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se7en45
15-04-2006, 11:29 AM
It's finally official!

Cracker will return for a special one-off drama!

The story will be about a suicide-bomber and Robbie Coltrane has agreed to return.

This episode could be as topical and effective as the one where Robert Carlyle played a Skinhead.

I just hope it's better than Jimmy McGovern's The Street.
Vaughan
15-04-2006, 11:54 AM
Interesting series this. I have the box set and watched them a while back. The series starts brilliantly, then lags in the middle as it slips into a melodrama, and then returns to end on a bang. So this has potential.
NPC
15-04-2006, 12:57 PM
I liked it a great deal when it started but the final episode White Ghost, set in Hong Kong was awful. I don't think I've ever seen a human being sweat as much as Robbie Coltrane did in the scenes that were actually shot there
Vaughan
15-04-2006, 01:32 PM
:D I thought that was the upturn. Couple episodes prior to that were getting a bit dire, I reckon.
NPC
15-04-2006, 02:02 PM
This is a spot on piece about White Ghost http://www.culturecourt.com/M/LR/Cracker/WhiteGhost.htm
drterror666
15-04-2006, 02:30 PM
Jimmy McGovern has stated that a new series is going to happen, mainly because Coltrane and Co. had so much fun making the one-off. At last, more good TV is going to happen!
zanner
15-04-2006, 05:24 PM
great news, i love cracker...:cool: ...zanner.
se7en45
23-04-2006, 06:34 PM
Filming has started and the early rushes look fab!!! :eek:
Peter Neal
25-05-2006, 01:56 PM
I love "Cracker", though I first discovered it quite recently, when it came out on DVD in Finland. So far, we got two box sets, each including 3 full episodes.
The one with Robert Carlyle is really brilliant TV.
The DVDs - with their forced subs and zero extras - leave a lot to be desired - but the series has won me over.
At least, I can watch those with my wife, whereas "Last House on Dead End Street"...:p
Vaughan
25-05-2006, 07:05 PM
Good buy Peter! I have the ten disc set from the UK. It's a nice little box with................ no extras. So there ya go :D

Start buying some "Inspector Morse" and "Touch of Frost" as well. You'll be mighty glad you did.
Peter Neal
26-05-2006, 12:36 PM
Apreciate your luck, mate. I got the feeling you're in a pretty exclusive minority position :D

There are a lot of Brit series coming out on DVD in Finland at the moment. They're very popular on TV here too. One or two of them are getting shown on a daily basis (We even got "Emmerdale"!:p ) and the weekend offers at least a couple of crime series made in the UK to choose from.:)
se7en45
24-09-2006, 10:24 AM
Cracker

Yes, the old chestnut is finally coming back to our screens in a brand new tale. Starts next week.

And, to get you in the mood, Melvyn Bragg has a South Bank Show on Robbie Coltrane:

11:10pm - 12:10am

ITV-1

Tonight

Enjoy! ;)
zanner
28-09-2006, 10:05 AM
yeah, and the one off (SADLY) CRACKER is on sunday night.
se7en45
28-09-2006, 10:18 AM
Why "sadly" zanner? :confused:

Sundays are a quiet night in, aren't they?
zanner
28-09-2006, 10:19 AM
sadly mate, coz it's just a one off, that's all...:(
drterror666
28-09-2006, 12:39 PM
Well, at least they're making another series! :)
zanner
28-09-2006, 05:35 PM
i hope so doc.
se7en45
02-10-2006, 10:09 AM
So, did anyone see it?

This was a very good start to the autumn season on ITV. Gritty and no nonesense drama with plenty of bite.

The trailers included new episodes of Ray Winstone in Vincent and Helen Mirren in Prime Suspect.

These fresh dramas shame the Beeb whose head-up-the-ass reworking of yet another Jane Eyre is bland and boring.
Vaughan
02-10-2006, 07:30 PM
I watched it. I thought it was middling. For me, there was not enough "Cracker". The show was also a little too long, it could have lost 15 to 25 minutes quite easily.

Still it wasn't bad, and Coltrane is always worth watching.
zanner
03-10-2006, 08:03 AM
a few expertly broken necks, the old woodpigeon flying through the window routine...sadly this one didn't do it for me..shame really as i'm a big cracker fan.
John Ninnis
03-10-2006, 12:02 PM
I watched Cracker on Sunday, I great to see a great classic back on the screen again than watched reality programmes we been force fed into watching.
se7en45
03-10-2006, 04:05 PM
I'm not sure how true this is, but there's a rumour that the DVD (due out next Monday) will be an Extended Cut. I hope it's true...

And yeah, after all this reality-shitty TV, the new Cracker was a step in the right direction.
Vaughan
03-10-2006, 08:38 PM
Given my feelings that the TV showing was too long, I don't know that any good can come from an extended print. However, they are going to have to put some extras on the disc is they expect the likes of myself to buy it.
groon
03-10-2006, 08:50 PM
Given my feelings that the TV showing was too long, I don't know that any good can come from an extended print. However, they are going to have to put some extras on the disc is they expect the likes of myself to buy it.
is it extended? -
Play list the running time for the new Cracker dvd at 2 hours 33 mins..
will there be extras? -
-Behind the scenes
-Commentary from Jimmy McGovern...again, according to play.

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/1032965/Cracker_Cracker/Product.html

Cracker - Behind the Scenes went through the bbfc a while back - 46 mins long.
Vaughan
03-10-2006, 11:46 PM
That sounds like the "Behind the scenes" show that was aired right after the last broadcast. The commentary might be interesting.
se7en45
04-10-2006, 01:01 PM
Some conflicting news here. The DVD has variant covers. Also, more confusing is that one is rated "15" whilst the other is an "18":

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/se7en45/crac1.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/se7en45/crac1a.jpg

Maybe one is a Directors Cut? :confused:
zanner
04-10-2006, 01:50 PM
or maybe it's because RObbie is posing in different directions on the two covers...:D
groon
04-10-2006, 07:26 PM
Cracker went through the bbfc today - rated 15.
Doesn't look like it's extended with a 108 minute running time [the 2 hours 33 listed on play must incude the behind the scenes aswell]..

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/website/Classified.nsf/e8ea0df3a881175480256d58003cb570/076e05b0939c5512802571fd002e94d9?OpenDocument
Vaughan
04-10-2006, 07:50 PM
Looks like it's down to the commentary then. No doubt the episode will be screened over and over, and the behind the scenes was broadcast too (quite interesting by the way). I have the huge box set that came out way back when - however, I feel this episode wasn't strong enough to warrant my buying it. There's simply too much other stuff going on out there.

Would like to see more of them though, with more focus on Cracker himself, along with his methods.