Cracker (UK TV series) Cracker (UK TV series) Cracker is a British crime drama series produced by Granada Television for ITV, created and principally written by Jimmy McGovern. Set in Manchester, the series follows a criminal psychologist (or "cracker"), Dr Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald, played by Robbie Coltrane, who works with the Greater Manchester Police to help them solve crimes. The show consists of three series which were originally aired from 1993 to 1995. A 100-minute special set in Hong Kong followed in 1996 and another two-hour story in 2006. In 2000, the series was ranked 39 on the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes compiled
The Future Boys Trilogy the play would ‘make a great television show ("Blackadder" meets "Dr Who")’ in their review. The Future Boys Trilogy The Future Boys are Tyler Smith and Gary Patches, the lead characters from Steve Jordan's science fiction comedy plays "Dead Static", "Pilgrim Shadow" and "King Chaos". The plays make up a theatre series known as The Future Boys Trilogy, The plays are produced by Bad Bat Productions (previously ManMoth Productions), and star Cliff Chapman as Tyler and Adam Joselyn as Gary. The characters will return in an audio sitcom named 'The Future Boys' in 2017. In 2016, writer and director Steve