Scripted series · Three
Crackhead
Why be normal when you can be high?
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Crackhead actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Crackhead reads strongest on Character Depth, Humour and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
Drug-addicted party-animal Frankie has blown it all up - her inheritance, her relationships, and most recently, her sister's house. It's time to go to rehab.
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Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Created by
- Holly SherveyCreator
Direction
- Emmett SkiltonDirector
Where to watch
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