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The Wire - Season 1
2002
From David Simon, creator and co-writer of HBO's triple Emmy-winning mini-series 'The Corner', this unvarnished, highly realistic HBO series follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, the series captures a universe of subterfuge and .. Read more
| Starring | Dominic West, Sonja Sohn, John Doman, Idris Elba |
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| Director | Brad Anderson, Daniel Attias |
| Genres | Drama, Television |
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The Wire - Season 1
From David Simon, creator and co-writer of HBO's triple Emmy-winning mini-series 'The Corner', this unvarnished, highly realistic HBO series follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, the series captures a universe of subterfuge and surveillance, where easy distinctions between good and evil, and crime and punishment, are challenged at every turn.
Episodes comprise:
1. The Target
2. The Detail
3. The Buys
4. Old Cases
5. The Pager
6. The Wire
7. One Arrest
8. Lessons
9. Game Day
10. The Cost
11. The Hunt
12. Cleaning Up
13. Sentencing
| Starring | Dominic West, Sonja Sohn, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison, Wood Harris, Deirdre Lovejoy, Clarke Peters, Wendell Pierce, Lance Reddick |
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| Director | Brad Anderson, Daniel Attias |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 12 hrs |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | FavouriteTV Series |
| Genres | Drama, Television |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2002 To Rent: DVD: 11 Apr 2005 |
The Wire - Season 1 (5 discs) (2002)
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A superb police drama, already described in the US as the best show on TV
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I ordered this series on DVD when the Sopranos finished and I was feeling quite bereft. Someone said if you like Sopranos, you'll love this so I had high ... read more »
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ok, but not as great as led to believe
the wire season 1 was ok if not the spellbinding event i expected from the reviews.
it is very dated in the 10 years since it was made, not least ... read more » - 1090868
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Watching this drove me to pull my pubes out with tweezers.
Easily THE most boring thing next to watching paint dry!!
Nothing gripped my attention, its slow, tedious, no laughter, no gripping action just drab ... read more » - 1087979
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"Get on with it you gabby m'fkr" - Bunk (series 4, McNulty's farewell speech)
I can't believe the reviewer on here who judged this as mediocre. I picked up on The Wire when Virgin Media had the 1st series available on demand a few ... read more »
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Obsessed
- 26 May 2009
British actor Idris Elba is probably best known for playing the entrepreneurial drug kingpin Stringer Bell in The Wire. He’s a tall, good looking, very centred actor, who gives the impression that he’s always in control. In Obsessed he plays – ahem – Derek, a businessman whose investment firm is flourishing, and who seems to be on the fast track to success. In fact he’s already there: he’s wealthy, happily married – to his former secretary – and... Read more
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From David Simon, creator and co-writer of HBO's triple Emmy-winning mini-series 'The Corner', this unvarnished, highly realistic HBO series follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, the series captures a ...
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