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| Crocodile Shoes | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Music |
| Created by | Jimmy Nail |
| Written by | Jimmy Nail |
| Directed by | David Richards Robert Knights Malcolm Mowbray Jimmy Nail (temporary) |
| Starring | Jimmy Nail James Wilby |
| Theme music composer | Tony McAnaney |
| Opening theme | Crocodile Shoes |
| Ending theme | Crocodile Shoes |
| Composer | Tony McAnaney |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Jimmy Nail Linda James Jen Samson |
| Producer | Charlie Hanson |
| Editor | Chris Gill |
| Running time | 60 mins |
| Production companies | Big Boy Productions Red Rooster |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 10 November – 22 December 1994 |
| Related | |
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.
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