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TRAFFIK is the 5 1/2 hour miniseries that provided the basis for Stephen Soderbergh's Oscar-winning film TRAFFIC, and its length provides the production with an opportunity to delve more deeply into the drug trade and addiction, making it a more complete film than its Hollywood incarnation. TRAFFIK tells three stories; one is .. Read more

Starring	Bill Paterson, Lindsay Duncan, Julia Ormond
Director	Alastair Reid
Genres	Drama

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  A magnificent piece of television
  
  When Stephen Soderbergh made his Oscar-winning drama 'Traffic', he was praised for producing an intelligent portrayal of the drug industry. However ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 14 May 2004 at 21:36
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  Watch it all
  
  Well worth watching. Very slow but you need to see both discs to appreciate it and how bad drugs are. Should be shown to teenagers at school in-order to educate... read more »
  
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- - Seasider16
  - 8 reviews
  - 16 Sep 2011 at 20:52
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  could not get into this
  
  could not really get into this but what i saw was ok. i will not be watch the second disc as i think it will be wasted on a soul like mine.
  
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- - a customer
  - 08 Jun 2011 at 13:25
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  Good drama
  
  Im 19 so was a bit unsure whever to rent this as it was made the year I was born but its all still relevant now. It has a good story line and kept wanting to ... read more »
  
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  - Trowbridge
  - 06 Aug 2008 at 14:22
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  good story
  
  This film had a good story line.
  
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- - alcav
  - 91 reviews
  - CANNOCK
  - 29 Dec 2007 at 15:27
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  great series
  
  the orginal channel 4 series which the hollywood version slavishly copies can.t praise it highly enough
  
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- - jhh
  - 29 reviews
  - Staines
  - 15 Oct 2007 at 20:18
- - 3
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  mind blowing drama
  
  this is such a realistic and intelligent made tv drama. its powerfull and thought provoking and it is based on fact. though 18 years old the problem of drugs is... read more »
  
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  - coventry
  - 09 Oct 2007 at 16:28
- - 5
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  Superb
  
  First saw this series when on C4, though missed the last episode. Loved it then and have been singing its praises to my wife, so we added it to our wish list... read more »
  
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- - DKM
  - Presteigne, Powys
  - 09 Aug 2007 at 10:30
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  British do it better again!
  
  After watching the American Remake of this 6 part TV series made in the 80's, I was a little disappointed, and decided that I needed to see what the ... read more »
  
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  - Derby, UK
  - 22 Aug 2006 at 09:37
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  Showing Hollywood how it should be done.
  
  This was the series on which the Soderburg film of similar title was based.
  
  Without doubt a fantastic series and well worth a look if you have a ... read more »
  
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- - Peter Duncan
  - falkirk
  - 14 Aug 2006 at 12:57
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  See how it was really done
  
  I saw this just one week after seeing Steven Soderbergh and Stephen Gaghan's remake - TraffiC. It has to be said - the original is far better. The 2000 ... read more »
  
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- - The Almighty House-Fly
  - London
  - 17 Jul 2006 at 23:52
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  - 1
  A magnificent piece of television
  
  When Stephen Soderbergh made his Oscar-winning drama 'Traffic', he was praised for producing an intelligent portrayal of the drug industry. However ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 5882
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 14 May 2004 at 21:36
- - 5
  - 0
  Superb
  
  First saw this series when on C4, though missed the last episode. Loved it then and have been singing its praises to my wife, so we added it to our wish list... read more »
  
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- - DKM
  - Presteigne, Powys
  - 09 Aug 2007 at 10:30
- - 3
  - 0
  Traffik - BETTER THAN THE FILM....
  
  I have to completely agree with the review by Philip Concannon this is SO much better than the Catheribe Zeta/Michael Douglass film. Bill Patterson is fantastic... read more »
  
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- - James
  - Midlands, England
  - 24 Aug 2004 at 00:27
- - 3
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  mind blowing drama
  
  this is such a realistic and intelligent made tv drama. its powerfull and thought provoking and it is based on fact. though 18 years old the problem of drugs is... read more »
  
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  - coventry
  - 09 Oct 2007 at 16:28
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  TRAFFIK
  
  I first watched this ch4 classic when it showed on TV as a teenager. I was totally hooked from week to week.
  
  For a TV show it is so gripping that I ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - uk
  - 05 Mar 2005 at 10:34
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  Interesting, complicated plot
  
  Good entertainment with several sub plots dovetailing cleverly. I actually preferred the BBC series, this is an American version of the same story (swap ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Leeds UK
  - 29 Sep 2005 at 19:00
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  A Must See
  
  When Stephen Soderbergh made his Oscar-winning drama 'Traffic', he was praised for producing an intelligent portrayal of the drug industry. However ... read more »
  
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- 208529
- - a customer
  - Wales
  - 18 Feb 2006 at 20:07
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  The groundbreaking television serial and source material for Soderbergh's later classic
  
  Steven Soderbergh and his producer Laura Bickford based their Oscar-winning drugs drama on this Channel 4 television series. Featuring brutally honest ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 20 Feb 2006 at 19:00
- - 0
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  See how it was really done
  
  I saw this just one week after seeing Steven Soderbergh and Stephen Gaghan's remake - TraffiC. It has to be said - the original is far better. The 2000 ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 265216
- - The Almighty House-Fly
  - London
  - 17 Jul 2006 at 23:52
- - 0
  - 0
  Showing Hollywood how it should be done.
  
  This was the series on which the Soderburg film of similar title was based.
  
  Without doubt a fantastic series and well worth a look if you have a ... read more »
  
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- 274990
- - Peter Duncan
  - falkirk
  - 14 Aug 2006 at 12:57

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  TRAFFIK is the 5 1/2 hour miniseries that provided the basis for Stephen Soderbergh's Oscar-winning film TRAFFIC, and its length provides the production with an opportunity to delve more deeply into the drug trade and addiction, making it a more complete film than its Hollywood incarnation. TRAFFIK ...