''Cracked'' is a British
comedy-drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...
television series which was broadcast on
STV in 2008. Created and written by Clare Hemphill and Kate Donnelly, the drama series was set in a Scottish countryside residential rehab clinic, a place where people with various mental and emotional problems check themselves in for some professional tender loving care. Over six episodes, the series deals with issues that are difficult and dark, but also more light-hearted and comical situations.
''Cracked'' was produced by
STV Studios
STV Studios (previously STV Productions, SMG Productions, and originally known as Scottish Television Enterprises) is the television production arm of the STV Group plc. Headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, and with an office in London, England, ...
in 2005, but due to the lack of appropriate regional time-slots, the series was not broadcast until 2008, where it was shown on Thursday nights at 10:40pm, taking the place of popular comedy drama ''
High Times
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''.
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2000s British comedy-drama television series
2000s Scottish television series
2008 in Scotland
2008 Scottish television series debuts
2008 Scottish television series endings
British comedy-drama television shows
English-language television shows
Scottish television comedy
Television series by STV Studios
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