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Cracker (Paperback)
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Cracker (Paperback)
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Cracker (1993-6; 2007) was one of the standout television series of
the 1990s, reinvigorating the television crime drama and winning
both critical plaudits and ratings success. In Fitz, its flawed,
self-destructive, arrogant but brilliant criminal psychologist
hero, the series created one of the decade's most iconic
characters, in the process turning Robbie Coltrane from a respected
comic performer into an award-winning actor and a genuine star.
Cracker played freely with the conventions of the detective
thriller, focusing less on the 'who' of crime than the 'why'. As
such it followed a Catholic preoccupation with deep motive and
moral responsibility shared by Fitz and his creator Jimmy McGovern,
the first and most dominant of the series' three writers. Through
three series and two specials, Cracker explored the causes and
consequences of crime, while never losing sight of the moral
choices made by its perpetrators. At the same time the series
exposed the inherent dangers of a police force in pursuit not of
justice but of 'results'. Mark Duguid's illuminating study of
Cracker traces the series' origins and development in the context
of early 1990s television and places it in the contemporary social
and political landscape. Duguid explores the series' distinctive
moral focus, paying particular attention to Cracker's concerns with
justice and the impact of bereavement and grief, most notably in
McGovern's impassioned engagement with the devastation caused by
the Hillsborough disaster and its aftermath. Combining detailed
textual analysis with insights drawn from interviews with McGovern
and producer Gub Neal, Duguid reveals how one of the angriest,
toughest series of its time is also, paradoxically, one of the most
compassionate. Mark Duguid is a Senoir Curator of the BFI National
Archive, and is the editor of, and a major contributor to BFI
Screenonline, an online research and educational resource devoted
to the history of film and television in Britain. He has
contributed to Sight& Sound magazine and to the Encyclopedia of
Television (2004).
General
Imprint: |
Bfi Publishing
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
BFI TV Classics |
Release date: |
April 2009 |
First published: |
2009 |
Authors: |
Mark Duguid
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Dimensions: |
190 x 135 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
144 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-84457-263-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Performing arts >
Television
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LSN: |
1-84457-263-3 |
Barcode: |
9781844572632 |
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