The BEST episodes written by Jimmy Mcgovern

To Be a Somebody (2)
star
8.95
98 votes

#1 - To Be a Somebody (2)

Cracker - Season 2 - Episode 2

Albie is intent on killing the same number of victims as died in the Hillsborough football tragedy, and targets a freelance female reporter. DS Beck stumbles upon him, but makes a tragic misjudgement, leaving Albie free to stab DCI Bilborough to death. It looks like criminal psychologist Fitz will be needed to resolve the situation before any more deaths occur.

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To Be a Somebody (3)
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8.85
96 votes

#2 - To Be a Somebody (3)

Cracker - Season 2 - Episode 3

Following the murder of DCI Bilborough, the hunt is on for Albie. DCI Wise takes over the investigation and criminal psychologist Fitz is brought in to defuse a potentially fatal and explosive situation.

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To Say I Love You (3)
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8.85
91 votes

#3 - To Say I Love You (3)

Cracker - Season 1 - Episode 5

Criminal psychologist Fitz interrogates Tina and realises that her psychological problems stem from her relationship with her family and she finds expression through provoking Sean.

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To Be a Somebody (1)
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8.85
134 votes

#4 - To Be a Somebody (1)

Cracker - Season 2 - Episode 1

The death of Albie Kinsella's father has a disturbing effect on him and soon after, he kills an Asian newsagent. With all the hallmarks of a racist attack, the police fail to make any headway. Meanwhile, criminal psychologist Fitz is trying to put some order into his personal life and, after sorting out his differences with DCI Bilborough, becomes embroiled in the case.

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One Day a Lemming Will Fly (1)
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8.84
122 votes

#5 - One Day a Lemming Will Fly (1)

Cracker - Season 1 - Episode 6

Fitz continues his uneasy relationship with the Manchester constabulary when the crime fighters are called in to find a missing boy. Extra pressure is piled on when an angry mob gathers at the police station demanding action and DCI Bilborough awaits the imminent birth of his child.

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True Romance (1)
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8.84
60 votes

#6 - True Romance (1)

Cracker - Season 3 - Episode 6

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.

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To Say I Love You (2)
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8.80
121 votes

#7 - To Say I Love You (2)

Cracker - Season 1 - Episode 4

Whilst on their spree of violence, Tina and Sean murder a police officer. Criminal psychologist Fitz turns down DS Penhaligon's offer of a bed for the night, but is then approached by Tina who asks him to accompany her to her flat.

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Part One - Mary
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8.76
63 votes

#8 - Part One - Mary

Gunpowder, Treason & Plot - Season 1 - Episode 1

Concentrates on Mary's short-lived reign and the battles she has to fight with both her Protestant subjects and the English Queen, Elizabeth 1st (Catherine McCormack).

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Brotherly Love (3)
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8.75
53 votes

#9 - Brotherly Love (3)

Cracker - Season 3 - Episode 3

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.

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True Romance (2)
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8.65
54 votes

#10 - True Romance (2)

Cracker - Season 3 - Episode 7

Fitz is asking DCI Wise to replace him with Irene as the killer may stop killing if she realises she is not getting the shrink's undivided attention. Irene agrees to change, but finds the nature of the job, and the pictures of her dead students too much to stomach and goes missing.

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Best Boys (2)
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8.61
56 votes

#11 - Best Boys (2)

Cracker - Season 3 - Episode 5

Fitz is pitched against Grady and Nash, whose relationship is now spinning dangerously out of control.

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Part Two - James
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8.60
35 votes

#12 - Part Two - James

Gunpowder, Treason & Plot - Season 1 - Episode 2

The story continues with her son James VI of Scotland (who, on Elizabeth's death, became James 1st of England), and the plot against his reign masterminded by the influential Catholic Robert Catesby (Coyle) - a plot planned by Guy Fawkes (played by newcomer Michael Fassbender) to blow up the Houses of Parliament in order to rid the nation of an oppressive Protestant monarch.

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The Mad Woman in the Attic (2)
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8.58
153 votes

#13 - The Mad Woman in the Attic (2)

Cracker - Season 1 - Episode 2

Criminal psychologist Fitz is frustrated when another murdered woman is found and he is ordered off the case. Despite this initial setback, Fitz and DS Penhaligan are determined to find out the truth.

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Brotherly Love (2)
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8.56
55 votes

#14 - Brotherly Love (2)

Cracker - Season 3 - Episode 2

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.

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One Day a Lemming Will Fly (2)
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8.56
82 votes

#15 - One Day a Lemming Will Fly (2)

Cracker - Season 1 - Episode 7

Criminal psychologist Fitz realises that Cassidy's confession is flawed, but he will not retract his statement. DS Bilborough needs to be seen to make an arrest and when he does, he incurs Fitz's wrath.

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Men Should Weep (2)
star
8.56
54 votes

#16 - Men Should Weep (2)

Cracker - Season 2 - Episode 8

The police catch Floyd but criminal psychologist Fitz is unable to make a breakthrough before he has to be released due to lack of evidence. Floyd's audacity grows as he phones Fitz on his radio show asking how a rapist should cover his tracks.

