes. Status: Ended.
- Will there be a new season of Cracker?
- Cracker has ended; no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on November 27, 1995.
- Who stars in Cracker?
- Cracker stars Robbie Coltrane, Geraldine Somerville, Lorcan Cranitch, Barbara Flynn, Kieran O'Brien.
