Crocodile Shoes II

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Crocodile Shoes II
Created by Jimmy Nail
Written byJimmy Nail
Directed byBaz Taylor
Roger Bamford
Starring Jimmy Nail
Theme music composerJimmy Nail
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producersJimmy Nail
Tarquin Gotch
Editor Chris Gill
Running time60 minutes
Production companiesBig Boy Productions
Red Rooster
Original release
Network BBC One
Release14 November (1996-11-14) 
19 December 1996 (1996-12-19)
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Crocodile Shoes II is a British six-part television series made by the BBC and screened on BBC One in 1996. The follow-up to Crocodile Shoes , it was written by Jimmy Nail with Nick Mead as script associate.

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Where Crocodile Shoes followed Jed Shepperd on his journey from Newcastle to Nashville and all the way back, Crocodile Shoes II showed Jed trying to prove he didn't kill his manager Ade Lynn (James Wilby). During Crocodile Shoes II, Shepperd returns to Newcastle was sent to prison, became engaged to Wendy and was nearly killed in an accident. [1]

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