Crocodile Shoes (1994)

Directed by

Robert Knights, Malcolm Mowbray, Jimmy Nail

Genre

drama

Country

United Kingdom

Length

2 seasons, 13 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A factory worker in Britain pursues a dream of becoming a country and western singer. The series follows his journey as he tries to break into the music industry.

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What happens

Crocodile Shoes is a British 13-part television drama set across two series and was made by the BBC. It was screened on BBC1 in 1994 (Series 1) and in 1996 (Series 2). The first series, comprising seven episodes, was written by and starred Jimmy Nail as a factory worker who becomes a country and western singer. The show's eponymous theme tune "Crocodile Shoes" became a chart hit for Nail, as did the album of the same name. A sequel, comprising six episodes, Crocodile Shoes II, followed in 1996 and the theme tune "Country Boy" was a hit for Nail too. Paddy McAloon of Prefab Sprout supplied five original songs to the two series, all of them recorded by Jimmy Nail. The series was re-screened on UK channel, Drama, in February 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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