TV series
Traffik
1989 · 1 season
A sober, sprawling look at how a single trade corrodes lives across continents, told with patience and quiet dread.
- Created by
- Simon Moore
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Starring
- Bill Paterson, Lindsay Duncan, Jamal Shah
- Overview
- Traffik is a 1989 British television serial about the illegal drugs trade. Its three stories are interwoven, with arcs told from the perspectives of Afghan and Pakistani growers and manufacturers, German dealers, and British users. It was nominated for six BAFTA Awards, winning three. It also won an International Emmy Award for best drama. The 2000 crime drama film Traffic, directed by Steven Soderbergh, was based on this television serial. In turn, the 2004 American television miniseries Traffic was based on both versions.
- How it feels
- Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Crime, addiction, corruption, power
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Simon Moore
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Starring
- Bill Paterson, Lindsay Duncan, Jamal Shah
