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Traffik

1989 – 1989 · Channel 4
1 seasons · 6 episodes
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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.

SERIES CAST

Bill Paterson
Jack Lithgow
Lindsay Duncan
Helen Rosshalde
Jamal Shah
Fazal
Vincenzo Benestante
Domenquez
Talat Hussain
Tariq Butt
Fritz Müller-Scherz
Detective Ulli
George Kukura
Karl Rosshalde
Ismat Shah Jahan
Sabira
Created by Simon Moore

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Status
Ended
Type
Scripted
First aired
Jun 22, 1989
Original language
EN
Production
Picture Partnership, Channel 4 Television, Carnival Films, Picture Partnership Productions, Camerapix
Country
GB

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