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Men Should Weep (3)
star
8.53
53 votes

#17 - Men Should Weep (3)

Cracker - Season 2 - Episode 9

Fitz exposes the savage price of racism as he digs deeper into Floyd's past. As the investigation reaches a climax not one, but two, victims seek revenge.

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Best Boys (1)
star
8.47
60 votes

#18 - Best Boys (1)

Cracker - Season 3 - Episode 4

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.

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Brotherly Love (1)
star
8.47
58 votes

#19 - Brotherly Love (1)

Cracker - Season 3 - Episode 1

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. While Fitz faces a family tragedy, a second prostitute is attacked while the chief suspect is still in custody.

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Men Should Weep (1)
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8.45
67 votes

#20 - Men Should Weep (1)

Cracker - Season 2 - Episode 7

DS Penhaligon tracks a serial rapist who revels in his crimes, but during the course of her investigation she becomes a victim herself, which inevitably changes her relationship with criminal psychologist Fitz. When his wife returns, his life is thrown into even more chaos.

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Frankie's Story
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8.44
279 votes

#21 - Frankie's Story

Accused - Season 1 - Episode 2

Frankie, a young soldier on trial, starts the long walk back up to his courtroom to learn the decision of the jury. A frightening series of events led him to this place, but does the jury know the full story?

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Stephen's Story
star
8.34
66 votes

#22 - Stephen's Story

Accused - Season 2 - Episode 3

Seventeen-year-old Stephen Cartwright stands charged with a serious offence as his anxious father Peter looks on. We see the family months earlier as Peter tries his best to help his sons, Stephen and Dom, face the imminent death of their beloved mother. When palliative care nurse Charlotte arrives, Peter is grateful of her help at this most painful and stressful time for them. Stephen is less sure of this efficient nurse assigned to see his mother through her final days. When his mum passes on, Stephen becomes more suspicious of Charlotte's motivations.

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Father Michael
star
8.34
152 votes

#23 - Father Michael

Broken - Season 1 - Episode 6

Father Michael confesses to a shocked Helen, Chloe wreaks a devastating revenge and, on her deathbed, Father Michael's mother finally makes peace with her son and herself.

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The Big Crunch (3)
star
8.23
61 votes

#24 - The Big Crunch (3)

Cracker - Season 2 - Episode 6

The case ends with a final showdown in the group's church, where things reach a destructive conclusion.

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Helen's Story
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8.21
224 votes

#25 - Helen's Story

Accused - Season 1 - Episode 3

Helen (Juliet Stevenson) and Frank (Peter Capaldi) send their son Rob off to his first day as a temp at a local factory. When Rob doesn't return home, Helen sets out to find justice for her son.

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Episode 3
star
8.14
476 votes

#26 - Episode 3

Time (2021) - Season 1 - Episode 3

Mark suffers a tragic personal loss and is given the chance to leave prison for a day. Eric is forced to take greater risks to protect his family, but where will he draw the line?

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Alison's Story
star
8.08
109 votes

#27 - Alison's Story

Accused - Season 1 - Episode 6

Alison, a working mother with a young family, stands accused. Will the jury find her guilty?

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The Big Crunch (2)
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8.08
64 votes

#28 - The Big Crunch (2)

Cracker - Season 2 - Episode 5

Fanatical religious group leader Kenneth Trant discovers that his girlfriend Joanna is still alive and turns his attention to Dean, whom he trusted to dispose of her body. With Joanna hospitalised, DS Beck extracts a confession from Dean while criminal psychologist Fitz tries to get at the truth. He persuades DCI Wise to see Dean in his cell, but fears it may be too late.

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The Big Crunch (1)
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8.05
73 votes

#29 - The Big Crunch (1)

Cracker - Season 2 - Episode 4

Schoolgirl Joanna Barnes, a member of a religious cult, is discovered to be having an affair with the married leader of the group, Kenneth Trant. When confronted about it, he and the other leaders abduct her and the police reluctantly call in criminal psychologist Fitz to help find her. When Trant's wife and sister discover that Joanna is pregnant they embark upon a vendetta against her that ends in attempted murder.

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The Mad Woman in the Attic (1)
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8.04
203 votes

#30 - The Mad Woman in the Attic (1)

Cracker - Season 1 - Episode 1

Following the break-up of his home life, criminal psychologist Fitz discovers that a young woman he knew has been viciously murdered. Elsewhere, a blood-splattered man is found beside the railway tracks but on recovering consciousness, he claims memory loss.

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To Say I Love You (1)
star
8.00
140 votes

#31 - To Say I Love You (1)

Cracker - Season 1 - Episode 3

Problems between criminal psychologist Fitz and his wife Judith continue after Fitz is arrested outside his in-laws' house and taken to the station. There he meets Sean and his partner Tina, car thieves who embark upon a spree of violence.

