Traffik
1989 Drama, Crime 1 season
TMDB rating 7.6/10 Ended
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.
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Traces three intersecting lives involved in the international drug trade: Jack Lithgow, a British government minister who finds the scourge of heroin striking too close to home; Helen Rosshalde, who embarks on a daring survival strategy after her husbands' arrest; and Fazal, a Pakistani peasant in the employ of a menacing drug lord.
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Bill PatersonJack Lithgow
Lindsay DuncanHelen Rosshalde
Jamal ShahFazal
Vincenzo BenestanteDomenquez
Talat HussainTariq Butt
Fritz Müller-ScherzDetective Ulli- George KukuraKarl Rosshalde
- Ismat Shah JahanSabira
- Raahi RazaKhushal
- Roohi RazaNaseem
Julia OrmondCaroline Lithgow
Linda BassettRachel Lithgow
- Created by
- Simon Moore
- Network
- Channel 4
- First aired
- Jun 22, 1989
- Latest episode
- Jul 24, 1989
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