Crocodile Shoes
| 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(s) | Tony McAnaney |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Jimmy Nail Linda James Jen Samson |
| Producer(s) | Charlie Hanson |
| Editor(s) | Chris Gill |
| Running time | 60 mins |
| Production company(s) | Big Boy Productions Red Rooster |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| First shown in | 1994 |
| Original release | 10 November – 21 December 1994 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Crocodile Shoes II |
Crocodile Shoes is a British 7-part television series made by the BBC and screened on BBC One in 1994.
The series 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, 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 is currently being re-screened on UK channel, Drama, as of February 2016.
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