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Willy's Story
star
7.98
333 votes

#32 - Willy's Story

Accused - Season 1 - Episode 1

Willy Houlihan is in the holding cells beneath a Crown Court, awaiting the verdict of his trial. As he begins the long walk back up to his courtroom, viewers learn the events that brought him there. Willy was a hard-working plumber, with money pressures and a family who rely on him. But what did he get involved in?

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Episode 6
star
7.95
158 votes

#33 - Episode 6

Banished - Season 1 - Episode 6

Rebellion is in the air and Tommy's headstrong behaviour risks Elizabeth's future plans.

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Kenny's Story
star
7.95
117 votes

#34 - Kenny's Story

Accused - Season 1 - Episode 5

Kenny Armstrong (Marc Warren) is outraged to learn his daughter has been attacked in the park and, accompanied by two of his friends, sets off to find the culprit. However, the trio's assault on the man they suspect proves more violent than Kenny had intended, and while his cohorts are adamant that informing the police of their actions would be disastrous, his urge to confess grows. Jimmy McGovern and Esther Wilson's legal drama, with Joe Duttine, Jack Deam and Andrea Lowe

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Roz
star
7.94
172 votes

#35 - Roz

Broken - Season 1 - Episode 4

Father Michael risks breaking the seal of confession as he tries to help Roz Demichelis, while his childhood flashbacks intensify as his mother's condition deteriorates.

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Carl
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7.94
154 votes

#36 - Carl

Broken - Season 1 - Episode 5

Father Michael has to mediate when Helen's devout brother, Daniel, clashes violently with her gay neighbour, Carl, as all try to come to terms with Vernon's death.

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Helen
star
7.92
233 votes

#37 - Helen

Broken - Season 1 - Episode 2

Father Michael counsels a desperate gambler, and a devoted mother witnesses the fatal police shooting of her mentally ill son - a tragedy the priest thinks he could have prevented.

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Tina's Story
star
7.83
66 votes

#38 - Tina's Story

Accused - Season 2 - Episode 4

While admitting new inmate Stephen Cartwright into the young offender's institution where she works as a prison officer, Tina Dakin senses that something does not seem right. Notifying her senior officer, Tina is distracted by another emergency, but on returning to Stephen's cell she discovers that the boy has taken his life. After her attempts to resuscitate Stephen fail, Tina's troubles multiply when a series of betrayals and cover-ups result in her becoming the victim of a crime.

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Andrew
star
7.79
182 votes

#39 - Andrew

Broken - Season 1 - Episode 3

With the community in shock, Father Michael comforts PC Powell, who is being pressured to back up his colleagues' questionable version of events.

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Episode 2
star
7.79
455 votes

#40 - Episode 2

Time (2021) - Season 1 - Episode 2

Mark is being bullied by fellow inmate Johnno. Does he tell the prison officers and be labelled a grass or risk the attacks becoming more and more violent? Eric’s son is attacked.

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Tracie's Story
star
7.73
113 votes

#41 - Tracie's Story

Accused - Season 2 - Episode 1

Simon Gaskell works as a college English teacher who specialises in poetry and also has a secret. His alter ego is a transvestite called Tracie Tremarco, who is looking for love. Tracie falls head over heels in love following an altercation with some men out on a stag night. Tony and Tracie become smitten with each other and hesitatingly their love affair begins. Tony also has a secret though, he’s married to a local beautician called Karen. Before long Tracie becomes entangled in a triangular love affair that leads to a shocking crime of passion and the dock.

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Episode 1
star
7.71
530 votes

#42 - Episode 1

Time (2021) - Season 1 - Episode 1

Mark Cobden is sent to prison and has to learn quickly how to survive. When an inmate identifies prison officer Eric McNally’s weakness, he faces an impossible choice.

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Christine
star
7.66
315 votes

#43 - Christine

Broken - Season 1 - Episode 1

Father Michael reaches out to a troubled parishioner, a single mother-of-three, who is badly struggling for money after a series of unfortunate events - but she rejects his attempts to help. The woman's mother then dies suddenly. Father Michael has to cope with his own frail mother, living 60 miles away, and as he deals with the effects of his own harsh, working-class upbringing and reflects on the conflicts within society at large, he questions how much of an impact he can really have on the ever-evolving spiritual landscape of modern-day Britain.

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Mo's Story
star
7.32
103 votes

#44 - Mo's Story

Accused - Season 2 - Episode 2

Hairdresser Mo Murray refuses to be intimidated by a local gang and, supported by her best friend Sue but against the advice of her own family, decides to disregard its leader's instruction to close her salon on the day of a member's funeral. Retribution follows when a youngster is shot and killed, and matters escalate until members of the Murray family find themselves in the dock.

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Liam's Story
star
7.22
95 votes

#45 - Liam's Story

Accused - Season 1 - Episode 4

Liam (Andy Serkis) is a taxi driver who is bored very everyday life and is desperate to escape it. One day Emma gets into his cab and he falls deeply and madly in love with her, he starts to dream that he can be everything she needs in life.

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